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Incoming CME could spark impressive northern lights over the northern US tonight
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 12:33
A coronal mass ejection is currently racing toward Earth and could trigger G2 to G3 geomagnetic storm conditions on June 8, potentially boosting aurora displays across northern latitudes.
Artemis II moon mission research continues on Earth
Phys.org - 8 Jun 2026 21:00
Since NASA's Artemis II crew members safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10 after their record-setting mission around the moon, science teams have been busy collecting more data and combing through obs...
Scientists propose spraying chemicals into Earth's magnetic field to protect us from powerful solar storms
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 21:00
Scientists have proposed a spacecraft-based system to actively strengthen Earth's magnetic shield and reduce the impact of powerful solar storms.
James Webb Space Telescope weighs 'sleeping giant' black hole from 10 billion light-years away - and it's 6 billion times our sun's mass
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 20:00
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, and with a little help from Einstein, astronomers have "weighed" a sleeping giant, a dormant supermassive black hole located a staggering 10 billion light-years away.
Cosmic bombardment may have opened Earth's crust for prebiotic chemistry
Phys.org - 8 Jun 2026 19:40
Asteroids and planetesimals regularly bombarded Earth between about 4.6 billion and 3.5 billion years ago, during the Hadean and Archean eons. Because few rocks today are more than 4 billion years old, our understanding ...
How NASA Science andArtemis Are Shaping the 2026 FIFA World Cup
NASA Breaking news - 8 Jun 2026 19:36
Asthe FIFA World Cupapproaches, NASA is bringingspace science andengineeringto soccer fansworldwide.FromJune 11to July 19,2026,NASA willhost anexhibitat FIFA Fan FestivalHouston where visitors can learn how research aboa...
Space Telescopes Are Now Overwhelmed by Satellite Trails
Universe Today - 8 Jun 2026 19:29
Unfortunately theres more bad news to report on the clear skies front. A new paper, available in pre-print on arXiv from researchers at NASAs Ames Research Center, reports that 73.3% of images the agencys new SPHEREx spa...
Why Can't the Universe Be Cyclic? Part 3: The Ekpyrotic Universe and Its Bouncing Branes
Universe Today - 8 Jun 2026 19:06
The ekpyrotic theory tries to beat inflation with bouncing higher-dimensional branes, no singularity, and a universe that has always existed. A tour of the prettiest version of the idea and how it claims to handle flatne...
Why do Venus and Jupiter meet up in the sky so often? It's a symptom of a solar system that supports life on Earth
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 19:00
As it turns out, the conditions that set Venus and Jupiter up for their conjunctions in the sky are the same that are critical for life to survive on Earth.
FCC lets Amazon Leo miss deployment deadline with temporary spectrum penalty
Space News - 8 Jun 2026 18:39
Amazon no longer faces a July 30 cutoff for deploying half its planned 3,232 broadband satellites, but the reprieve comes with a temporary loss of spectrum priority that could give SpaceX and other rivals more leverage i...
Catch Comet 220P McNaught in Outburst
Universe Today - 8 Jun 2026 18:04'Evolution' at 25: A perfect fusion of 'Ghostbusters' and 'Men in Black' that's become a sci-fi comedy classic
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 18:00
Pour out a bottle of Head & Shoulders for Ivan Reitman's Evolution on its 25-year anniversary.
What happens to a star that captures a primordial black hole?
Phys.org - 8 Jun 2026 17:20
We don't know whether theorized primordial black holes (PBH) are real. If they are, they formed in the very early universe, when physics was much different. They had no stellar progenitors and were created by the dir...
Watch SpaceX set new rocket reuse record with 35th launch - and landing - of a Falcon 9 booster (video)
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 16:30
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, June 8, 2026. The first stage booster flew for a record 35th time.
Plants could be used to grow medicines in space, study shows
Phys.org - 8 Jun 2026 16:20
Astronauts on long space missions may one day use plants to produce fresh stocks of medicines on demand, thanks to new research by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The team developed a simple method t...
Get ready for the next Pentagon file drop with our essential UFO reading list
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 16:00
With the next tranche of declassified files from the Pentagon expected any day now, dive deeper into the UFO phenomenon with these 15 books covering its history, impact and possible explanations.
Supersonic!
NASA Breaking news - 8 Jun 2026 15:28
On June 5, 2026, NASAsexperimental X-59aircraft flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time,setting the stage fordemonstratingits quiet supersonic capabilitieslater this year. NASA test pilotJim Clue Lesstook ...
NASAs INCUS Satellites Progress Toward Launch
NASA Breaking news - 8 Jun 2026 15:22
Description One of the three satellites that make up NASAs INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission sits on a fixture at the facilities of Blue Canyon Technologies in Lafayette, Colorado. The satellite comple...
The Hidden Physics Complicating Interstellar Lightsails
Universe Today - 8 Jun 2026 15:15
If were to reach another star, chemical propulsion will not get us there in any reasonable time frame. Were going to need a different propulsion technology, and one of the most promising seems to be a solar sail. These g...
Neutron star merger simulations gain new precision with AI-driven r-process heating
Phys.org - 8 Jun 2026 15:00
Using a novel simulation model based on machine learning, an international research team at GSI/FAIR has succeeded in gaining a deeper understanding of element formation in stellar events such as neutron star mergers. Fo...
Don't miss Jupiter and Venus meet in a dazzling conjunction on June 9: Here's where and when to look
SPACE.com - 8 Jun 2026 15:00
Jupiter and Venus meet in the western sky on June 9 - here's how to see it.
Russia is jamming GPS from space
Space News - 8 Jun 2026 15:00
America is at risk of high impact GPS jamming and spoofing from space was the title of my SpaceNews opinion article in October 2024. Little did I know that its [] The post Russia is jamming GPS from space appeared first ...