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The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket treated stargazers in Europe to a surprise display on the night of June 23, when a plume of rocket propellant briefly

Deep in the constellation Canes Venatici, also called the Hunting Dogs, lies the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449. It’s part of the M94 galaxy group, near a group of galaxies to

The last Dragon spacecraft that SpaceX plans to build entered orbit for the first time with “grace.” Taking flight on Wednesday (June 25) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida,

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young moon will make a close

A newborn Dragon has just roared into space. SpaceX’s newest Dragon spacecraft launched on its debut mission this morning (June 25), sending the four-person Ax-4 mission to the International Space

The Orion Constellation as photographed by Miguel Claro from the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in Portugal. (Image credit: Miguel Claro) Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator

A lander built by Japanese company ispace crashed on the lunar surface while attempting to make the nation’s first private moon landing earlier this month — and now we know

Astronomers may have uncovered the curious origins of the universe’s most curious planets, so-called “double hot Jupiters.” The team behind the research hopes their discovery will help find more of

During the final week of June and continuing into the first week of July, we’ll have a fair chance at sighting Mercury, the innermost planet to the sun. Many people

A team of scientists is proposing a bold alternative to the Big Bang theory, suggesting that our universe may have formed inside a colossal black hole residing in a larger,