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August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% 'blood moon'

By Jamie Carter published 4 June 26

A deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the best lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028.

SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published 4 June 26

More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.

12 of the weirdest 'Masters of the Universe' characters

By Richard Edwards published 4 June 26

By the power of… what the hell is that? If you thought the patrons of the Mos Eisley Cantina were strange, they've got nothing on He-Man and Skeletor's entourages.

Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'

By Keith Cooper published 4 June 26

A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by combustion engines.

NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It's not the only probe in the Mars morgue

By Mike Wall published 4 June 26

NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.

A rainbow patchwork quilt shows agriculture from space | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published 4 June 26

A rainbow blanket of patchwork colors sprawls across South Africa in this new composite image created using data from NASA's latest Earth-observing mission.

'Silo' season 3 trailer teases showing us how the world ended (video)

By Jeff Spry published 4 June 26

'There’s a new world coming, and it's just around the bend.'

On this day in space! June 4, 2010: SpaceX's 1st Falcon 9 rocket reaches orbit

By Hanneke Weitering last updated 4 June 26

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is not an alien spacecraft: SETI hunt for 'technosignatures' comes up empty

By Mike Wall published 4 June 26

Scientists failed to find radio signals emanating from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, further bolstering its status as a natural object, not one made by aliens.

Upcoming sci-fi TV shows for 2026: Star City, Silo S3, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S4, & more

By Grace Dean last updated 4 June 26

Here’s everything we know about the sci-fi TV shows coming out in 2026.