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Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026
Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory.
$1.77 trillion! SpaceX is about to become the 7th-most valuable American company
SpaceX will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1.77 trillion.
One of the sky's rarest phenomena is back: How to see rare night-shining clouds this summer
Night shining noctilucent clouds could brighten the sky before dawn and after sunset from tonight!
On this day in space! June 5, 2002: Endeavour launches on mission to ISS
NASA's space shuttle Endeavour.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is blasting out a bunch of methane. Here's why that's weird
The James Webb Space Telescope observed a large amount of methane around 3I/ATLAS, revealing just how different it is from comets from our solar system.
Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it'
Euclid space telescope observations of ancient globular cluster NGC 6397 reveal a subtle gap in brightness distribution of red dwarf stars.
August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% 'blood moon'
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)
More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.
