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The 2025 Bootid meteor shower peaks June 27: Here's what to expect

By Anthony Wood published

You'll need luck on your side to spot these shooting stars.

Stargazing
Cocoon (1985)

'Cocoon' at 40: Ron Howard's sci-fi smash is proof they don't make them like they used to

By Richard Edwards published

The beloved 'oldies and aliens' blockbuster is a movie out of sync with Hollywood norms.

Space Movies & Shows
two people in white suits appear to float weightlessly surrounded by dozens of open books

World's 1st multimedia performance in microgravity will bring together Cirque du Soleil, National Geographic and NASA

By Jeff Spry published

Miami-based multimedia superstar Natasha Tsakos discusses this historic fall flight aboard Zero-G's 'G-Force One' aircraft.

Entertainment
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 166 — Live From the Swamps, ISDC 2025

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 166 — Live From the Swamps, ISDC 2025

By Space.com Staff published

On Episode 166 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik broadcast live from the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference in Orlando.

Space Movies & Shows
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Watch Blue Origin launch 6 people to suborbital space today after delay

By Mike Wall last updated

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch six people to suborbital space on the NS-33 mission today (June 22) after a one-day weather delay.

Private Spaceflight
The first privately developed spacecraft to carry a pilot to suborbital space, SpaceShipOne made three successful spaceflights in 2004, the first of them on June 21 of that year.

On this day in space! June 21, 2004: SpaceShipOne makes 1st privately funded human spaceflight

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On June 21, 2004, the first privately funded human spaceflight, launched on SpaceShipOne.

Launches & Spacecraft
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Nobel laureate concerned about AI-generated image of black hole at the center of our galaxy

By Joanna Thompson published

Researchers used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, with some concern from experts.

Black Holes
An illustration of our spinning universe as part of a wider multiverse

A spinning universe could crack the mysteries of dark energy and our place in the multiverse

By Robert Lea published

The universe seems to be spinning, and that could explain what dark energy is and why it's weakening while revealing our place within the multiverse.

Astronomy
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See the moon, Venus and the Pleiades make a celestial triangle in the predawn sky on June 22

By Anthony Wood published

The Pleiades, a crescent moon and Venus  —  what more could an astrophotographer want?

Stargazing
The ispace Resilience lunar lander crash on June 5, 2025 created a dark smudge surrounded by a subtle bright halo, as imaged here by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

NASA moon orbiter spies grave of crashed Japanese lunar lander (image)

By Leonard David published

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the Tokyo-based company ispace.

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