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On this day in space! June 2, 1966: Surveyor 1 becomes 1st American spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon

By Hanneke Weitering last updated 2 June 26

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour.

Unlocking 'the true space age': Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out fleet of ultra-mobile spacecraft

By Mike Wall published 2 June 26

Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's first-ever employee — just raised $500 million to build out the ultra-mobile spacecraft that it believes will transform the space economy.

Best telescopes 2026: View planets, stars and galaxies

By Gemma Lavender last updated 2 June 26

Buying Guide These are the best telescopes for stargazing, with top models from Celestron, Unistellar and ZWO.

Will SpaceX still be a launch company after its historic IPO?

By Leonard David published 2 June 26

What does SpaceX's coming IPO mean for the company, investors and markets in general?

Northern lights forecast - Aurora season winds down as summer twilight takes over

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 2 June 26

Persistent twilight is making aurora viewing increasingly difficult across the northern latitudes, bringing our nightly forecast updates to a seasonal close until autumn.

How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars

By Robert Lea published 1 June 26

How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the bright beautiful structures exoplanets create.

Shockwaves from dying stars may sculpt 'cosmic wagon wheel' stellar nurseries, simulations reveal

By Samantha Mathewson published 1 June 26

3D simulations reveal how shockwaves from stellar explosions and winds may carve hub-and-spoke structures in molecular clouds, shaping star formation in the Milky Way.

'The Lone Gunmen' at 25: the underrated 'X-Files' spin-off that aspired to be 'Mission: Impossible' with geeks

By Richard Edwards published 1 June 26

Conspiracy theories, print media, and James (sorry, Jimmy) Bond collide in an all-too-brief extension of Mulder and Scully's world.

Rocket goes boom, satellite cameras zoom: Explosive Blue Origin damage is visible from space

By Josh Dinner published 1 June 26

Satellites zoomed-in on the aftermath of the New Glenn rocket explosion at Blue Origin's LC-36 launchpad, and the extent of the damage is visible from orbit.

NASA's X-59 jet is ready to break the sound barrier for the 1st time this month

By Brett Tingley published 1 June 26

NASA's X-59 jet is on the verge of finally breaking the sound barrier as the agency looks forward to the aircraft's first supersonic flight this month.