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Satellite streaks block out Canadian skies | Space photo of the day for June 20, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Researchers created a satellite tracking system to track satellite streaks across the Arctic for the first time ever.

Earth
Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle launches on the NS-25 crewed suborbital mission, on May 19, 2024

Blue Origin reveals passengers for 13th space tourism launch

By Mike Wall published

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch six people to suborbital space on Saturday (June 21), and you can watch the action live.

Private Spaceflight
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On this day in space! June 20, 1983: Challenger launches Palapa B satellite

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

Crew aboard the space shuttle Challenger deployed an Indonesian communications satellite known as Palapa-B1 into orbit

Launches & Spacecraft
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Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could

By Michelle L.D. Hanlon published

The moon is a key step in the journey of space exploration, but making it habitable brings up lots of questions around space law and policy

The moon
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Powerful X-class solar flare erupts from sun, knocking out radio signals across the Pacific (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Sunspot region 4114 has done it again! This time unleashing a colossal X1.9 solar flare.

The Sun
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments

By Victoria Corless published

James Webb Space Telescope finds exoplanets in extreme environments that could potentially be habitable.

Exoplanets
A Rocket Lab Electron booster carrying 13 NASA satellites, including 10 cubesats for agency's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program, lifts off from the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island on Dec. 16, 2018 on the ElaNa-19 mission.

Watch Rocket Lab launch secret satellite to orbit today

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab will launch a satellite for a confidential customer early Friday morning (June 20), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
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Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky

By Jamie Carter last updated

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Stargazing
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Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the planet’s reddish hue and why it looks different to some telescopes

By David Joffe published

For centuries Mars has been called "the Red Planet" and there's a scientific reason why.

Mars
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