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See a vivid green fireball lights up New York skies (video)
The fireball was visible from several states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Northern lights may be visible in these 10 US States tonight
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Washington as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere fuels geomagnetic storms with a high-speed solar wind.
A star exploded in the Lupus constellation. Here's how to see the nova in the night sky this month
V462 Lupi will soon vanish from the night sky, but before it does, the dark skies around the new moon present a perfect time to head away from city lights to hunt down the light from this ancient nova.
Alien life could survive deadly stellar radiation, Earth's desert lichen reveal
A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest conditions on Earth in the form of lichen.
Axiom-4 astronauts on SpaceX Crew Dragon welcomed aboard International Space Station (video)
After more than 24 hours on orbit, the the private astronaut crew of Axiom-4 has caught up to the International Space Station, docked and been welcomed aboard for their two-week mission.
Rubin Observatory takes its 1st look at the night skies | Space photo of the day for June 26, 2025
The telescope, working with the world's largest digital camera, scans the night sky in search of dark matter.
On this day in space! June 26, 1954: NACA Research Station Moves to new base
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics moved its headquarters to California
Cosmic images from the world's largest digital camera are so big they require a 'data butler'
The amount of data generated by the Rubin Observatory is going to blow all previous cosmic datasets out of the water, but handling that much information poses a severe challenge.
