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Best telescopes for beginners 2025: Start your stargazing journey with the best beginner-friendly telescopes.
By Gemma Lavender last updated
Buying Guide Ready to start your astronomy journey? We've rounded up the best telescopes, in time for June's new moon.

50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes
By Keith Cooper published
The beads are over 3.3 billion years old, and date from the formation of the "Man in the Moon."

Best telescopes 2025: Bring the universe closer with the best telescopes for stars, planets, nebulas and more
By Gemma Lavender last updated
Buying Guide Here are the best telescopes for a range of different purposes and budgets — beginner to smart telescopes and everything in between. Keep your eyes peeled for deals, too.

SpaceX launch from California sends 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket placed 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 16, 2025.

Star-forming cloud Chamaeleon I looks like a cosmic masterpiece in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)
By Keith Cooper published
Part of the closest star-forming region to us, known as the Chamaeleon Complex, has been illuminated by the light of young stars in this artwork by nature captured by the Dark Energy Camera.

Launch of Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites scrubbed due to rocket issue
By Josh Dinner last updated
The planned June 16 launch of the second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites was scrubbed due to an issue with a ULA Atlas V rocket.

Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission
By Jamie Carter published
The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled.

Titan A.E. came out 25 years ago, and history has been kind to the infamous flop that killed Fox Animation Studios
By Jeff Spry published
Send your birthday love to Planet Bob as we reminisce about this spirited post-apocalyptic gem.
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