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Northern lights may be visible in these 10 US States tonight
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
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
By Anthony Wood published
The nova appears to be dimming and may soon be undetectable by the unaided eye.

Alien life could survive deadly stellar radiation, Earth's desert lichen reveal
By Robert Lea published
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)
By Josh Dinner last updated
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
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
The telescope, working with the world's largest digital camera, scans the night sky in search of dark matter.

Cosmic images from the world's largest digital camera are so big they require a 'data butler'
By Keith Cooper published
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.

NASA's been pulling out of major astronomy meetings — and scientists are feeling the effects
By Monisha Ravisetti published
"We are given rules by our own institutions about what we can and cannot say."

From the Cape to the constellation: SpaceX launches 27 more Starlink satellites (video)
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
SpaceX launched a batch of 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

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'Space chocolate,' mango nectar and pierogis: Here are the international foods the private Ax-4 astronauts are flying to the ISS
By Mike Wall published
The four astronauts of the private Ax-4 mission to the ISS represent four different countries, so the food they're carrying up has a very international flavor.
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