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A blue model rocket with a white pointy tip is launching vertically as white vapor is produced at the bottom on a green grassy field with hills in the background.

Best model rocket deals 2025: Discounts on Estes, Revell and more ahead of Father's Day and Amazon Prime Day

By Alexander Cox last updated

Here's our countdown of the best model rocket deals on the market ahead of Father's Day and Amazon Prime Day.

Technology
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'What a waste:' US scientists decry Trump's 47% cuts to NASA science budget

By Monisha Ravisetti published

"I don't think it is an overstatement to say that morale among U.S.-based scientists is at an all-time low."

Space Exploration
a Japanese man wearing a blue polo and khaki pants and an American woman wearing a black shirt and blue slacks work to draw and collect blood from themselves aboard a space station

Astronauts track huge dust clouds over Canada and US | On the ISS this week June 2-6, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Preparations for the arrival of a visiting crew, the continued study of how humans adapt to microgravity and more highlight the sixth week of Expedition 73 on the International Space Station.

International Space Station
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See the moon shine with famous red star Antares in the southern sky on June 9

By Anthony Wood published

Antares is a red supergiant star located 400 light-years from Earth.

Stargazing
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China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft sends home 1st photo as it heads for mysterious 'quasi-moon' asteroid

By Andrew Jones published

China has revealed the first image from its Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission, which is now more than 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Earth.

Missions
SpaceX conducts a static fire test with the Flight 10 Starship Super Heavy first-stage booster at its Starbase site in South Texas on June 6, 2025.

SpaceX fires up Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship's 10th test flight (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with one of its Super Heavy boosters today (June 6), part of the prep work for the next test flight of the Starship megarocket.

Launches & Spacecraft
This Week in Space 164 — Goodbye NASA?

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 163 — The Trials of Starship

By Space.com Staff published

On Episode 164 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss these concerning times for NASA with Casey Dreier, the Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society.

Space Movies & Shows
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It's been nearly a century since Chicago saw a powerful dust storm like this (photos)

By Meredith Garofalo published

A historic dust storm hit Chicago last month, and a weather satellite gave us a bird's-eye view of the dramatic event.

Earth
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June's full 'Strawberry Moon' illuminates the night sky next week: Here's how to see it

By Anthony Wood published

Don't miss the 2025 full "Strawberry Moon" when it rises above the southeastern horizon on June 10.

Stargazing
a 360 view of the night sky with a huge blue pillar reaching into the night sky.

'Flying Banana' traveling 125 mph fires laser into sky and catches aurora hunters off guard (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

"The first time I spotted it, I thought at first it may have been a rare form of blue aurora but then realised it was moving too quickly."

Stargazing
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