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Archive for June, 2025

Astronomers discover the largest comet from the outskirts of the solar system is exploding with jets of gas

June 19th, 2025 by me

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn’t just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it’s the second most distant that is chemically active.

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‘The models were right!’ Astronomers locate universe’s ‘missing’ matter in the largest cosmic structures

June 19th, 2025 by me

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have discovered a vast 23 million light-year-wide tendril connecting galactic clusters and containing much of the universe’s missing matter.

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SpaceX’s Starship explodes in Texas during preparations for 10th test flight

June 19th, 2025 by me

SpaceX’s newest Starship vehicle exploded on a stand in Texas late Wednesday night (June 18), as it was being prepped for the program’s 10th-ever test flight.

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See the moon rise alongside the giant planets Neptune and Saturn predawn on June 19

June 19th, 2025 by me

The alignment occurs hours after the moon hits its third quarter phase.

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2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth. What were they doing?

June 19th, 2025 by me

A new Chinese refueling spacecraft met up with an older satellite in high Earth orbit this month, apparently marking a step forward in orbital servicing.

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Mars joins the Spring Triangle this week: Here’s when and how to see it

June 19th, 2025 by me

Mars will remain in the Spring Triangle until mid-September.

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Watch Honda launch (and land) its 1st reusable rocket in this wild video

June 19th, 2025 by me

The Japanese automaker Honda just hit a key milestone in rocket reusability with a near-bullseye landing during a vertical test flight in Hokkaido.

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‘The Best of Both Worlds’ at 35: Why we’re still assimilated by ‘Star Trek”s greatest ever cliffhanger

June 19th, 2025 by me

Resistance is futile! We look back on the classic ‘Trek’ episode, back when the Borg were still the scariest bad guys in the galaxy.

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