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Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: Here’s how to see the bright ‘morning star’ this weekend

Submit on Saturday, May 31st, 2025 20:11

Venus will rise in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours of June 1 alongside Saturn and Neptune.

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Trump’s 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third

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The Trump administration’s 2026 budget request cuts NASA funding by $6 billion, which would lead to the cancellation of Mars sample-return and other high-profile missions.

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‘Cosmic miracle!’ James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen

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The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again, discovering the “mother of all early galaxies,” a record-breaking distant object that existed just 280 billion years after the Big Bang.

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Why is the European Space Agency beaming a waltz at NASA’s Voyager 1 probe this weekend?

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Saturday’s celestial concert salutes ESA’s 50th anniversary and 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II.

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Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

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ESA is preparing a mission to study and land on asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with Earth in 2029. NASA is also looking into a possible Apophis effort but faces funding issues.

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A fireball over desert mountains | Space photo of the day for May 30, 2025

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A brilliant meteor streak is captured as it plunges through Earth’s atmosphere over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

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Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump’s research funding cuts

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Climate scientists are gathering on YouTube for 100 hours to talk about the importance of weather research amid White House funding cuts.

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FAA requires SpaceX to investigate Starship Flight 9 mishap

Submit on Saturday, May 31st, 2025 00:12

SpaceX must figure out what happened on Flight 9 of its Starship megarocket, during which the vehicle’s second stage made an uncontrolled reentry over the Indian Ocean.

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