Rare daytime meteor shower peak this week — here's how to see (and even hear) them Most meteor showers are seen after dark, but the Arietids offer a rare chance to spot shooting stars in the dawn sky. Space · Jun 8
SpaceX IPO could turn a 27-year-old recovery boat engineer into a millionaire overnight: Meet the worker who invested 10% of every pay cheque For most people working at sea, stock ownership is rarely part of the job. For 27-year-old Maryellyn Musselman, it could be life-changing. The former engineering officer spent two years aboard a SpaceX recovery vessel off Florida's coast. During that time, she quietly built a stake in Elon Musk's space company.… The Times of India · Jun 8
Trouble near the Milky Way: The Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping its smaller neighbor galaxy apart The Magellanic Clouds are a pair of dwarf galaxies passing the Milky Way probably for the first time, but as they move they have been interacting with each other for billions of years. Space · Jun 7
Readers reply: If an alien asked you: ‘What is music?’ what would you play for them? The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions comes up with an epic extraterrestrial playlist for Earth’s first contact from beyond the stars The Guardian - UK · Jun 7
Russia’s new ‘Starlink‑Style’ Rassvet fleet loses its first satellite after weeks — Object 4 drops out of orbit but 15 others remain Object 4, one of 16 satellites in the first operational batch of Russia's Rassvet broadband network, re-entered Earth's atmosphere on approximately June 6th. Tom’s Hardware · Jun 7
Could meteor storms harm NASA's future moon missions? "If a major meteor shower outburst or storm is forecast during a mission or crew activity, the mission would be delayed or the crew kept inside until the outburst or storm is over." Space · Jun 7
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 213 — Live From ISDC With Gerry Griffin On Episode 212 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Apollo legend Gerry Griffin live from the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in McLean, Virginia. Space · Jun 6
SpaceX IPO: how can I buy shares, and what are the risks? Elon Musk firm plans the biggest stock market launch in history – but experts have flagged potential downsides The Guardian - UK · Jun 6
Apple's Best Sci-Fi Spinoff Just Solved One Big Mystery — And Set Up An Even Bigger One In the third episode of 'Star City,' the mystery of the spy within the space program is revealed. So, what happens next? Inverse · Jun 5
Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to fix a persistent leak on the Russian side of the orbiting lab. Space · Jun 5
International Space Station astronauts resume normal duties after evacuation order Crew previously told to enter docked spacecraft and don spacesuits in case an air leak worsened The Guardian - UK · Jun 5
Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline a stunning planet parade through June. Here's when to see it Three planets, two stars and one moon create a spectacular June sky show. Space · Jun 5
Meteor streaks across the sky above big observatory | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2026 Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory. Space · Jun 5
$1.77 trillion! SpaceX is about to become the 7th-most valuable American company SpaceX will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1.77 trillion. Space · Jun 5
International Business Times UK · Jun 5 Alien Hope Dented as Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows No Signs of 'Otherworldly Tech' in Radio Scans SETI Institute's radio scans of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS found no evidence of alien technology, confirming its natural origins.
Space · Jun 5 One of the sky's rarest phenomena is back: How to see rare night-shining clouds this summer Night shining noctilucent clouds could brighten the sky before dawn and after sunset from tonight!
Space · Jun 5 Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is blasting out a bunch of methane. Here's why that's weird The James Webb Space Telescope observed a large amount of methane around 3I/ATLAS, revealing just how different it is from comets from our solar system.
MyLifeXP · Jun 5 SpaceX's $75 Billion IPO Could Change the World Forever Most companies go public to raise money. SpaceX is trying to raise enough money to help redefine humanity's future. The planned $75 billion IPO has stunned investors worldwide. The valuation being discussed is larger than the economies of many countries. Yet the most surprising part is that SpaceX remains focused…
AAP · Jun 4 From Mars to microgreens, planetary crisis inspires art How should humans respond to a turbulent world? A new exhibition is full of ideas, from urban farming to fire-resistant fashion, and life on another planet.
Space · Jun 4 Glittering star cluster image reveals missing patch of stars: 'We were not looking for the gap, but we found it' Euclid space telescope observations of ancient globular cluster NGC 6397 reveal a subtle gap in brightness distribution of red dwarf stars.
The Independent UK · Jun 4 Scientists search for signs of alien life on a visitor from another solar system 3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar object – leading to suggestions that it could be an alien spacecraft
Space · Jun 4 SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos) More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.
Space · Jun 4 Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine' A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by combustion engines.
International Business Times · Jun 4 Musk's Net Worth Poised To Top $1 Trillion On Historic SpaceX Debut Elon Musk's ownership stake in SpaceX has reached a paper value of more than $866 billion following the company's updated initial public offering filing.
Space · Jun 4 NASA's dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It's not the only probe in the Mars morgue NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet. Here's the fate that awaits the probe.