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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the first 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit on April 28, 2025.

Launch of Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites scrubbed due to rocket issue

By Josh Dinner last updated

The planned June 16 launch of the second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites was scrubbed due to an issue with a ULA Atlas V rocket.

Launches & Spacecraft
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
portrait of four astronauts — three men and one woman — in black and white spacesuits

SpaceX Axiom-4 mission to the ISS: Live updates

By Mike Wall, Josh Dinner last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station.

Human Spaceflight
A series of colorful panels with dark spots except one panel that has the sun in a green circle

Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission

By Jamie Carter published

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled.

Solar Eclipses
Two sci-fi characters in space on a movie poster

Titan A.E. came out 25 years ago, and history has been kind to the infamous flop that killed Fox Animation Studios

By Jeff Spry published

Send your birthday love to Planet Bob as we reminisce about this spirited post-apocalyptic gem.

Space Movies & Shows

Powerful solar flare erupts from sun triggering radio blackouts across North America (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18.

The Sun
An illustration shows a cloud of dark matter slipping past a distant star

Dark matter 'lampshades' dimming stars could solve one of the greatest scientific mysteries

By Robert Lea published

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain one of the greatest puzzles in science.

Astronomy
A woman wears a helmet and an orange outfit

On this day in space! June 16, 1963: First woman travels Into space

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

Russian cosmonaut Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space.

Launches & Spacecraft
Trees and a gray building sit in front of clouds of red and purple against a light background

Milky Way arcs over Kitt Peak National Observatory | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

Stargazing
Astronomers have used fast radio bursts (FRBs)— brief, bright radio signals fromdistant galaxies— to pinpoint the location of the universe’s “missing” matter in the spacebetween galaxies. This artist’s conception depicts this ordinary matter in the warm, thin gas inthis region—called the intergalactic medium (IGM)— which has been difficult for scientists todirectly observe until now. Different colors of light travel at different speeds through space. Here,the artist has used blue to highlight denser regions of the cosmic web, transitioning to redderlight for void areas.

Scientists find universe's missing matter while watching fast radio bursts shine through 'cosmic fog'

By Robert Lea published

Rapid bursts of energy that last milliseconds but emit as much energy as the sun does in decades are helping astronomers pierce the cosmic fog between galaxies to find the universe's missing matter.

Astronomy
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