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‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robot arm on June 30, 2026.

Mars may have once been filled with seas of magma that made the Red Planet habitable
By Keith Cooper published
Deep oceans of magma once sloshed about inside the crust of Mars, seismic measurements taken by NASA's InSight mission suggest.

Amazon Prime Day 2026: It's all over but you can still grab these deals
By Jase Parnell-Brookes last updated
Deals Amazon Prime Day is over. There are some deals available but most of the best savings have gone. Now to wait until Prime Day in October!

'Star Fox' is an eye-catching reimagining of a timeless sci-fi classic, but we've been here before
By Fran Ruiz published
Nintendo and Velan Studios' high-fidelity remake of Star Fox 64 for Switch 2 is an arcade-y blast from the past without major deviations.

Rubin Observatory begins filming the 'greatest cosmic movie ever' beginning a new era of astronomy
By Robert Lea published
"With the launch of the ten-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, the Rubin Observatory is opening a new window on the universe."

America 250: How has telescope technology evolved since the dawn of the U.S.?
By Keith Cooper published
Optical telescopes have come a long way in the past two-and-a-half centuries — from the homemade telescope of William Herschel to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.

America 250: Here's how to find a star whose light began its journey toward Earth in 1776
By Anthony Wood last updated
This star's light left its surface around the same time that the U.S. was founded.

On this day in space! June 30, 1908: Tunguska meteor explodes over Siberia
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia.

Europe's deadly heat wave seen from space | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2026
By Brett Tingley published
Europe's Sentinel-3 satellite captured data that helps visualize June's deadly heat wave, allowing researchers to further understand the extent of soaring temperatures.

'Titan is actually a very reasonable destination for humans': Scientists start mapping out crewed mission to huge Saturn moon
By Leonard David published
Researchers met recently for the first "Humans to Titan Summit 2026," which explored how to send astronauts to the huge Saturn moon.
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