Desert Field Test With NASA Advanced Rover Prototype
Description A prototype four-wheel rover developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with advanced mobility and robotic autonomy capabilities trundled across the Colorado Desert near Plaster City,...
NASA | June 18, 2026
Read moreNASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars Rovers
On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled about 16 miles (26 kilometers) with minimal intervention from the team of engineers tra...
NASA | June 18, 2026
Read moreNASA’s Lucy Reveals Wobbling, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
Even small asteroids lead complex lives. During its flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson last year, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft revealed the asteroid to be a wobbly, peanut-shaped body that has undergone...
NASA | June 18, 2026
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Jared Leto's unreal Skeletor transformation for 'Masters of the Universe' only took '15 minutes' (interview)
'He was a joy to work with on set, he really was. He was a lot of fun and there was this charismatic presence every day.' ...
Latest from Space.com | June 18, 2026
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SpaceX launches new batch of US spy satellites from California (video)
SpaceX launched the latest batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government early Friday morning (June 19). ...
Latest from Space.com | June 18, 2026
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You can get my favorite image-stabilized binoculars for their cheapest ever price in this incredible anti-Prime Day deal
The Fujinon Techno-Stabi TS-L 1640 image-stabilized binoculars are perfect for steady stargazing with 16x magnification, 40mm objective lenses and strong image stabilizat...
Latest from Space.com | June 18, 2026
Read moreStages of Star Formation
This image, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and released on June 5, 2026, shows just a small portion of one of the Orion Molecular Clouds, a long and massive filament of cold gas a...
NASA | June 18, 2026
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Sun-like star may have swallowed an exoplanet with help from a mysterious companion: 'You are what you eat, right?'
"That's what makes this field so exciting. You really are solving a mystery." ...
Latest from Space.com | June 18, 2026
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Astrophotographer captures a cosmic lagoon glowing 5,200 light-years from Earth (photo)
The Lagoon Nebula is best spotted in the months surrounding August in the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Latest from Space.com | June 18, 2026
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