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Space
Chang’e 6 moon mission returns 1st far side sample to Earth
Chinese moon mission Chang'e 6 brought to Earth the 1st sample of the far side ever taken on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. It reached the lunar surface on June 1.
June 26, 2024
Astronomy Essentials
Tonight
Visible planets and night sky guide for June and July
Visible planets and night sky guide for June 2024. Tomorrow morning, the moon will hang close to Saturn. The bright star Fomalhaut will shine nearby.
Sun
Sun news June 26: GOES-U goes up!
Sun news for June 26, 2024. NOAA launched its GOES-U Earth- and spaceweather-observing satellite! See a cool video of 2 boosters landing side by side.
June 26, 2024
Constellations
Tonight
Draco the Dragon and Thuban, a former pole star
Let your eyes and imagination drift to see the winding shape of Draco the Dragon. And meet Thuban, a former pole star, between the Big and Little Dippers.
June 26, 2024
Constellations
Meet Libra the Scales, a zodiacal constellation
The zodiacal constellation Libra the Scales is a fixture of the evening sky during Northern Hemisphere summer (Southern Hemisphere winter).
June 25, 2024
Space
Shorelines of Titan’s seas likely shaped by waves
Saturn's largest moon Titan has seas and lakes of liquid methane/ethane. A new study from MIT suggests the shorelines of Titan's seas are shaped by waves.
June 24, 2024
Space
The End of Everything, LIVE, with Katie Mack
Join EarthSky's Deborah Byrd and theoretical cosmologist Katie Mack at 17:15 UTC (12:15 p.m. Central) on Monday, June 24, as they discuss the end of everything!
June 24, 2024
Brightest Stars
Zubenelgenubi is alpha star of Libra the Scales
Zubenelgenubi - Alpha Librae - is a double star, and is the second brightest star in the constellation Libra the Scales.
June 23, 2024
Today's Image
Meet an omega sunset and sunrise
An omega sunset or sunrise is an inferior mirage. It's produced by a layer of warmer and less dense air close to an ocean surface.
June 23, 2024
Earth
Lightning safety: Here’s what you need to know
Read up on lightning safety tips. Do you know whether it's safe to be at the beach in a lightning storm? How about a golf cart? Do rubber tires make you safe?
June 23, 2024
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