NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock has outperformed all other clocks in space during its first year in orbit around Earth. The clock is at least 10 times more stable than those used on GPS satellites, researchers report June 30, 2021 in the journal Nature.

In Virgin Orbit's 3rd-ever space mission, the air-launched LauncherOne rocket carried seven satellites to orbit on June 30, 2021. Virgin Orbit announced all seven payloads had successfully reached their target orbits.

Swiss-led telescope CHEOPS unexpectedly captured a surprise photobomb of a planet 50 light-years away. This planet is now a "golden target," scientists said.

The Pacific Northwest experienced a dramatic and unprecedented heat wave in late June, 2021. Many cities reported all-time-record highs.

What happens when black holes swallow neutron stars? Scientists could only speculate until recently. Now we have measurements of 2 such events!

Scientists have calculated that 2,034 stars within 326 light-years have an opportunity to detect Earth using the transit method.

NASA released a video on June 25, 2021 showing how it used 62 images to create the first selfie for the Mars rover Perseverance.

Years of accumulated meltwater in an Antarctic lake suddenly drained into the ocean during the winter of 2019.

The world’s first wooden satellite, WISA Woodsat, will test how plywood panels endure the extreme conditions of space. The Finnish project is slated to launch from New Zealand in November 2021.

A newly released U.S. intelligence report cannot "confirm or deny" that the unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, sighted by Navy pilots are due to alien visitors.