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Strawberry Moon to rise with an Antares encounter
(Josh Dinner)
In New York City, moonrise will occur at 8:49 p.m. EDT on June 21. The sun will set at 8:31 p.m. EDT on that day. This full moon happens on the day after the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year; full moons occur within a day of the solstices about every 19 to 20 years. There's some dispute about what counts as a full moon falling "on the solstice" - it depends on how close in time one wants the two phenomena to be. For example, the Summer Solstice in 2024 is counted as occurring at 4:05 p.m. EDT on June 20, and the full moon is a little more than 30 hours later.
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Spaceflight

Final flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceplane
Final flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spaceplane
(Virgin Galactic)
Virgin Galactic shared an awe-inspiring video from the final flight of its VSS Unity spaceplane. The space plane's final commercial mission, called Galactic 07, took off from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico at 10:31 a.m. EDT (1431 GMT) on June 8. The suborbital flight carried a Turkish researcher and three private astronauts to an altitude of 44,562 feet (13,582 meters) before the plane dropped and ignited its rocket engine to carry the four passengers and two pilots to space and back.
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Science & Astronomy

Hubble bounces back with glorious galaxy in '1-gyro mode'
Hubble bounces back with glorious galaxy in '1-gyro mode'
(NASA/ESA/STScI/David Thilker (JHU))
The Hubble Space Telescope is back in action, having returned to science operations but now with just one operating gyroscope. And to prove it's still got what it takes, the venerable observatory snapped a striking photo of the dusty spiral galaxy NGC 1546.
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SpaceX

SpaceX Falcon 9 makes 250th droneship landing
SpaceX Falcon 9 makes 250th droneship landing
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SpaceX successfully launched a European TV satellite into orbit and then achieved its 250th landing on an ocean-based droneship. A Falcon 9 rocket launched Luxembourg-based telecom company SES' Astra 1P satellite from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday (June 20) at 5:35 p.m. EDT (2135 GMT). The liftoff had originally been scheduled for Tuesday, but weather concerns at the launch site forced SpaceX to stand down two days.
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Technology

DARPA's 'quantum laser' will use entangled photons
DARPA's 'quantum laser' will use entangled photons
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Researchers are developing a new, military-grade "quantum laser" that can cut through fog and operate across long distances. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1 million grant to scientists building a prototype "quantum photonic-dimer laser" that uses quantum entanglement to "glue" light particles together and generate a highly concentrated laser beam.
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Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice
(Johann Klage)
Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice
"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Supermassive black hole roars to life before astronomers' eyes in world-1st observations
(ESO/M. Kornmesser)
Supermassive black hole roars to life before astronomers' eyes in world-1st observations
Astronomers may be watching a supermassive black hole "waking up" from a long slumber for the first time ever. The researchers think the black hole may have gotten its hands on a glut of new material to devour, causing an uptick in brightness.
Animals

Newfound dinosaur with giant, horned headpiece named after iconic Norse god
(©Andrey Atuchin for the Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark)
Newfound dinosaur with giant, horned headpiece named after iconic Norse god
A newly identified dinosaur with large, ornate horns on its massive head shield has been named after a famous Norse god who sported a similar headpiece in recent Marvel movies.

Physics & Math

'Immortal' stars at the Milky Way's center may have found an endless energy source, study suggests
(ESA–C. Carreau)
'Immortal' stars at the Milky Way's center may have found an endless energy source, study suggests
Strange stars clustered near the Milky Way's center are much younger than theory predicts is possible. New research suggests their youth could actually be eternal — and fueled by annihilating dark matter.
Technology

This AI-powered robot has worked out how to solve a Rubik's Cube in just 0.305 seconds
(Mitsubishi Electric)
This AI-powered robot has worked out how to solve a Rubik's Cube in just 0.305 seconds
Footage shows the record-breaking TOKUFASTbot solving a Rubik's Cube so fast that it appears to happen in a single move.
 
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Contemplating Catastrophe
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What would we do if an asteroid slammed Earth on July 12, 2038?
NASA's latest asteroid impact dry run revealed humanity may be our biggest hurdle.
 
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