Catch Mercury shining at its best on June 15 before it slips back into the sun’s glare
Mercury will appear farthest from the sun in its current evening apparition on June 15.
Day June 14, 2026
How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago
Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels “From the Earth to the Moon” and “All Around the Moon” were highly speculative fiction in their time, but tell a tale that now seems remarkably familiar: three astronauts in a conical capsule…
New moon of June 2026 brings stunning views of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter
The nights surrounding the new moon on June 14 are the perfect time to hunt for planets and sparkling constellations in the late spring sky.
‘We were astonished’: Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes
“We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation.”