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Interstellar comet likely far older than solar system, astronomers say

The Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025. The comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off its solid, icy nucleus.

Pumice clogs island shores after Papua New Guinea eruption, stoking fears of food shortage

Locals raft through the pumice-covered Loniu Passage, following an undersea eruption, in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, June 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Bellamy Popot/via REUTERS

NASA's Artemis III crew: a test pilot, an Italian, a record-holder and a first-timer

Mission specialist Andre Douglas speaks during the unveiling for the NASA Artemis III mission at an event at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Antranik Tavitian

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 10, 2026

US President Donald Trump vowed to respond on June 9 after saying Iran had shot down a US Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz overnight.

NASA taps US, Italian astronauts for Artemis III mission with SpaceX, Blue Origin mooncraft

Astronauts (from left) Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas are named on June 9 as the crew of NASA's Artemis III mission.

NASA to wear Prada as luxury group pushes into space industry

The inner-layer liquid cooling and ventilation garment designed by Prada and Axiom Space (right) was unveiled next to the spacesuit at a press event in New York City, US on June 7.

Who is aboard the International Space Station during the air leak?

FILE PHOTO: NASA’s Crew-12 members, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir walk out of the Operations & Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center before transport to Launch Complex 40, ahead of their launch to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo

Leak on space station triggers brief safety alert; crew shelters in docked capsule

A 2022 NASA photo showing a Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station.

SpaceX, the sprawling company targeting the stars, Mars and an IPO

SpaceX announced on June 3 it was aiming for lift-off of the largest IPO in history.

NASA ends mission after loss of Mars probe

Scientific spacecraft MAVEN – short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution – went into Martian orbit in 2014.

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