Click Here to Read: Action! NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins capturing the greatest cosmic movie ever made: The 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time has officially started, marking the beginning of a new era in astronomy and astrophysics on the US National Science Foundation website on June 30, 2026.
Rubin Observatory and Its Target. Image: Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/B. Quint, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: How to spot these electric-blue clouds that form at the edge of space Forming 50 miles above Earth’s surface, noctilucent clouds offer a rare glimpse into one of the least-understood layers of the atmosphere By Stefanie Waldek on the National Geographic website on June 11, 2026.
Noctilucent clouds, Kuresoo bog, Soomaa National Park, Estonia. Image: Martin Koitmäe. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: Scientists may have just solved the Euphrates River’s mysterious origins: New research has revealed insight into the evolution of this influential waterway, which may have been created when two ancient rivers coalesced ByNoah Kirsch on the National Geographic website on June 1, 2026 .
The Euphrates River in Turkey, Rumkale Image: Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commosn.
