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One of the sky's rarest phenomena is back: How to see rare night-shining clouds this summer

June 8, 2026
Rare noctilucent clouds shine above the city of Kennewick in Washington State June 2. (Image credit: John Clement.) Noctilucent cloud season has officially begun! One of the earliest sightings was captured by photographer John Clement, glowing in the skies over the city of Kennewick, Washington, on June 2, who had set out to capture a striking conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, which had…
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Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute

June 8, 2026
SpaceX has lined up another compute deal ahead of its historic IPO, this time with Google. The company announced the deal in a regulatory filing on Friday. Under the terms of the deal, Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029 for access to “approximately 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, CPUs, memory, and other related components.” The deal is similar in…
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Disputed historic Kodacolor photo of John F. Kennedy's final motorcade belongs to museum, court rules

June 8, 2026
Over the years, the assassination of John F. Kennedy (JFK) has raised all sorts of questions, from who fired the fatal shots to the ownership of various photos and films of the president on that infamous day in Dallas, Texas, 1963. Now, the latest of these disputes, between The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (SFMDP) – the official JFK museum in Dallas, Texas – and a private photo collector…
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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in June 2026

June 8, 2026
I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve been fortunate to learn these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That long-term experience with real-world e-bike testing has helped me find the best electric bicycles on the market for just about any budget. Below are some…
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