Rare breed of exploding star discovered by citizen scientists in cataclysmic find

Space

July 3^rd 2025 at 5:30 pm

With the aid of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered an erupting cataclysmic variable star in a rarely seen evolutionary stage.

The supernova GOTO0650 spotted by astronomers and citizen scientists

Early Amazon Prime Day big saving on the Celestron NexStar 8SE — the cheapest price it's been since January

Space

July 3^rd 2025 at 5:09 pm

Save $200 on the best telescope for viewing the planets — the Celestron NexStar 8SE has a huge discount this Prime Day

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See Vega-C rocket's 3rd stage hoisted for upcoming launch | Space photo of the day for July 3, 2025

Space

July 3^rd 2025 at 4:43 pm

The Zefiro-9 was hoisted in preparation for the Vega-C flight VV27.

A large black cylinder is raised on a crane.

Watch Russia's Progress 92 cargo ship launch toward the ISS today

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

July 3^rd 2025 at 3:30 pm

A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft will launch toward the International Space Station this afternoon (July 3), and you can watch the action live.

Russia’s Progress 90 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module on Nov. 23, 2024.

The best Fourth of July and early Amazon Prime Day space tech deals on the market

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

July 3^rd 2025 at 3:14 pm

These are our picks of the best space tech deals you can get ahead of Fourth of July and Amazon Prime Day with offers on telescopes, star projectors and more.

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New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

July 3^rd 2025 at 2:04 pm

3I/ATLAS is the third-ever interstellar object discovered.

graphic showing the new interstellar object with a white arrow pointing it out against the background of stars.

Earth is farthest from the sun today. So why is it so hot?

Space

July 3^rd 2025 at 1:30 pm

Earth is at its farthest point from the sun on July 3. So why are temperatures so high across the U.S.?

a bright sun in an orange-and-red sky above a city skyline

See Mercury at greatest elongation, its farthest from the sun in the evening sky this week

Space

July 3^rd 2025 at 1:30 am

The rocky world will be visible for a brief window after sunset.

The position of Mercury is shown for the night of July 4 on a simulation of the night sky. Mercury is located close to the western horizon, with the bright star Regulus and Mars positioned to the upper left of the rocky planet.

'52 Assignments: Night Photography': A Q&A with author and astrophotographer Josh Dury

Space

July 3^rd 2025 at 12:30 am

"…are we potentially the last generation that will see the night's sky in its entirety?"

The ancient monument Stonehenge is pictured at night with the Milky Way glowing in a band tumbling towards the horizon. Pereid meteor trails can be seen arcing towards the historic site in a night sky dotted with stars.

Hubble Telescope finds stellar nursery in Taurus Molecular Cloud | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2025

Space

July 2^nd 2025 at 10:53 pm

The space telescope spied three young stars in the nebula.

A blue-gray cloud swirls around three bright stars over a dark background

A newly forming ocean may split Africa apart, scientists say

Space

July 2^nd 2025 at 10:30 pm

A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and potentially marking the birth of a new ocean, a new study reports.

A flow of magma spews out of hot molten rock

Climate satellite MethaneSAT backed by Bezos and Google fails in space after just 1 year

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

July 2^nd 2025 at 8:05 pm

MethaneSAT, the first satellite made by an environmental nonprofit organization, was designed to monitor some of the world's largest industrial contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. Now, without power, the spacecraft's mission has abruptly ended.

illustration of a gold spacecfraft with dark solar wings against the blackness of space

The secret of why Mars grew cold and dry may be locked away in its rocks

Space

July 2^nd 2025 at 7:30 pm

As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked up in rocks.

A series of valleys and ridges on the surface of Mars

Exoplanets that cling too tightly to their stars trigger their own doom: 'This is a completely new phenomenon'

Space

July 2^nd 2025 at 6:30 pm

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own parent stars by being too clingy.

An illustration of the planet HIP 67522 b bombarded by flares from its host star.

Former astronaut Terry Virts talks about his Senate run, Trump and the NASA budget in exclusive Space.com interview (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

July 2^nd 2025 at 5:30 pm

Space.com sat down recently with retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts to talk about space, politics and his run in Texas for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Dust devils on Mars may spark lightning — possibly threatening NASA's Perseverance rover

Space

July 2^nd 2025 at 4:30 pm

Our Red Planet explorers may encounter a peculiar threat.

SpaceX rocket sets reuse record on 500th Falcon 9 launch

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

July 2^nd 2025 at 3:50 pm

SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit today (July 2), on the 500th Falcon 9 rocket launch in the company's history.

a white and black rocket rides a pillar of orange, blue and white flame off its launch pad into the night sky.

Northern lights may be visible in these 13 US states tonight as the sun hurls solar storm toward Earth

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

July 2^nd 2025 at 1:36 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

northern lights over a body of water in Minnesota, U.S. The auroras appear as delicate ribbons of green and purple light

Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?

Space

July 2^nd 2025 at 12:30 pm

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of a white dwarf wiped out by a double-detonation supernova, also providing space-lovers with stunning eye-candy.

An image of the double detonation supernova SNR 0509-67.5 as seen by the VLT

SpaceX launches advanced European weather satellite, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

July 2^nd 2025 at 12:50 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the MTG-S1 weather satellite for EUMETSAT today (July 1), then came back down to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the MTG-S1 weather satellite for EUTEMSAT on July 1, 2025.

James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy

Space

July 2^nd 2025 at 12:30 am

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how the Milky Way and other modern galaxies evolved.

Some of the edge-on disk galaxies studied by the JWST

An enormous 'X' and 'V' will grace the moon's surface tonight. Here's how to see them

Space

July 1^st 2025 at 10:30 pm

The phenomenon is created by the shifting play of light and shadow over the lunar surface.

A close up of the Moon's surface, showing an X and v in the dust.

Launch of Australia's 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris-1, delayed again

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

July 1^st 2025 at 8:30 pm

The Australian company Gilmour Space has delayed the launch of its Eris-1 rocket yet again, pushing back indefinitely from the previously planned July 2 date.

the silhouette of a rocket stands against a soft orange sky at sunset.

US set new record with 21 commercial launches in June, FAA says

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

July 1^st 2025 at 7:30 pm

American companies launched 21 commercial space missions in June 2025, which was a new record for a single month, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

a white and black rocket lifts off into a bright blue sky

NASA's Curiosity rover takes a closer look at 'spiderwebs' on Mars | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2025

Space

July 1^st 2025 at 6:30 pm

The Mars rover captured images of low ridges called boxwork patterns, which appear like spiderwebs from space.

A series of red rocks over a black background

Astonishing 'halo' of high-energy particles around giant galaxy cluster is a glimpse into the early universe

Space

July 1^st 2025 at 6:30 pm

A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black holes or a cosmic particle accelerator.

A stunning image of a recently discovered massive cloud of energetic particles

'This is the holy grail of theoretical physics.' Is the key to quantum gravity hiding in this new way to make black holes?

Space

July 1^st 2025 at 4:30 pm

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of physics.

An image of a black hole surrounded by matter. Does the secret of quantum gravity lie around these cosmic titans too?

'Like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice': How a surprise mineral could change the history of asteroid Ryugu

Space

July 1^st 2025 at 1:30 pm

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system."

Three chalky grey rocks sit next to each other on a white background

Astronomers discover a galaxy frozen in time for billions of years: 'Fossil galaxies are like the dinosaurs of the universe'

Space

July 1^st 2025 at 12:30 am

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that has been "frozen in time" for billions of years. Like a celestial dinosaur fossil, this galaxy could reveal the secrets of cosmic evolution.

A cosmic fossil in the form of the galaxy KiDS J0842+0059 which has remained unchanged for billions of years

Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out

Space

June 30^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose material that could hold clues to the planet's ancient environment and habitability.

A large machine digs into reddish dirt with a drill

'The sun is dying!' Ryan Gosling tries to save a doomed Earth in 1st trailer for 'Project Hail Mary' (video)

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 30^th 2025 at 8:37 pm

"Project Hail Mary" is the upcoming outer space odyssey, based on Andy Weir's 2021 novel, that offers a stirring story of alien first contact.

'Apollo 13' turns 30: How NASA legend Gerry Griffin helped director Ron Howard 'get it right'

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 30^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

As 'Apollo 13' turns 30, we talk to legendary NASA flight director Gerry Griffin who helped make the film as realistic as possible.

Three Apollo-era astronauts in spacesuits

Get ready to photograph the Buck moon on July 10 with the Nikon Z6 II, now $600 cheaper on this pre-Prime Day deal!

Space

June 30^th 2025 at 8:00 pm

Ahead of Amazon Prime Day on July 8-11, this limited-time deal gets you $600 off a Nikon Z6 II bundle with a 24-70mm lens included.

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Astronomers discover 'raw materials for life' can form in planetary systems even before stars

Space

June 30^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, the origins of the building blocks of life themselves."

An illustration of a series of beehive comb shaped molecules over a dark blue background

Hurry! Today is your last chance to get 60% off Disney Plus for four months

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

June 30^th 2025 at 6:37 pm

Today is the last day you can get 60% off Disney Plus, which is the perfect pre-Prime Day streaming deal and in time for Fantastic Four's upcoming release.

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Satellites trace a triangle above Gemini North Telescope | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2025

Space

June 30^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

The satellites were seen in the night skies near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

A round dome and three straight lines forming a triangle over a golden starry background

World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30

Space

June 30^th 2025 at 5:03 pm

World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30

Blue dots representing near-Earth asteroids swarm around a bright central point of yellow light representing the sun. Grey lines can also be seen tracking the paths of particularly large asteroids.

NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world

Space

June 30^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

With the aid of NASA's exoplanet-hunter TESS, citizen scientists have discovered a new gas giant that is cool, literally and figuratively.

An illustration of a newly discovered wide orbit gas giant exoplanet

'Apollo 13' at 30: The space movie where scientists have the right stuff too

Space

June 30^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Ron Howard's classic celebrates the mission control geniuses who got the astronauts home.

NASA budget cuts threaten Europe's already troubled flagship Mars rover

Space

By: tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova)

June 30^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.

a four-wheeled rover on a reddish dusty surface

'War of the Worlds' at 20: Steven Spielberg made three-quarters of an apocalyptic classic

Space

June 29^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Spielberg's contemporary spin on H. G. Wells would be up there with his best if only he could have nailed the ending.

Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 29^th 2025 at 6:41 pm

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

a white with black markings rocket lifts off from its West Texas launch site, climbing into an overcast sky.

New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires

Space

June 29^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.

A series of purple and blue and orange shapes

How do hurricanes and tropical storms get their names?

Space

June 29^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.

A white disk of clouds sits on a dark background

Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet

Space

June 29^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life

A sketch of half sphere with a tree in front of it.

Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China's Mars Sample Return plan?

Space

June 29^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."

A series of men in spacesuits work with a drill on a dusty red surface

Did you ever hear the tragedy of 'Star Wars: Underworld', George Lucas' cancelled Star Wars TV show?

Space

June 28^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 — so what happened?

Star Wars: Underworld test footage showing a pair of Imperial Stormtroopers on a busy street.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon

Space

By: info@space.com (Space.com Staff)

June 28^th 2025 at 6:02 pm

On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.

This Week in Space podcast 167 — An Outpost on the Moon

Is the bar higher for scientific claims of alien life?

Space

June 28^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious

The ups and downs of life in space | On the ISS this week June 23 - 27, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 28^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The Axiom Mission-4 (Ax-4) crew flying aboard SpaceX's Dragon "Grace" docked to the International Space Station beginning a two-week stay on the orbiting laboratory with the Expedition 73 crew.

two women in dark clothing float beside each other inside a windowed module of a space station

Japan launches GOSAT-GW on 50th and final liftoff of the H-2A rocket (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 28^th 2025 at 4:08 pm

The 50th and final liftoff of Japan's H-2A rocket launched the GOSAT-GW satellite on Saturday, June 28, 2025.

an orange and white rocket ignites its engines on the launch pad for a night liftoff

Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them.

Space

June 28^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads.

illustration of debris in orbit around Earth

SpaceX sends two batches of Starlink satellites on Saturday doubleheader (video)

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 28^th 2025 at 8:07 am

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets lifted off with Starlink satellites on June 28, 2025. The first launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida and the second from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California.

a camera mounted on the side of a rocket captures a downward looking view showing the booster, its fiery engine plume and the Earth below

Look for the 'Other Dipper' this summer: How to find Ursa Minor, the Little Bear with a little help from the North Star

Space

June 28^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

an illustration of two constellations in the night sky; one looks roughly like a bear, the other like a 'square' with a tail

15 years before Helldivers 2, Lost Planet 2 taught us that the only good bug was a dead bug

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

One of the most overlooked sequels in Capcom's history, Lost Planet 2 walked so games like Helldivers 2 and Space Marine 2 could run.

See the crescent moon dance with Mars and the bright star Regulus this weekend

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 10:37 pm

For some lucky viewers, the moon will pass directly in front of Mars.

A series of dots over a dark blue background

Nozzle blows off rocket booster during test for NASA's Artemis program (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 27^th 2025 at 10:11 pm

A solid rocket engine for NASA's Space Launch System rocket experienced an anomaly during a static fire test at the booster's Northrop Grumman facilities June 26.

a rocket engine from the left spews blinding fire to the right

Hello, neighbor! See the Andromeda galaxy like never before in stunning new image from NASA's Chandra telescope (video)

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Andromeda never looked as good as it does in a new image from the Chandra X-ray observatory and a range of powerful telescopes. A fitting tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin.

A stunning image of Andromeda created by an array of space and ground telescopes including NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates nebula-like ring in night sky | Space photo of the day for June 27, 2025

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom-4 astronauts heads to the International Space Station.

a ring-shaped cloud of multi-colored gas on a black background

Bootid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight: Here's what you need to know

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The meteor shower radiant can be found in the constellation Bootes.

A series of bright dots over a dark background

Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 5:15 pm

The fireball was bright enough to be spotted by a lightning-tracking satellite from orbit.

A bright dot next to a cloud over a green background

Mexico threatens lawsuit against SpaceX over Starship explosion 'contamination'

Space

By: brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley)

June 27^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The Mexican president said there is a "general review underway of the international laws that are being violated."

cars and onlookers line a beach in the foreground, with a large metal tower visible in the background

How a fake astronaut fooled the world, broke women's hearts, and landed in jail

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

For years, Robert Hunt convinced everyone he could that he was a NASA astronaut. The truth was anything but.

a man with a mustache, walks in handcuffs. a pair of handcuffs and a space shuttle lifting off above a plume of fire are superimposed in the background

More than 1,800 National Science Foundation workers abruptly kicked out of agency headquarters

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 1:05 am

National Science Foundation employees were told they'll be removed from the agency's headquarters on Tuesday (June 24) with no direction yet for where to go.

A dirty traffic cone in the foreground and a large building in the background.

Upcoming DC movies: Superman, Supergirl, Clayface, The Batman Part II & beyond

Space

June 27^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Superman is spearheading DC's big reboot in the realm of movies and TV, but what's coming next? And which projects are confined to elseworlds?

Split image showing David Corenswet as Superman, Milly Alcock on set as Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl, and Robert Pattinson as The Batman.

Astronomers discover baby planets taking their 1st steps in nearby stellar nursery (images)

Space

June 26^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

Astronomers have discovered the first step in planet birth, finding hitherto unseen structures in 78 planetary disks in the star-forming region of Ophiuchus.

(Main) images of protoplanetary disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region. (Inset) an illustration of a planet birthing disk around a young star

Rocket Lab launches 'Get the Hawk Outta Here' mission from New Zealand (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 26^th 2025 at 11:24 pm

Rocket Lab launched an Electron rocket from New Zealand on June 26. The rocket carried a trio of radio frequency geolocation satellites and one experimental payload into a polar orbit.

a white rocket rises from a bright plume against a black sky.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3: Release date, cast & how to watch Paramount+'s summer sci-fi series

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 26^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

Captain Pike and the Enterprise crew are back and on the hunt for The Gorn. Here’s everything we know about 'Strange New Worlds' Season 3 after 2023’s cliffhanger finale.

Jess Bush as Chapel, Celia Rose Gooding as Shura, Ethan Peck as Spock, Anson Mount as Pike, Rebecca Romijn as Una, Babs Olusanmokun as M’Benga, Christina Chong as La’an, and Melissa Navia as Ortegas of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Human remains lost after memorial spaceflight capsule crashes into the sea

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 26^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

The remains of 166 people part of a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight are presumed lost after The Exploration Company's "Mission Possible" capsule presumably crashes into Pacific Ocean.

See a vivid green fireball light up the northeastern US (video)

Space

June 26^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The fireball was visible from several states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts.

A glowing green streak over a black background

Northern lights may be visible in these 10 US States tonight

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 26^th 2025 at 7:36 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Washington as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere fuels geomagnetic storms with a high-speed solar wind.

graphic showing the northern lights in the background. a location marker is in the foreground that contains an image of the aurora visibility map over the united states.

A star exploded in the Lupus constellation. Here's how to see the nova in the night sky this month

Space

June 26^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

The nova appears to be dimming and may soon be undetectable by the unaided eye.

a starry background with a gold ring marked "v462 lupi"

Alien life could survive deadly stellar radiation, Earth's desert lichen reveal

Space

June 26^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

A walk in the desert and a curious discovery could have revealed that the secrets of alien life grow in the harshest conditions on Earth in the form of lichen.

(Main) an illustration of an Earth-like planet (inset) Clavascidium lacinulatum a desrt lichen

Rubin Observatory takes its 1st look at the night skies | Space photo of the day for June 26, 2025

Space

June 26^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The telescope, working with the world's largest digital camera, scans the night sky in search of dark matter.

A large telescope is pointed up at the night sky

Cosmic images from the world's largest digital camera are so big they require a 'data butler'

Space

June 26^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The amount of data generated by the Rubin Observatory is going to blow all previous cosmic datasets out of the water, but handling that much information poses a severe challenge.

A series of red and purple clouds over a white building sitting on a cliffside

NASA's been pulling out of major astronomy meetings — and scientists are feeling the effects

Space

June 26^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

"We are given rules by our own institutions about what we can and cannot say."

A white building in front of a cloudy sky

From the Cape to the constellation: SpaceX launches 27 more Starlink satellites (video)

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 26^th 2025 at 1:03 am

SpaceX launched a batch of 27 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Axiom-4 astronauts on SpaceX Crew Dragon welcomed aboard International Space Station (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 26^th 2025 at 12:30 am

After more than 24 hours on orbit, the the private astronaut crew of Axiom-4 has caught up to the International Space Station, docked and been welcomed aboard for their two-week mission.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Grace is docked with the International Space Station June 26, 2025.

EXCLUSIVE DEAL — Save up to 76%, get a free Amazon voucher and a bonus four months free of NordVPN

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

June 25^th 2025 at 8:34 pm

Our exclusive offer is top value for NordVPN ahead of Amazon Prime Day with up to 76% off, a free Amazon voucher and a bonus four months free.

A mountain top with a white three quarter circle encompassing it sits above the word "NordVPN" and is glowing on a blue planet background with the space.com logo in the top left corner.

'Space chocolate,' mango nectar and pierogis: Here are the international foods the private Ax-4 astronauts are flying to the ISS

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 25^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The four astronauts of the private Ax-4 mission to the ISS represent four different countries, so the food they're carrying up has a very international flavor.

The crew of Axiom Space's Ax-4 astronaut mission to the International Space Station. From left to right: Tibor Kapu of Hungary, Shubhanshu Shukla of India, American Peggy Whitson and Poland’s Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski.

Off-Earth footprint: Florida company will design shoe in space in 2026

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 25^th 2025 at 7:31 pm

Humanity will soon take another step toward establishing an off-Earth economy, if all goes according to plan for the Florida-based shoe company Syntilay.

The footwear company Syntilay plans to design a shoe in low Earth orbit in 2026.

The final trailer for 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' is here! 'Say the thing!'

Space

June 25^th 2025 at 7:20 pm

With exactly a month to go until the release of Fantastic Four: First Steps, the final trailer reveals more Galactus, more Franklin, but no Clobberin' Time... yet.

four people in blue jumpsuits featuring the numeral '4' stare upward from an empty city street

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its 1st exoplanet and snapped its picture (image)

Space

June 25^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, TWA 7b which is also the lightest exoplanet ever to be directly imaged.

Image of the disk around the star TWA 7 recorded using ESO’s Very Large Telescope’s SPHERE instrument. The image captured with JWST’s MIRI instrument is overlayed. We can clearly see the empty area around TWA 7 B in the R2 ring (CC #1).

Astronomers thought a mysterious radio burst came from deep space. It was actually a dead NASA satellite

Space

June 25^th 2025 at 6:03 pm

A mysterious and powerful blast of radio waves detected last year, suspected to originate far beyond the Milky Way came from a long-dead NASA spacecraft in Earth's orbit.

An illustration of the Relay 2 NASA spacecraft emitting a radio signal

Stargazers in Europe spot a strange cloud from SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch

Space

June 25^th 2025 at 5:46 pm

The culprit was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching the Transporter-14 satellite rideshare mission.

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Dwarf galaxy glows red in the Hunting Dogs constellation | Space photo of the day for June 25, 2025

Space

June 25^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The Hubble Space Telescope captures the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449 in the constellation Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs).

Clouds of red dust swirl around bright dots over a dark background

With 'Grace': Astronauts name SpaceX's final Dragon crew capsule

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 25^th 2025 at 2:51 pm

The last Dragon spacecraft that SpaceX plans to build entered orbit for the first time with "grace." Reaching space on the new capsule, Ax-4 commander Peggy Whitson revealed the spacecraft's name.

graphic showing photos of five space capsules

New moon of June 2025 sees Mercury climb to its highest point in the sky

Space

June 25^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

June's new moon leaves the sky dark for skywatchers to see Mercury next to our lunar companion on June 27.

Night sky map showing a New Moon near the sun and Jupiter.

SpaceX launches historic private Axiom-4 astronaut mission to the ISS (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 25^th 2025 at 10:17 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Ax-4 mission for Axiom Space today (June 25), sending four private astronauts on a two-week mission to the ISS.

aerial view of a rocket lifting off into the night sky, its bright white thrust lighting up its launch pad

Orion constellation glows red in gorgeous deep space photo

Space

June 25^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Miguel Claro captured the Orion Constellation glowing red due to hydrogen gas, as seen from the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in Portugal.

a red cloud of gas seen among thousands of background stars

Private Japanese moon lander crashed due to laser errors, ispace says

Space

By: brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley)

June 24^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

Japanese company ispace lost its Resilience lunar lander this month due to laser range finder errors, the company said.

a cubic lunar lander on four legs sits on the dusty surface of the moon next to a small four-wheeled rover

Astronomers discover origins of mysterious double hot Jupiter exoplanets: 'It is a dance of sorts'

Space

June 24^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems that are "just right."

An illustration of double hot Jupiters orbiting a distant star

How to see Mercury, the moon and the Gemini twins pass close together in the night sky this week

Space

June 24^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

On June 26, you'll have an opportunity to behold the sight of a slender waxing crescent moon positioned just to the right of Mercury.

Night sky map showing a Young Moon with Mercury and Gemini's Twins.

Vera Rubin Observatory zooms into deep space | Space photo of the day for June 24, 2025

Space

June 24^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The world's largest digital camera focuses on the Virgo Cluster, showing never-before-seen detail in our universe

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Metroid games ranked, worst to best

Space

June 24^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Short on time and looking to get ready for Metroid Prime 4 later this year? We've ranked all the Metroid games so you can focus on the must-plays.

Split image showing screenshots from various Metroid games.

Northern lights may be visible in these 14 US States June 25

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 24^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to South Dakota as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere shakes up geomagnetic activity in the coming days.

northern lights and starry sky shine above water below and trees silhouetted in the distance. the northern lights appear as curtains of green and purple light.

NASA moon orbiter spies grave of crashed Japanese lunar lander (image)

Space

June 21^st 2025 at 12:30 am

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the Tokyo-based company ispace.

The ispace Resilience lunar lander crash on June 5, 2025 created a dark smudge surrounded by a subtle bright halo, as imaged here by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

From 'Toy Story' to 'Elio', here's every space-themed Pixar movie and short so far

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

'Elio' isn't the legendary animation studio's first adventure on the final frontier. Here's every Pixar movie and short that explores space.

Screenshots from three Pixar movies with space themes: Lifted (Left), Toy Story (Middle), and BURN-E (Right).

This galaxy cluster has mysterious cosmic tendrils over 200,000 light-years long (image)

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

Astronomers have taken an unprecedentedly detailed look at the tendrils and filaments that wrap around supermassive black hole-dominated galaxies of Abell 2255.

The radio emission of Tailed Radio Galaxy, observed at 144 MHz with an angular resolution of 0.34 × 0.24 arcseconds, shows a complex and filament-rich structure. In the upper right corner, a close-up of the region centered on the host galaxy is shown, whose nucleus is indicated with a red cross

1st images from the Vera C Rubin Observatory will drop on June 23. Here's why that's such a big deal

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

The Rubin Observatory will reveal its first images on Monday. Space.com spoke to scientists who explained why this will be a monumental event for astronomy.

A stunning image of Rubin observing the night sky over Earth as it conducts the 10-year LSST, a groundbreaking astronomical survey

Get relaxed views of the universe for a fraction of the price with a huge $675 off the Unistellar Odyssey Pro

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

The Unistellar Father's Day sale ends in two days — grab the Odyssey Pro with $675 off

A Unistellar Odyssey Pro on a purple Space.com background.

SpaceX traces Starship test-stand explosion to failure of pressurized nitrogen tank

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 20^th 2025 at 9:00 pm

The giant explosion that destroyed a SpaceX Starship vehicle on the test stand this week was likely caused by the failure of a pressurized nitrogen tank, the company said.

A Starship upper stage on the test stand at the Massey's site at SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas.

Leak on International Space Station delays SpaceX launch of Axiom-4 astronauts

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 20^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

An ongoing leak aboard the International Space Station is once again delaying the launch of Axiom Space's next private astronaut mission.

A black and white rocket with crew capsule at the top, connected to a gantry leading to a black tower. In the foreground, short bushes in front of the launch pad.

Ahead of Prime Day this Lego Star Wars set has hit its cheapest ever price — get the brilliant Acclamator-Class Assault Ship now, before it's gone, far, far away...

Space

By: paul.brett@futurenet.com (Paul Brett)

June 20^th 2025 at 8:10 pm

Seen in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" the Acclamator-Class Lego set comes packed with authentic detail, has 450 pieces, and is part of a collectible Star Wars series.

The Lego Star Wars: Attack of The Clones Acclamator-Class assault ship

Lego Star Wars Acclamator-Class Assault Ship review

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Its name might be a bit of a mouthful, but this Lego Star Wars ship is wonderfully pocket-sized while still packing in a lot of detail.

A miniature-sized long grey ship made of bricks with a red stripe running down the middle is placed on a black stand in front of a grey background.

Summer solstice 2025 is here! Today marks the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

The 2025 summer solstice takes place on June 20, heralding the onset of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year.

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Satellite streaks block out the Arctic sky | Space photo of the day for June 20, 2025

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Researchers created a satellite tracking system to track satellite streaks across the Arctic for the first time ever.

A series of white streaks across a black background

Watch Blue Origin launch 6 people to suborbital space today

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 20^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch six people to suborbital space today (June 21), and you can watch the action live.

Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle launches on the NS-25 crewed suborbital mission, on May 19, 2024

Space law doesn't protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The moon is a key step in the journey of space exploration, but making it habitable brings up lots of questions around space law and policy

Powerful X-class solar flare erupts from sun, knocking out radio signals across the Pacific (video)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 20^th 2025 at 3:21 pm

Sunspot region 4114 has done it again! This time unleashing a colossal X1.9 solar flare.

two panel image, left is the X-class solar flare erupting and right is a filament eruption from the sun.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

James Webb Space Telescope finds exoplanets in extreme environments that could potentially be habitable.

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High winds scrub Rocket Lab's planned launch of a secret satellite to orbit

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 20^th 2025 at 9:49 am

Rocket Lab planned to launch a satellite for a confidential customer early Friday morning (June 20), but Mother Nature didn't cooperate.

A Rocket Lab Electron booster carrying 13 NASA satellites, including 10 cubesats for agency's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites program, lifts off from the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island on Dec. 16, 2018 on the ElaNa-19 mission.

Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the planet’s reddish hue and why it looks different to some telescopes

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 1:30 am

For centuries Mars has been called "the Red Planet" and there's a scientific reason why.

An orange red surface with streaks through it moving left to right

New technique promises clearer, more frequent views of black holes

Space

June 20^th 2025 at 12:30 am

A powerful new technique is poised to revolutionize how astronomers observe black holes, by producing sharp, multicolored images that could reveal their dynamic evolution in real time.

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Summer solstice 2025 brings changing seasons to Earth on June 20

Space

June 19^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

The sun will reach its most northern point on June 20, marking the start of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Night sky map showing the Northern Summer Solstice.

Lego Marvel Team Spidey Web Spinner Headquarters review

Space

June 19^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

This 4+ Lego set is colorful and fun, ideal for young Marvel fans looking for an early introduction to building Lego.

A complete Lego set featuring a purple helicopter, a yellow alien/robot, minifigures and a giant Spider-Man head is placed on a grey background.

Dress rehearsal for Artemis 2 | Space photo of the day for June 19, 2025

Space

June 19^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

NASA and the Department of Defense practice recovery procedures for an abort scenario in the upcoming Artemis 2 mission.

A man stands on a metal dome in the middle of a sea.

Meet the crew of Blue Origin's NS-33 tourism launch to the edge of space

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 19^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Blue Origin's next suborbital flight is scheduled to launch on Saturday (June 21), carrying a private crew of six.

Six separate photos of six people are arranged in two rows of three each.

Tiny galaxies may have helped our universe out of its dark ages, JWST finds

Space

June 19^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

"These small galaxies punch well above their weight."

White diamond symbols mark the locations of 20 of the 83 newfound young, low-mass galaxies undergoing intense star formation when the universe was just 800 million years old. Despite their small sizes, these galaxies are powerful sources of ultraviolet radiation, making them strong candidates for helping reionize the early universe.

Astronomers discover the largest comet from the outskirts of the solar system is exploding with jets of gas

Space

June 19^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn't just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it's the second most distant that is chemically active.

An illustration of the comet C/2014 UN271, the largest known comet in the Oort Cloud.

Northern lights may be visible in these 9 US States tonight

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 19^th 2025 at 4:18 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New Hampshire as geomagnetic activity remains unsettled.

northern lights above Lake MacDonald in Glacier National Park Rocky Mountains, Montana. The aurora appears as curtains of purple and green light

'The models were right!' Astronomers locate universe's 'missing' matter in the largest cosmic structures

Space

June 19^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have discovered a vast 23 million light-year-wide tendril connecting galactic clusters and containing much of the universe's missing matter.

An illustration of the cosmic web where the universe's missing matter was discovered

SpaceX's Starship explodes in Texas during preparations for 10th test flight

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 19^th 2025 at 10:38 am

SpaceX's newest Starship vehicle exploded on a stand in Texas late Wednesday night (June 18), as it was being prepped for the program's 10th-ever test flight.

SpaceX conducts a long-duration static fire test with a Starship upper stage on May 12, 2025 ahead of the vehicle's upcoming test flight.

See the moon rise alongside the giant planets Neptune and Saturn predawn on June 19

Space

June 19^th 2025 at 12:30 am

The alignment occurs hours after the moon hits its third quarter phase.

2 Chinese spacecraft just met up 22,000 miles above Earth. What were they doing?

Space

By: andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones)

June 18^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

A new Chinese refueling spacecraft met up with an older satellite in high Earth orbit this month, apparently marking a step forward in orbital servicing.

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket launches the military space debris mitigation satellite Shijian-21from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 24, 2021. Shijian-21 apparently met up with another Chinese satellite high above Earth in June 2025.

Mars joins the Spring Triangle this week: Here’s when and how to see it

Space

June 18^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

Mars will remain in the Spring Triangle until mid-September.

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Watch Honda launch (and land) its 1st reusable rocket in this wild video

Space

By: andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones)

June 18^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

The Japanese automaker Honda just hit a key milestone in rocket reusability with a near-bullseye landing during a vertical test flight in Hokkaido.

Honda's reusable rocket prototype flies on a successful launch and landing test on June 17, 2025.

'The Best of Both Worlds' at 35: Why we're still assimilated by 'Star Trek''s greatest ever cliffhanger

Space

June 18^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

Resistance is futile! We look back on the classic 'Trek' episode, back when the Borg were still the scariest bad guys in the galaxy.

Screenshot from Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part episode, "The Best of Both Worlds"

NASA satellite sees sea ice crack apart in Canada | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2025

Space

June 18^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

NASA's Terra satellite captured huge chunks of sea ice breaking apart in Canada's Amundsen Gulf.

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This Australian moth may be the 1st insect ever discovered to use stars for long-distance navigation

Space

June 18^th 2025 at 6:31 pm

"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try."

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'Nerds are cool' — Pixar's 'Elio' is a powerful story of finding yourself amongst the stars (interview)

Space

June 18^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

We spoke to "Elio" stars Zoe Saldaña, Yonas Kibreab, and Brad Garrett, alongside co-directors Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian, about finding the heart and humanity in sci-fi stories.

Zoe Saldaña and Yonas Kibreab attend the World Premiere of Disney and Pixar's "Elio" at El Capitan Theatre on June 10, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Watch your favorite sci-fi shows anywhere in the world and get a free Amazon voucher ahead of Prime Day with this NordVPN deal

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

June 18^th 2025 at 4:52 pm

Get up to 76% off NordVPN and claim a free $50 Amazon Voucher ahead of Prime Day — watch season three of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds from anywhere.

Firefly Aerospace to launch 'Ocula' moon-imaging service as early as 2026

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 18^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Firefly Aerospace plans to launch a new "lunar imaging service" called Ocula, which will collect detailed imagery using a set of moon-orbiting spacecraft.

Artist's illustration of Firefly Aerospace Elytra spacecraft studying the moon from lunar orbit.

Colossal solar flare erupts from Earth-facing sunspot, sparking strong radio blackouts over Pacific Ocean (video)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 18^th 2025 at 3:46 pm

The prolific flare factory doesn't look like stopping anytime soon.

the sun viewed by NASA's SDO and close up view of the location of the x class solar flare on the sun's surface.

Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seen (photo, video)

Space

June 18^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

A stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, reveals the intricacies of galactic systems.

Zoomed-in image of a galaxy, with reddish and purple patches scattered throughout

Satellite streaks: Can the huge new Vera Rubin Observatory function in the megaconstellation age?

Space

By: tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova)

June 18^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Satellite streaks are a blight on astronomy. How much are observations by the Vera Rubin super telescope going to suffer from this contamination?

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, seen in August 2024. Rubin will revolutionize the way we explore the cosmos. Using the largest camera ever built, Rubin will repeatedly scan the sky for 10 years and create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition, time-lapse record of our universe.

SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on launch from Florida (video)

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 18^th 2025 at 9:38 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

A white and black rocket lifts off into the night sky, lighting its launch pad and surrounding area by the light of its engines’ thrust.

Tiny ‘primordial’ black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes

Space

June 18^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Supermassive black holes that seem too large to exist in the early universe may have grown from primordial black holes formed in the first second after the Big Bang.

An illustration not to scale of a primordial black hole growing to supermassive scales

Northern lights and glowing noctilucent clouds collide in a rare night sky show over Alberta (photo)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 17^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

The surprise display was captured on June 9 by aurora chaser Harlan Thomas.

Nat Geo documentary 'SALLY,' about the 1st US woman in space, now streaming on Disney+ & Hulu

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 17^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

You can now watch the award-winning documentary "SALLY" about the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, on Disney+ and Hulu.

documentary poster art showing a female astronaut lifting a helmet off her head with bright rainbow colors forming her silhouette behind her

China's next-gen astronaut capsule for moon missions aces crucial pad-abort test (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 17^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

China's human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward its goal of putting boots on the moon before 2030.

a column of smoke rises up from a flat desert landscape, topped by the spew of fire from a small object flying upward.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season five will be the show's final frontier on Paramount+

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 17^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

Paramount announced that the show's five-season mission is coming to an end last week with a heartfelt 'thank you' from the showrunners.

a male starship captain and the female first officer in a yellow uniform on a yellow-hued alien world

Mysterious radio pulses detected high above Antarctica may be evidence of an exotic new particle, scientists say

Space

June 17^th 2025 at 8:12 pm

A mystery signal detected high in the sky above Antarctica defies current models of physics and could represent a new particle, scientists say.

A illustration shows a strange signal on the horizon of Antarctic

How do baby planets grow? Study of 30 stellar nurseries sheds new light

Space

June 17^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Astronomers have used the ALMA radio telescope to investigate how planets grow in protoplanetary disks of gas and dust around young stars.

(Main) an artist's illustration of a protoplanetary disks. (Inset) illustrations of three such disks observed in the AGE-PRO program from ALMA

Watch the stunning Mars and Regulus conjunction today with this free livestream

Space

June 17^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Watch the stunning Mars and Regulus conjunction today with this free livestream

red mars above and blue regulus below shine brightly on a graphic of a laptop screen with a background of stars

Roman Space Telescope will use a century-old idea from Einstein to probe the nature of mysterious dark matter

Space

June 17^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Get ready for a new Roman Empire: A NASA space telescope will detect a staggering wealth of intricate gravitational lenses that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter.

(Main) A simulated observation from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with an overlay of its Wide Field Instrument’s field of view. More than 20 gravitational lenses, with examples shown at left and right, are expected to pop out in every one of Roman’s vast observations. (Inset) an illustration of Roman in space

Giant telescope mirror gets a cleaning | Space photo of the day for June 17, 2025

Space

June 17^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them.

A man stands in the middle of a large metal circle with two other men standing on either side of him.

Huge galaxy cluster is wrapped in a cocoon 20 million light-years wide, NASA space telescope finds

Space

June 17^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered an entire galaxy cluster wrapped in a 20 million light-year-wide envelope of charged particles.

The galactic cluster PLCK G287.0+32.9 which the Chandra X-ray telescope (inset) has discovered is surrounded by a cocoon 20 million light years wide!

50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes

Space

June 17^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

The beads are over 3.3 billion years old, and date from the formation of the "Man in the Moon."

SpaceX launch from California sends 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (video)

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 17^th 2025 at 7:19 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket placed 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 16, 2025.

a white and black rocket lifts off into a dusk sky, its bright thrust lighting up the landscape below

SpaceX, NASA target June 19 for launch of private Ax-4 astronauts after ISS leak repairs

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 17^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Leaks aboard the International Space Station, as well as on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, delayed Axiom's next private astronaut mission, but the crew now has a target launch date of June 19.

A black and white rocket with crew capsule at the top, connected to a gantry leading to a black tower on the right. On the left, in the foreground, the fronds of a palm leaf.

Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet review

Space

June 16^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

There's a good reason the Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet has been around since 2021: Few sets are as striking as this.

A bust of a hand and wrist is made from gold bricks and features a display stand and multi-colored stones on the back is laying on its side on a grey background.

Star-forming cloud Chamaeleon I looks like a cosmic masterpiece in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)

Space

June 16^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

Part of the closest star-forming region to us, known as the Chamaeleon Complex, has been illuminated by the light of young stars in this artwork by nature captured by the Dark Energy Camera.

The beautiful Chamaeleon I star-forming region as seen by the DECam instrument mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

Fujifilm X-T50 review

Space

June 16^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The Fujifilm X-T50, with its powerful 40.2-MP sensor and excellent creative functionality, is a great beginner camera for astrophotography.

A Fujifilm X-T50 camera on a tripod in a field.

Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission

Space

June 16^th 2025 at 7:55 pm

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled.

A series of colorful panels with dark spots except one panel that has the sun in a green circle

Titan A.E. came out 25 years ago, and history has been kind to the infamous flop that killed Fox Animation Studios

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 16^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Send your birthday love to Planet Bob as we reminisce about this spirited post-apocalyptic gem.

Two sci-fi characters in space on a movie poster

Powerful solar flare erupts from sun triggering radio blackouts across North America (video)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 16^th 2025 at 5:43 pm

The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18.

satellite view of the sun erupting with the M8.46 class solar flare. There is an insert on the right of the image showing a close up view of the flaring region.

Dark matter 'lampshades' dimming stars could solve one of the greatest scientific mysteries

Space

June 16^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain one of the greatest puzzles in science.

An illustration shows a cloud of dark matter slipping past a distant star

Milky Way arcs over Kitt Peak National Observatory | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2025

Space

June 16^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.

Trees and a gray building sit in front of clouds of red and purple against a light background

Scientists find universe's missing matter while watching fast radio bursts shine through 'cosmic fog'

Space

June 16^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

Rapid bursts of energy that last milliseconds but emit as much energy as the sun does in decades are helping astronomers pierce the cosmic fog between galaxies to find the universe's missing matter.

Astronomers have used fast radio bursts (FRBs)— brief, bright radio signals fromdistant galaxies— to pinpoint the location of the universe’s “missing” matter in the spacebetween galaxies. This artist’s conception depicts this ordinary matter in the warm, thin gas inthis region—called the intergalactic medium (IGM)— which has been difficult for scientists todirectly observe until now. Different colors of light travel at different speeds through space. Here,the artist has used blue to highlight denser regions of the cosmic web, transitioning to redderlight for void areas.

Watch ULA launch Amazon's 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites today

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 16^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Amazon's Kuiper 2 mission is set to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket today (June 16), and you can watch the launch live online.

a bronze and white rocket stands poised on its launch pad set against a deep blue sky.

Juzihao Star Projector review

Space

June 15^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

We love the design of the Juzihao Star Projector, but despite its size, its projections don't have the biggest reach.

New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

Space

June 15^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

A blue and gold sphere on a black background

Go inside the development of NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope with new 'Cosmic Dawn' documentary

Space

June 15^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

The film shows never-before-seen footage taken by the JWST film crew as the telescope was being assembled.

Astronomers discover ultrapowerful black hole jet as bright as 10 trillion suns lit by Big Bang's afterglow

Space

June 15^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

"It's like looking for candlelight in close vicinity to a flashlight that's blazing toward us."

A powerful black hole jet rips through space from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy Cen A

Cosmic Encounter review

Space

June 14^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

It might come from a long time ago, but Cosmic Encounter is still one of the greatest board games in the galaxy.

A board game box featuring a futuristic-looking alien-type creatures is placed on a starry background.

'The Alters' is a genre-blending sci-fi survival ordeal about the horrors of being a project manager

Space

June 14^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

11 bit studios' sci-fi adventure makes you team leader and asks you to balance base-building, survival, branching narratives, and keeping your team motivated.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 165 — Guardians of Space

Space

By: info@space.com (Space.com Staff)

June 14^th 2025 at 6:31 pm

On Episode 165 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, the first U.S. Space Force Guardian to launch to the International Space Station in that role.

This Week in Space podcast 165 — Guardians of Space

Blue Origin reveals passengers for 13th space tourism launch

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 14^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has revealed the six people who will fly on the company's 13th space tourism mission, though a launch date has not yet been announced.

'Star Trek' actor William Shatner and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson team up in new space bromance show 'The Universe Is Absurd'

Space

June 14^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Celebrities William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson lead the “Universe is Absurd” show, which is hosted by Future of Space.

Space humbles the SEAL-doctor-astronaut | On the ISS this week June 9-13, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 14^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

With this week's expected arrival of a visiting crew delayed, science and maintenance work on board the International Space Station was lighter than usual for the Expedition 73 crew.

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JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'

Space

June 14^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of one of the coldest and oldest known exoplanets.

FLITI Galaxy Projector review

Space

June 14^th 2025 at 1:30 am

The coverage offered by the Fliti Galaxy Projector is incredible, but it doesn’t have the best build quality.

Astrophotographer captures the heart of the Lagoon Nebula glowing below a cosmic Trifid (photo)

Space

June 14^th 2025 at 12:30 am

The lagoon nebulas were observed under the near-pristine dark skies of northern Arizona.

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How to see Mars visit a bright star and the moon this June

Space

June 13^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

During the latter part of June, Mars will put on a couple of eye-catching shows, teaming up first with a bright star and then, late this month, with the moon.

Graphic illustration of the planet Mars.

Mars settlement and more: Global space leaders will tackle big ideas next week at ISDC 2025

Space

June 13^th 2025 at 10:42 pm

Space visionaries, scientists, entrepreneurs and students from around the world are set to gather in Florida next week for this year's International Space Development Conference.

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Superman battles Lex Luthor and holds a weird little green alien baby in the epic final trailer for James Gunn's 'Superman' (video)

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 13^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

Director James Gunn goes for the gusto when his superhero sensation arrives on July 11 in theaters and IMAX

a red-caped superhero in a cosmic void holding a green alien baby

SpaceX adds 23 satellites to Starlink megaconstellation after launch from Florida

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 13^th 2025 at 7:45 pm

Less than a day after its last batch reached low Earth orbit, SpaceX again added to its Starlink megaconstellation on Friday, June 13, 2025.

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Get the best streaming deal available as Disney Plus is 60% off, but hurry as this deal expires at the end of June

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

June 13^th 2025 at 6:08 pm

Disney Plus is 60% off ahead of Father's Day, which means you can stream all the Star Wars and Marvel content available for just £1.99 a month.

Proposed NASA radio probe could use gravity 'lumpiness' to reveal the insides of alien worlds

Space

June 13^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of exoplanets, all through the invisible pull of gravity.

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Northern lights may be visible in these 18 US states tonight and over the weekend

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 13^th 2025 at 1:58 pm

Auroras may be seen from Alaska to Wyoming as Earth is buffeted by turbulent space weather.

a graphic showing the aurora forecast for tonight across 18 US states in a location marker icon in the center and a stunning northern lights display as the background image.

Could the answers to cancer lie in space? Why off-Earth research is heating up

Space

June 13^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final frontier may therefore be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it.

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft in 2018.

Supernovas may have triggered life-threatening changes in ancient Earth's climate. Scientists say it could happen again

Space

June 13^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so again, posing a threat to life.

An illustration of distant supernova impacting Earth

500 Falcon missions! SpaceX sends 26 Starlink satellites to orbit on landmark launch

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 13^th 2025 at 5:36 am

SpaceX sent 26 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California Thursday (June 12), on the 500th overall completed mission for the company's Falcon family of rockets.

a black and white rocket launches into an overcast gray evening sky, its engine thrust lighting up the landscape.

Missing link star? Why this 'teenage vampire' white dwarf has scientists so excited

Space

June 13^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.

(Inset) an illustration of a white dwarf. (Main top) Gaia22ayj seen in X-rays and visible light (Main bottom) Images of Gaia22ayj taken by ZTF

Pluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a key role in the planet's energy balance.

An illustration shows Pluto and its largest moon Charon

Item Emporium Dinosaur Egg Galaxy Star Projector review

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

One of the coolest designs of any star projector we've seen, we think the Dinosaur Egg Galaxy Star Projector is amongst the best options for kids.

Item Emporium Dinosaur Egg Star Projector

NASA astronaut aboard ISS captures colorful aurora in time-lapse footage of Earth from space (video)

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

The time-lapse footage was captured by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim.

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Star Trek to Star Wars, The Fantastic Four to Predator — here are 10 sci-fi comic books coming your way in 2025

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 12^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

Big franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'The Fantastic Four' are joined by exciting original works. These are the sci-fi comics we can't wait for in 2025.

Split image showing three comic book covers: Predator Kills the Marvel Universe, and Planet Death

It's our choice as the best smart telescope and it's rarely discounted — now with $420 off, this telescope deal is worth grabbing fast

Space

By: paul.brett@futurenet.com (Paul Brett)

June 12^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The Unistellar eQuinox 2 is our telescope experts' pick as the best overall smart telescope, and is now $420 off for Father's Day.

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European Space Agency reveals 3 key space missions threatened by Trump's NASA budget cuts

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 7:38 pm

At least three ESA space missions are under threat as a result of Trump's budget cuts. The gravitational wave observatory LISA, Venus orbiter EnVision, and NewAthena may require "recovery actions."

Five ESA missions set to be impacted if Trump's cuts to NASA go ahead

SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronauts postponed indefinitely due to leaky ISS module

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 12^th 2025 at 7:11 pm

The launch of Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission has been delayed again, this time by a leaky Russian module on the International Space Station.

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An entrepreneur wants to build a giant net to catch spacecraft landing on the moon, but can it be done?

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

This novel idea could become an important piece of a future moon economy.

Gaze at the Orion Nebula together - eVscope 2 is $570 off for Father's Day

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

This Unistellar eVscope 2 is one of the best smart telescopes for easy observation of the night sky and it's $570 off for Father's Day

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Aurora alert! Moderate geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as New York and Idaho on June 14

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 12^th 2025 at 6:04 pm

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies this weekend as northern lights might be possible at mid-latitudes.

colorful northern lights appear as curtains of pink and green with trees silhouetted below.

Satellite images show a dramatic decline in Antarctica's emperor penguin population — and it's happening faster than we thought (photos)

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

One region of the continent saw a 22% decline in emperor penguin numbers over 15 years.

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June full moon shines on SpaceX Dragon | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2025

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

SpaceX's private Dragon spacecraft was treated to a stunning view in the night sky under June's full moon.

A metal cylinder sits in front of a glowing yellow sphere.

The 10 best Father's Day Amazon deals — telescopes, Lego, star projectors and more

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 3:40 pm

Discover the 10 best Father's Day deals on Amazon right now with offers on telescopes, star projectors, model rockets, Lego and more.

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Trump's 2026 budget cuts would force the world's most powerful solar telescope to close

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

"There's no way for us to operate such a complex facility."

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers smallest 'failed stars' ever seen

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the smallest brown dwarfs ever seen with the potential to form planets and surrounded by mysterious molecules.

An illustration of two brown dwarfs against a back drop of the Perseus Molecular Cloud

NASA's PUNCH delivers knockout views of colossal solar storms erupting from sun (video)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 12^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

"These first images are astonishing, but the best is still yet to come."

first images released from NASA's PUNCH spacecraft as it watches colossal solar storm eruptions from the sun.

Laws of physics are still broken: Attempt to explain away black holes' central singularity falls short, scientist says

Space

June 12^th 2025 at 12:30 am

A researcher throws cold water on a recent effort that purported to eliminate black holes' greatest and most enduring mystery — the existence of their central singularity.

An illustration of a black hole with its mysterious singularity indicated by a glowing white light

Lego Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter review

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

Grab a Lego set worthy of the Lisan al Gaib with the Lego Dune Ornithopter.

Lego Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter and minifigures

NASA begins push to slash workforce with more staff buyouts, early retirements as budget cuts loom

Space

By: tmalik@space.com (Tariq Malik)

June 11^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

NASA employees have until July 25 to decide if they'll stay or go.

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'Uranus is weird.' Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

Scientists find surprising evidence that space dust is shaping the surfaces of Uranus' largest moons.

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Watch June's full Strawberry Moon skim the southern horizon with these free livestreams tonight

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 8:51 pm

This month's full Strawberry Moon rides low across the southern sky via livestream on June 11.

James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside 'sandcastle' partner world

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

In two related firsts, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered sand-filled rains on a distant exoplanet as its "sandcastle" partner world forms from sandy matter before the eyes of astronomers.

An illustration of the YSES-1 planetary system

Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 11^th 2025 at 7:08 pm

Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit for the Japanese company iQPS on Wednesday morning (June 11).

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches the "Mountain God Guards" mission for the Japanese company iQPS from New Zealand on June 11, 2025.

Humanity takes its 1st look at the sun's poles: 'This is just the first step of Solar Orbiter's stairway to heaven' (images)

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

The Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first look at the south pole of the sun, revealing messy magnetic fields and particles being ejected at high speeds.

(Main) The first image of the sun's south pole as seen by the ESA's Solar Orbiter (Inset) Magnetism around the south pole of the sun

'We're out of time.' Watch Apple TV+'s thrilling new 'Foundation' Season 3 trailer (video)

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 11^th 2025 at 5:32 pm

Apple TV+ released a Season 3 trailer for its far-future sci-fi saga 'Foundation'.

a large glowing crystal-like structure rises out of a field as two people, who appear tiny next to it, approach

NASA robot digs up simulated moon rocks | Space photo of the day for June 13, 2025

Space

June 13^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

At the Kennedy Space Center, a new robot shovels up manufactured lunar dust as part of a larger test.

A box with multiple wheels rides over a bump in the dirt next to a man bending over.

Looking for a last-minute Father's Day gift? These Bushnell binoculars are brilliant value with this $60 price cut

Space

By: paul.brett@futurenet.com (Paul Brett)

June 11^th 2025 at 2:54 pm

Get the Bushnell 10x42mm Trophy at its best price this year — a fantastic pair of budget binoculars for skywatching on the go.

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Cosmic rings reveal new planet being born | Space photo of the day for June 11, 2025

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet in its protoplanetary disk as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope.

rings of orange and yellow sit on a dark background

June's Strawberry Moon treats skywatchers to a rare low-riding show (photos)

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 1:22 pm

Here are the best photos of the lowest full moon in over a decade.

The full Strawberry Moon is pictured next to the spire of the Empire State Building skyscraper in New York.

Astronomers see the 1st stars dispel darkness 13 billion years ago at 'Cosmic Dawn'

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

The CLASS telescope array has taken a fresh look at the infant universe to hunt for polarized light in the Cosmic Microwave Background that resembles light bouncing off a cosmic car hood.

(Main) The Cosmic Microwave Background light left over from the very origin of the universe (Inset) the CLASS telescopes can detect cosmic microwave light signals from the Comic Dawn.

Propellant leak delays SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronaut mission to the ISS

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 11^th 2025 at 7:43 am

SpaceX is standing down from the planned June 11 launch of the Ax-4 private astronaut mission due to a liquid oxygen leak in its Falcon 9 rocket. No new target date has been announced.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Ax-4 private astronaut mission stand on the pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Jiawen Galaxy Projector Light review

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 12:30 am

It's more of an ambient light projector than a star projector, but the Jiawen Galaxy Projector Light is seriously impressive given its budget price.

Summer Game Fest 2025: The biggest space & sci-fi game reveals and announcements

Space

June 11^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Another summer, another series of hot gaming showcases. These are the space and sci-fi video games that caught our attention during this year's events.

Split image showing four sci-fi video games: Aphelion, The Outer Worlds 2, High on Life 2, and Gears of War Reloaded.

'I was a good, visible target': Jared Isaacman on why Trump pulled his NASA chief nomination

Space

By: andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones)

June 10^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

Jared Isaacman has opened up on why he believes his nomination to be NASA administrator was abruptly withdrawn by the White House.

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2nd launch of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket delayed to Aug. 15 at the earliest

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 10^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

Blue Origin is now targeting Aug. 15 at the earliest for the second-ever launch of its New Glenn rocket, a slip of several months.

Blue Origin launches its first New Glenn rocket from Pad 36 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Jan. 16, 2025.

Who is Franklin Richards, the superpowered baby shown in the new 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' trailer (video)

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 10^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

Blink and you'll miss him! The immortal son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm is in the new 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' trailer, but who is this adorable little Omega-level mutant?

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'We've got a new mystery on our hands': Titan's weird wobble just got even stranger

Space

June 10^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

New research reveals more about why Saturn's large moon tilts, a puzzle that has intrigued scientists for decades.

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Coating satellites with super-dark Vantablack paint could help fight light pollution crisis

Space

By: tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova)

June 10^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Light streaks caused by passing satellites mar images taken by the world's most expensive telescopes. The problem is set to get worse.

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With 35% off, the Estes Rockets Journey Launch set is a brilliant introduction to the joys of space flight and model rocketry — and at its cheapest price this year at Amazon

Space

By: paul.brett@futurenet.com (Paul Brett)

June 10^th 2025 at 7:26 pm

This fantastic rocket set can soar to 1100ft, has its own launch controller and launch pad system and even comes with an in-built landing system.

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast, lands booster on ship at sea

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 10^th 2025 at 6:45 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Tuesday morning (June 10), carrying 23 Starlink satellites to orbit.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, June 10, 2025.

Crashed lander looks back at Earth from the moon | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2025

Space

June 10^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The private company's Resilience moon lander could almost see Japan if it weren't for the clouds.

A gray surface in front of a black background where a small blue and green ball floats.

We're halfway between the April 2024 and August 2026 total solar eclipses: Here's why we're excited

Space

June 10^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

429 days down, 429 to go until the next total solar eclipse.

diamond ring effect during a total solar eclipse shows a bright point of light in a circle.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 3 trailer promises new worlds, new adventures, and new romances (video)

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 10^th 2025 at 2:30 pm

The Enterprise crew launches into more bold sci-fi encounters starting July 17, and Paramount just dropped a new trailer and a bunch of posters for fans.

starship crew members in colorful uniforms walking across an alien world

June's Strawberry Moon rises tonight. Here's what to expect from the lowest full moon since 2006

Space

June 10^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Catch the full moon rise over the southeastern horizon on June 10.

A bright yellow sphere sits on a black background

An Indian astronaut is about to visit the ISS for the 1st time ever

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 10^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

An astronaut from India is set to launch to the International Space Station on the Ax-4 mission on June 11, marking a first for the nation.

Ax-4 mission pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, who will be the first Indian citizen ever to reach the International Space Station.

NASA raises the odds that an asteroid could hit the moon in 2032

Space

June 10^th 2025 at 12:30 am

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking the moon in 2032.

A small brown sphere sits in front of a gray sphere over a dark background

How to see the 'Horse and Rider' in the Big Dipper's handle this summer

Space

June 9^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was popularly known as the "Horse and Rider."

a group of stars in the sky resembling a spoon or ladle

Marathon: Release date, trailers & everything we know about Bungie's extraction shooter

Space

June 9^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

Bungie's next game is a return to the Marathon universe, but it's not what fans of the series were expecting. Here's everything we know so far.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites to orbit on 70th Falcon 9 flight of the year (photos)

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 9^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (June 8), on the 70th mission of 2025 for the company's Falcon 9 rocket.

At left, the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket returns to Earth shortly after launching 26 of the company’s Starlink satellites on June 8, 2025. At right, the rocket’s upper-stage engine burns bright to power the satellites to their desired orbit.

Astronomers discover 15 new giant radio galaxies — the largest single objects in the universe

Space

June 9^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

A new batch of 15 Giant Radio Galaxies, the largest of which is 12.4 light-years wide, could help reveal how black holes and galactic mergers help the universe's largest single objects grow so large.

A Giant Radio Galaxy as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope

12-mile-tall volcano on Mars punches through clouds | Space photo of the day for June 10, 2025

Space

June 9^th 2025 at 6:32 pm

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.

a red circle lies on top of a white surface

Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed US-wide missile defense system

Space

June 9^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

In May 2025, President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome. How exactly does it work?

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There's an infinite amount of energy locked in the vacuum of space-time. Could we ever use it?

Space

June 9^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Unfortunately, any work you do in the universe will have to be done the old-fashioned way.

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SpaceX delays launch of private Ax-4 astronaut mission to ISS due to rocket leak

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 9^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

SpaceX has delayed the planned June 11 launch of the Ax-4 private astronaut mission to the ISS due to a liquid oxygen leak in its Falcon 9 rocket. No new target date has been announced.

A black and white SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Ax-4 crew capsule on the launch pad with colorful clouds lit by twilight.

'What a waste:' US scientists decry Trump's 47% cuts to NASA science budget

Space

June 9^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

"I don't think it is an overstatement to say that morale among U.S.-based scientists is at an all-time low."

A view of the NASA building. The image has a somber tone.

Astronauts track huge dust clouds over Canada and US | On the ISS this week June 2-6, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 8^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Preparations for the arrival of a visiting crew, the continued study of how humans adapt to microgravity and more highlight the sixth week of Expedition 73 on the International Space Station.

a Japanese man wearing a blue polo and khaki pants and an American woman wearing a black shirt and blue slacks work to draw and collect blood from themselves aboard a space station

See the moon shine with famous red star Antares in the southern sky on June 9

Space

June 8^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Antares is a red supergiant star located 400 light-years from Earth.

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China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft sends home 1st photo as it heads for mysterious 'quasi-moon' asteroid

Space

By: andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones)

June 8^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

China has revealed the first image from its Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission, which is now more than 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Earth.

One of the Tianwen 2 asteroid probe's solar arrays, photographed by an engineering camera on the spacecraft. This in-space photo was released on June 7, 2025.

'In our spacesuit collection for movies, we have replicas of pretty much every historic spacesuit that's been into space.' How the son of an aerospace machinist built some of Hollywood's most iconic astronaut looks (exclusive)

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

June 8^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

"I've had a number of NASA personnel come up and think that the one that was theirs was ours, and they're shocked."

three astronauts in Apollo era spacesuits

Sega Toys Homestar Classic star projector review

Space

June 7^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

If it's realism you're looking for, the Sega Toys Homestar Classic is the gold standard of star projectors.

A white, spherical projector is placed on black legs on a white surface next to a black product box with white curtains behind it.

Best space & sci-fi games on Nintendo Switch 2025: Metroid Prime, Citizen Sleeper, No Man's Sky, & more

Space

June 7^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

You don't have to stay at home to enjoy great games. Game on the go with the best space and sci-fi games on the Nintendo Switch.

Split image showing screenshots from three Switch sci-fi games: No Man's Sky, Metroid Prime: Remastered, and Outer Wilds

SpaceX fires up Super Heavy booster ahead of Starship's 10th test flight (video)

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 7^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

SpaceX conducted a static-fire test with one of its Super Heavy boosters today (June 6), part of the prep work for the next test flight of the Starship megarocket.

SpaceX conducts a static fire test with the Flight 10 Starship Super Heavy first-stage booster at its Starbase site in South Texas on June 6, 2025.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 164 — Goodbye NASA?

Space

By: info@space.com (Space.com Staff)

June 7^th 2025 at 5:13 pm

On Episode 164 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss these concerning times for NASA with Casey Dreier, the Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society.

It's been nearly a century since Chicago saw a powerful dust storm like this (photos)

Space

June 7^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

A historic dust storm hit Chicago last month, and a weather satellite gave us a bird's-eye view of the dramatic event.

blobs of white over a green and brown background

June's full 'Strawberry Moon' illuminates the night sky this week: Here's how to see it

Space

June 7^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Don't miss the 2025 full "Strawberry Moon" when it rises above the southeastern horizon on June 10.

A bright orange circle in front of a black background

'Flying Banana' traveling 125 mph fires laser into sky and catches aurora hunters off guard (video)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 7^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

"The first time I spotted it, I thought at first it may have been a rare form of blue aurora but then realised it was moving too quickly."

a 360 view of the night sky with a huge blue pillar reaching into the night sky.

SpaceX launches Sirius XM radio satellite to orbit, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 7^th 2025 at 9:13 am

SpaceX launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM early Saturday morning (June 7), adding another spacecraft to the company's broadcasting constellation.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM from Florida on June 7, 2025.

Saving Gateway, SLS and Orion? Sen. Ted Cruz proposes $10 billion more for NASA's moon and Mars efforts

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 11:46 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz's newly unveiled legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would dedicate almost $10 billion to win the new space race with China.

Artist's illustration of an Artemis astronaut stepping onto the moon.

Best beginner binoculars 2025: Convenient, general use and affordable

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

These are the best beginner binoculars you can buy in every category, from the best overall and the best for stargazing to the best budget model.

A man in a yellow jacket looking through binoculars at the sky with a sunset and crescent moon in the background.

Powerful solar telescope unveils ultra-fine magnetic 'curtains' on the sun's surface

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The sharpest images ever captured of the sun reveal intricate magnetic structures dancing across its surface.

Catch Jupiter and Mercury side by side in the evening sky this week

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

The solar system's largest and smallest planets will greet one another in the eastern sky.

Night sky map showing Mercury climbing past Jupiter.

European Mars orbiter spies crumbling crater 'soaked in layers of Martian history' (photo)

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

The Mars Express probe captured a striking new view of a Martian crater that holds clues to the planet's dynamic history spanning billions of years.

The nearly circular 75-mile-wide (120 kilometers) Deuteronilus Cavus crater lies in a transitional zone between Mars' rugged southern highlands and smoother northern lowlands.

Vast cosmic voids are far from empty — they're hiding something dark

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The vast, seemingly empty spaces between galaxies are not entirely empty. So what's in these cosmic voids?

a web-like structure of colorful filaments on a black background

Atlas V rocket to launch Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites on June 13

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 6^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The second big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites will launch next Friday (June 13) from Florida, if all goes to plan.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the first 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit on April 28, 2025.

One of the best star projectors on the market — the Pococo Galaxy Star Projector — is at its lowest ever price ahead of Father's Day

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

June 6^th 2025 at 2:30 pm

The Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is currently 28% off and will arrive in time for Father's Day — and you can get its lowest-ever price before Prime Day too.

POCOCO Galaxy Projector on a purple background with a 'Space.com deals' badge.

'Predator: Killer of Killers' is a battle across history that doesn't dwell on the franchise's past

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 2:30 pm

The latest Predator movie – the series’ first foray into animation – is much more than a quick retread of old ideas in three distant settings.

Screenshot from Predator: Killer of Killers

A hidden 'super-Earth' exoplanet is dipping in and out of its habitable zone

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

With 10 times the mass of our planet, and spending only part of its orbit in the habitable zone, Kepler-725c is very different to Earth.

A super-Earth basks in the glow of its star in this artist's impression. Is the world habitable and Earth-like with a watery atmosphere, or is it Neptune-esque, swathed in hydrogen and helium?

Why does NASA's Perseverance rover keep taking pictures of this maze on Mars?

Space

June 6^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

NASA's Perseverance rover regularly images a Sherlock Holmes–themed maze to calibrate its chemical-hunting SHERLOC instrument.

an intricate circular labyrinth inside a metal enclosure with a circular glass window

Elon Musk says SpaceX could begin 'decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft' after Trump threat to cancel contracts

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 6^th 2025 at 2:26 am

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are having a very public disagreement at the moment, and NASA could get caught in the crosshairs.

A pale man wearing a blue suit and red had with orange face paint purses his lips toward another, taller pale man, pursing his lips in the direction of the first man, wearing all black. A blurry man behind them awaits the inevitable.

Marc Garneau, 1st Canadian astronaut to fly into space, dies at 76

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 6^th 2025 at 1:30 am

The first Canadian astronaut to fly into space, Marc Garneau, died on June 4, 2025 at the age of 76. In addition to his three launches, Garneau also led the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

A man works with a scientific instrument aboard a spacecraft

Brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrives at pad for June 10 astronaut launch (photo)

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 6^th 2025 at 12:30 am

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Ax-4 astronaut mission has arrived at its pad ahead of a planned June 10 launch.

The brand-new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the private Ax-4 astronaut mission to the ISS is seen inside the hangar at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Private Japanese spacecraft crashes into moon in 'hard landing,' ispace says

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 5^th 2025 at 11:19 pm

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander went dark just before it was scheduled to touch down on the moon today (June 5), raising doubts about the venture's success.

A Japanese ispace moon lander fires its thrusters in a simulation of its moon landing.

'Star Wars: Zero Company' – Release window, trailers & everything we know

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

XCOM meets the Clone Wars in Star Wars: Zero Company, the upcoming squad-based strategy game coming in 2026.

Fireball streaks through aurora-filled skies | Space photo of the day for June 5, 2025

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

Skywatchers in Chelsea, Canada are treated to a stunning aurora display that has a little something extra.

Purple and blue patterns dot the sky over a reflective surface with a streak of light running down the right side

James Webb Space Telescope reveals largest-ever panorama of the early universe

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 9:14 pm

Astronomers unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's largest view yet of the early universe in a richly detailed catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies.

A bunch of spiral galaxies and bright blobs (also representing galaxies) on a dark section of sky.

Don’t miss Spica shine with the waxing gibbous moon tonight

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

The moon is pictured close to the bright star Spica on the night of June 5, with the stars of the constellation Corvus positioned beneath, joined by a blue line.

Astronomers discover most powerful cosmic explosions since the Big Bang

Space

By: brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley)

June 5^th 2025 at 6:54 pm

Astronomers discovered a new class of cosmic explosions known as "extreme nuclear transients" that are the most powerful phenomena known, aside from the Big Bang.

a black orb surrounded by white specks of light, with stars visible in the background

The 1st official 'Alien: Earth' trailer is finally here, and the Xenomorphs aren't the only invaders we need to worry about (video)

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 6:38 pm

The main trailer for FX's Alien: Earth has Xenomorphs, a synthetic-human hybrid, and some new extra-terrestrial creatures we weren't expecting.

The Knife Edge Galaxy cuts a sharp profile in new amateur portrait (photo)

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

The spiral galaxy NGC 5907 is positioned edge-on to Earth.

the edge-on profile of the Knife Edge Galaxy is pictured against a distant starfield on a black sky.

Astronomers simulate a star's final moments as it's swallowed by a black hole: 'Breaks like an egg'

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

An illustration of warped space, showing a squished black hole next to a bright blueish white star.

Watch an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier make a close pass of Earth on June 5

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.

An image showing the potentially hazardous asteroid 2008 DG5 indicated by a white arrow against a dark sky dotted with star lines.

Aurora alert: Incoming solar storm could spark auroras as far south as New York and Idaho this weekend

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 5^th 2025 at 4:13 pm

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies as we might be in for another show this weekend, albeit slightly smaller than the performances earlier this week.

Northern lights from Idaho appear as huge curtains for green and magenta light shining in the night sky.

Building the 'Moonhouse': Q&A with artist Mikael Genberg

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 5^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Mikael Genberg discusses his "Moonhouse" project, which is about to land a tiny replica of the iconic red-and-white Swedish house on Earth's nearest neighbor.

a small model of a red and white house is mounted to a gold foil-covered lunar rover with white wheels

Magnetic fields appear to be as old as the universe itself. What created them?

Space

June 5^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

New research suggests that the largest magnetic fields in the universe originated through some exotic mechanism that absolutely soaked the early cosmos.

orange web-like strands on a purple background

SpaceX launches Starlink satellite stack from Vandenberg Space Force Base (video, photos)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

June 5^th 2025 at 6:46 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base this evening (June 4), carrying 27 Starlink satellites for the company's growing wireless internet constellation.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 4, 2025.

'Joy,' a plush baby swan, will launch with Axiom Mission-4 crew as zero-g indicator

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 4^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

When an international crew of astronauts launch on a commercial space mission, they will be joined by a स्वैन, a łabędź or a hattyú. Or, in English, a swan.

a small plush white baby swan appears to float inside a darkened room lit by neon lights and a video monitor

ispace's Resilience spacecraft lands on the moon today: Here's how to see the landing zone on the lunar surface

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

The lander won't be visible from Earth, but its landing site on Mare Frigoris will be.

A simulation of the moon's surface, with the northern lunar region 'Mare Frigolis' outlined in teal.

A tiny star gave birth to a giant exoplanet, but no one knows how

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 10:09 pm

A giant exoplanet is surprisingly chill given how close it is to its red dwarf star — perhaps because the star is so little.

Mount Etna's terrifying eruption from orbit | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2025

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 9:49 pm

A satellite from the European Space Agency captured huge plumes of ash and smoke from Europe's largest volcano.

A green land mass with streaks of red and white clouds above it showing a volcano eruption of Mt. Etna

How an odd star in the 'Gaia Sausage' could help solve one of astronomy's most enduring mysteries

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The discovery of a metal-rich star packed with both light and heavy elements hints at exotic stellar explosions and the role of ancient dwarf galaxies in seeding the cosmos with uranium and thorium.

Watch Japan's private ispace company attempt its 2nd moon landing on June 5

Space

By: andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones)

June 4^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

Tokyo-based ispace hopes to succeed where its 2023 mission fell short, with a new lander, new software and a new chance at lunar history.

The moon, as seen from orbit by ispace's Resilience lunar lander. This is a screenshot from a short video the company posted on X on June 3, 2025.

Europe stages a moon landing to learn how to photograph the real thing (photos)

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Built on a set in a specialist facility in Germany, a mockup of a lunar landscape is helping imaging experts learn how to take better images and video footage on the moon.

ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer and Aidan Cowley work on the simulated landscape of the moon, with stage lights recreating the lighting on the lunar surface. Another photographer dressed in protective gear stands to the left.

Lunar landers and 'Transporter' tankers: Blue Origin unveils its blueprint for the moon

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has begun revealing how it plans to establish itself as a provider of hardware that will enable long-term human stays on the moon.

Blue Origin's large, crew-carrying Mark 2 moon lander can deliver up to 22 tons (20 metric tons) to the lunar surface in a reusable configuration or up to 33 tons (30 metric tons) in a one-way configuration.

You can beat the Father's Day and Prime Day rush with one of the best VR headset deals available, perfect for entertainment and beginners

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

June 4^th 2025 at 5:14 pm

The HTC Vive Flow is now $200 off and the perfect VR headset deal for beginners and those seeking light entertainment ahead of Father's Day and Prime Day.

A large pair of goggles sit in the middle of a set of rings on a purple starry background with the space.com logo in the top left corner.

James Webb Space Telescope unveils fiery origins of a distant, hellish exoplanet

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered the fiery origin of WASP-121b, a distant exoplanet stretched by tidal forces and rich in chemical clues that reveal its dramatic journey.

An illustration of a foggy works within the rings of gas and dust around a star.

Jewels sparkle like stars in Van Cleef and Arpels' 'Cosmic Splendor' at NYC's American Museum of Natural History

Space

June 4^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

The American Museum of Natural History in New York has a new space gems exhibit, courtesy of luxury jewel Van Cleef and Arpels.

A sparkling necklace with a bright blue jewel at the front.

What time is Japan's private ispace moon landing on June 5 (and how to watch it live)?

Space

By: tmalik@space.com (Tariq Malik)

June 4^th 2025 at 2:08 am

The Japanese company ispace will attempt to land its Resilience lander on the moon on June 5. Here's what time and how to watch it live.

'Starship in space': See amazing photos from SpaceX megarocket's Flight 9 test mission

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 4^th 2025 at 12:30 am

SpaceX's Starship megarocket tends to put on a show, and its latest test flight was no exception. See some gorgeous photos of the vehicle in space on Flight 9.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket soars above Earth on its ninth test flight, on May 27, 2025.

60 years ago, Ed White went out for walk | Space photo of the day for June 3, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 3^rd 2025 at 11:50 pm

NASA astronaut Ed White is seen floating above Earth in the vacuum of space during the first American spacewalk on June 3, 1965.

an astronaut in a white spacesuit is seen from below and behind while on a spacewalk outside his space capsule. Earth below serves as a backdrop.

SpaceX's next private astronaut launch to ISS, Ax-4, pushed back to June 10

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 3^rd 2025 at 11:39 pm

Houston company Axiom Space's Ax-4 astronaut launch to the International Space Statio has been delayed by two days, to June 10.

The crew of Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station. From left to right: pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, commander Peggy Whitson, mission specialist Sławosz Uznański and mission specialist Tibor Kapu.

Best friendly aliens: From Superman to Stitch, these are the friendliest extra-terrestrials from sci-fi movies and TV

Space

June 3^rd 2025 at 10:30 pm

In honor of the live-action 'Lilo & Stitch', we look back at 12 extra-terrestrials who came in peace.

Best friendly aliens image showing Paul, Stitch, Superman, and E.T The Extra Terrestrial

Fred Espenak, astronomy's 'Mr. Eclipse', dies at 71

Space

June 3^rd 2025 at 8:30 pm

Astronomy has lost one of its most assiduous calculators of eclipses with the passing of astronomer Fred Espenak, known widely as "Mr. Eclipse."

a man in a wide-brimmed hat poses next to a telescope outside on a sunny day

NOAA expects up to 5 major hurricanes in 2025: 'Be prepared'

Space

June 3^rd 2025 at 7:30 pm

The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season expected to be busier than normal, according to NOAA forecasters.

A satellite image of Hurricane Helene making landfall as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 26, 2024.

Black holes could work as natural particle colliders to hunt for dark matter, scientists say

Space

June 3^rd 2025 at 6:30 pm

Supermassive black holes could act as natural particle accelerators, helping humanity investigate dark matter.

An illustration shows a supermassive black hole acting as a natural particle accelerator firing a high-energy particle right at Earth

When the sun dies, could life survive on the Jupiter ocean moon Europa?

Space

June 3^rd 2025 at 4:30 pm

New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar system.

A submarine below the thick icy crust of Jupiter's Moon Europa would experience about the same pressure as a vehicle in the hadal zone.

SpaceX launches 23 more Starlink satellites from Florida (video)

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 3^rd 2025 at 4:00 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 satellites for the company's Starlink constellation from Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 3, 2025.

a white and black rocket lifts off into the dark of night, its thrust shining a bright white glow on its launch pad

Northern lights may be visible from these 13 US States tonight

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 3^rd 2025 at 3:52 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Oregon as geomagnetic storm conditions start to wane.

colorful green wisps of light dance in the sky above a lake, which reflects them

Satellites are polluting Earth's atmosphere with heavy metals. Could refueling them in orbit help?

Space

By: tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova)

June 3^rd 2025 at 1:30 pm

In-orbit servicing and refueling could help curb the environmental harm done by the space industry. But will operators subscribe to the greener business model? The jury is out.

a Y-shaped spacecraft in orbit above earth

AI could solve puzzles posed by twin stars in 'mere minutes or seconds on a single laptop'

Space

June 3^rd 2025 at 12:30 pm

A newly designed, AI-powered program could solve the puzzle of binary stars in mere seconds using a common laptop, a process that currently takes supercomputer clusters weeks.

The landscape of an alien world orbiting binary stars. Such pairings are much tougher to spot from great distances

Two space vets added to Astronaut Hall of Fame as one awaits launch

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 2^nd 2025 at 11:30 pm

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame just held its annual induction ceremony, but one of this year's two honorees could not attend for a reason unique to all past enshrinements.

a Black man in a blue suit wearing a medal poses with a plaque depicting him and his astronaut mission patches. Behind him is a video screen showing the same with a woman.

What's at the center of Mars? Maybe the stench of rotten eggs

Space

June 2^nd 2025 at 9:50 pm

Mars' core formed within just a few million years, scientists say compared to the hundreds of millions or even billions of years that it took for Earth's core to form — it also might smell like rotten eggs.

$800 million, 13 years, and still no release date — the state of Star Citizen in 2025

Space

June 2^nd 2025 at 8:30 pm

As Star Citizen approaches a billion dollars in funding and with no full release date in sight, we take a look at its history and the current state of this ambitious space epic.

Incredible auroras delight stargazers in New Zealand | Space photo of the day for June 2, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

June 2^nd 2025 at 8:23 pm

Aurora Australisa, or the "southern lights" was on full display on June 1, 2025, as spectators outside Christchurch, New Zealand witnessed firsthand.

a group of people stand at the edge of a body of water to view bring yellow white and magenta waves of ionized gas in Earth's atmosphere, known as aurora borealis or the northern lights

Private Japanese spacecraft aims to land in the moon's 'Sea of Cold' this week

Space

June 2^nd 2025 at 7:30 pm

Tokyo-based company ispace aims to land its "Resilience" spacecraft in the moon's Mare Frigoris ("Sea of Cold") region on June 5, notching a big milestone for Japan and for commercial spaceflight.

The Resilience spacecraft, operated by Japanese company ispace, captured a stunning view of the moon before its latest orbital control maneuver on May 28, 2025, marking a key step toward its June 5 landing attempt.

The Milky Way may not collide with neighboring galaxy Andromeda after all: 'From near-certainty to a coin flip'

Space

June 2^nd 2025 at 6:31 pm

A collision between the Milky Way and neighboring galaxy Andromeda is far from a sure thing; in fact, it could hinge on the flip of a cosmic coin.

Three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Main A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision (Bottom left) At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. (Bottom right) Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation.

Northern lights may be visible in these 15 US States June 2

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 2^nd 2025 at 6:14 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Massachusetts geomagnetic storm conditions continue.

auroras appear as vast curtains for purple and green light in the sky and reflected in the water below. There are two trees silhouetted in the foreground.

Amateur astronomer captures ghostly outer shell of the Cat's Eye Nebula (photo)

Space

June 2^nd 2025 at 5:38 pm

The planetary nebula is located 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco.

The Cat's Eye Nebula can be seen hanging against a backdrop of stars. The nebula has a wispy blue outer shell and a bright inner core.

Don't miss the half-lit first quarter moon rise tonight: Here's what to look for

Space

June 2^nd 2025 at 3:32 pm

The first quarter moon is the perfect opportunity to explore shadowed craters lining the terminator.

The moon half-lit moon is pictured against a dark sky at its first quarter phase. Dark lunar seas mark the upper portion of the lunar surface and the line dividing the night side from the day side is lined with shadowed craters.

Turning the Red Planet green? It's time to take terraforming Mars seriously, scientists say

Space

June 2^nd 2025 at 1:30 pm

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint for a potential path forward.

Artist's illustration depicting the terraforming of Mars — turning into a more Earth-like world.

Predator: Badlands: Release date, plot, trailers & everything we know about Predator's silver screen return

Space

June 1^st 2025 at 7:30 pm

After the success of Prey, Predator returns to the big screen with Predator: Badlands, a new theatrical movie set in the far future on another world.

Northern lights may be visible in these 23 US States June 1

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 1^st 2025 at 5:00 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Pennsylvania as Earth reverberates from the impact of a speedy solar storm.

Gigantic Aurora borealis (Northern Lights) above mountains near Atigun Pass, Dalton Highway, Alaska, USA. auroras appear as ribbons of green and pink light dancing across the sky.

'Doctor Who' finale sees Ncuti Gatwa's 15th Doctor regenerate into a very familiar face, but what does it mean for the show?

Space

June 1^st 2025 at 4:30 pm

Ncuti Gatwa's shock regeneration is followed by an even bigger surprise as the show welcomes back a popular star of TARDIS past. BEWARE! Spoilers ahead!

Screenshot from Doctor Who S2 "The Reality War"

Aurora alert: Ongoing powerful geomagnetic storm could spark more northern lights across the US tonight

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 1^st 2025 at 3:55 pm

Northern lights may once again be visible deep into mid latitudes tonight as geomagnetic storm conditions continue to wreak havoc with Earth's magnetic field.

he night sky in Wisconsin glows with the Northern Lights as a geomagnetic storm brings vibrant pink and green colors to a majority of the northern states.

Severe G4 geomagnetic storm sparks northern lights across US and beyond (photos)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

June 1^st 2025 at 2:08 pm

The speedy solar storm arrived in style, sparking stunning aurora displays as far south as California and New Mexico.

auroras reaching high into the sky colored orange and yellow. Tall pillars of light are seen across a star studded sky.

Super-magnetic dead star throws a violent temper tantrum as NASA X-ray spacecraft looks on

Space

June 1^st 2025 at 1:30 pm

NASA's X-ray space telescope IXPE has made the first observation of polarized light emerging from an outbursting magnetar, neutron stars that possess the universe's strongest magnetic fields.

(Main) an illustration of an erupting magnetar (inset) NASA's IXPE X-ray telescope

Trump to withdraw Jared Isaacman's nomination as NASA chief

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

June 1^st 2025 at 1:25 am

The White House is pulling the nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, saying that the next agency chief should be "in complete alignment" with President Trump's agenda.

Polars Dawn commander Jared Isaacman meets with a St. Jude Family at the Sun 'n' Fun Aerospace Expo in April 2024.

SpaceX adds 27 Starlink satellites to constellation after successful launch from California (video)

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

May 31^st 2025 at 11:53 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 27 Starlink internet broadband satellites from southern California on Saturday, May 31, 2025.

a white and black rocket lifts off into the fog surrounding its launch pad

Aurora alert: Severe geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Alabama and northern California tonight

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

May 31^st 2025 at 6:37 pm

Attention aurora chasers! Powerful geomagnetic storm conditions could trigger northern lights at mid-latitudes tonight as a coronal mass ejection impact is imminent.

northern lights color the sky green and pink over Detroit Point, Higgins Lake, Michigan

Blue Origin launches 1st New Zealander to reach space, 5 others on latest New Shepard suborbital flight (video)

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

May 31^st 2025 at 5:54 pm

Blue Origin completed its 12th human spaceflight today (May 31), flying six passengers on a 10-minute trip beyond the Karman Line and back.

a drone's eye view of a rocket taking from its launch pad

Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: Here's how to see the bright 'morning star' this weekend

Space

May 31^st 2025 at 4:30 pm

Venus will rise in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours of June 1 alongside Saturn and Neptune.

Venus is shown above the horizon in a simulated pre-dawn hours of June 1, with the locations of Neptune and Saturn shown to the upper right. a close up picture of Venus's half-lit disk is shown to the left hand side of the screen.

Watch a brilliant 'fireball' meteor explode over China on May 28 (video)

Space

May 31^st 2025 at 4:30 pm

It was likely a sporadic meteor unrelated to any major shower.

An artist's impression of a fireball colliding with Earth's orbit

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 163 — The Trials of Starship

Space

By: info@space.com (Space.com Staff)

May 31^st 2025 at 4:06 pm

On Episode 163 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Starship's recent test flight with reporter Mike Wall.

This Week in Space podcast 163 — The Trials of Starship

Trump's 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 31^st 2025 at 7:05 am

The Trump administration's 2026 budget request cuts NASA funding by $6 billion, which would lead to the cancellation of Mars sample-return and other high-profile missions.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 54th close flyby of the giant planet on Sept. 7, 2023.

'Cosmic miracle!' James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen

Space

May 31^st 2025 at 12:30 am

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again, discovering the "mother of all early galaxies," a record-breaking distant object that existed just 280 billion years after the Big Bang.

(Main) an illustration of a highly redshifted early galaxy (Inset) the earliest galaxy ever detected MoM z14

Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

Space

By: andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones)

May 30^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

ESA is preparing a mission to study and land on asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with Earth in 2029. NASA is also looking into a possible Apophis effort but faces funding issues.

Artist's impression of the European Space Agency's Ramses (Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety) mission in action.

Why is the European Space Agency beaming a waltz at NASA's Voyager 1 probe this weekend?

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

May 30^th 2025 at 11:21 pm

Saturday's celestial concert salutes ESA's 50th anniversary and 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II.

a cylindrical spacecraft approaches a blue and white planet

Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump's research funding cuts

Space

May 30^th 2025 at 9:31 pm

Climate scientists are gathering on YouTube for 100 hours to talk about the importance of weather research amid White House funding cuts.

A view of Earth against a dark background of space.

A fireball over desert mountains | Space photo of the day for May 30, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

May 30^th 2025 at 8:41 pm

A brilliant meteor streak is captured as it plunges through Earth's atmosphere over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona.

a red-tinted streak from a meteor plunges through a greenish-blue sky above the dome of an astronomical observatory

FAA requires SpaceX to investigate Starship Flight 9 mishap

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 30^th 2025 at 7:59 pm

SpaceX must figure out what happened on Flight 9 of its Starship megarocket, during which the vehicle's second stage made an uncontrolled reentry over the Indian Ocean.

How to watch Blue Origin launch 6 tourists to suborbital space today

Space

May 30^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

Blue Origin plans to launch its 12th human spaceflight mission today (May 31), and you can watch the action live here at Space.com.

Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicles launches on the uncrewed NS-27 suborbital mission on Oct. 23, 2024.

Don't miss the crescent moon shining close to Mars on May 31

Space

May 30^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

As the bright star Regulus and the Beehive Cluster shine close by.

A simulation of the night sky showing the location of the moon on May 31 above the western horizon. Mars and the bright star Regulus can be seen to the upper left of the crescent moon, with Pollux and Castor to the lower right close to the horizon.

Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans

Space

May 30^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

A newly found object could be a dwarf planet that contradicts the Planet Nine hypothesis.

A dark circle in front of an image of the milky way galaxy's heart. in the background, there is a small ring representing the solar system.

Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch its biggest Starship yet this year, but Mars in 2026 is '50/50'

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 30^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

SpaceX plans to launch the new "Version 3" of its Starship megarocket by the end of 2025 and is working to send the vehicle to Mars a year later, Elon Musk said.

Still from a presentation that Elon Musk gave about SpaceX's Mars exploration plans. The company posted the presentation on X on May 29, 2025.

Northern lights may be visible in these 20 US States May 31

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

May 30^th 2025 at 4:15 pm

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Connecticut as speedy solar winds and an incoming CME fuel geomagnetic storm conditions.

Northern lights erupt over a lake in Minnesota in a dark sky overhead shining rainbow of Aurora light as the sun sets on the horizon

Astronomers discover black hole ripping a star apart inside a galactic collision. 'It is a peculiar event'

Space

May 30^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the second time a tidal disruption event has been seen in interacting galaxies.

Image from the Legacy Survey DR10 of the AT 2022wtn field. The inset shows the transient that occurred in the nucleus of the interacting minor galaxy, indicated by the blue cross.

Last chance! This brilliant 68% off Peacock TV subscription streaming deal ends today! Grab a year of sci-fi content and more for just $24.99

Space

By: paul.brett@futurenet.com (Paul Brett)

May 30^th 2025 at 1:06 pm

If you're looking for one of the best streaming deals around you can get nearly 70% off an annual subscription to Peacock, but you'll have to be quick as the deal ends 30 May

A hand is holding a smartphone with the Peacock logo on it on an orange background, behind the phone is a multi-colored blur and the space.com logo is in the top left of the screen.

SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force in record-short turnaround

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 30^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

SpaceX launched an advanced GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force today (May 30), less than three months after getting the official go-ahead.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the GPS III-SV08 satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida on May 30, 2025.

'One of the most geometrically perfect': What is this mysterious sphere deep in the Milky Way galaxy?

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

A supernova remnant (SNR) discovered by astrophysicist Miroslav Filipović of Western Sydney University displays an astonishingly spherical shape.

A green and blue scene with a circle outline in the center.

SpaceX aiming for record-breaking 170 orbital launches in 2025

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 29^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

SpaceX is targeting a whopping 170 orbital liftoffs in 2025, which would shatter the record the company set just last year.

a black and white rocket launches into the night sky from a launch pad in Florida

See a lunar scar darken the crescent moon tonight

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

Lunar maria or 'seas' formed when lava flooded impact basins billions of years ago.

An image of the waxing crescent moon pictured against the dark sky. The lunar sea Mare Crisium can be seen as a dark oval marking the lit section of the moon's surface.

Who is the best Doctor? Every 'Doctor Who' ranked

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 9:04 pm

We step inside the TARDIS to rank every Doctor so far, from William Hartnell through to Ncuti Gatwa.

Tom Baker, Ncuti Gatwa, David Tennant, and Jodie Whittaker as Doctor Who

Behind the camera: Astronauts talk with students from space station | Space photo of the day for May 29, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

May 29^th 2025 at 7:39 pm

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi spoke with students from the International Space Station on May 20, 2025, in a behind-the-camera view.

a woman and man, both wearing a polo shirt and slacks, speak to a camera aboard a space station

Dust devil on Mars photobombs NASA Perseverance rover's selfie (photo)

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 7:30 pm

NASA's Perseverance rover has marked a milestone with a spectacular new selfie, and a surprise visitor.

The Perseverance rover on a brownish hill.

Sampling a 'quasi-moon': What's next for China's newly launched Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling mission

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 29^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft launched on Tuesday (May 28), kicking off a bold mission to grab a sample of one of Earth's "quasi-moons" and then journey on to a mysterious comet.

An artist's illustration of the Earth "quasi-moon" Kamo'oalewa. Astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope have shown that it might be a lost fragment of the moon.

Meet the crew of Blue Origin's NS-32 space tourism mission launching on May 31

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Blue Origin's next suborbital flight is scheduled to launch on Saturday (May 31), carrying a diverse crew of educators, entrepreneurs and adventurers.

The passengers for Blue Origin's upcoming NS-32 suborbital spaceflight.

Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM lens review

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 5:13 pm

The Canon RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM is a longer wide-angle lens offering a versatile focal length for photography and video alongside a fast maximum aperture.

Canon RF35 f/1.4L VCM with the lens hood attached

Scientists capture never-before-seen plasma streams and bizarre 'raindrops' in sharpest-ever view of sun's outer atmosphere (video)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

May 29^th 2025 at 4:20 pm

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun's corona in astonishing clarity.

the sun's surface appears fluffy close up with towering structures of plasma dancing and twisting.

Could time travel tourism be the next space tourism? (op-ed)

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Can we journey through time? Sci-fi author Dete Meserve presents a compelling case for our future in the past.

A spiralling time vortex with roman numerals and cosmic elements.

Can we protect historical sites on the moon before it's too late?

Space

May 29^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

A number of groups and individuals say there's a need to protect lunar history before it's too late.

an astronaut in a white space suit looks at a flag planted on a dusty grey surface

25 years ago, 'Mission to Mars' and 'Red Planet' had a bad Martian movie showdown. Was there a winner?

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

May 28^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

Two Hollywood Mars films celebrate their 25th birthday this year. Which one takes the cake?

Image of the Martian surface with movie posters for Mission to Mars and Red Planet superimposed onto it.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin targeting May 31 for 12th space tourism launch

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 28^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' aerospace company, is targeting Saturday (May 31) for its 12th human spaceflight mission.

'This is an attack on NASA.' Space agency's largest union speaks out as DOGE cuts shutter science institute located above 'Seinfeld' diner in NYC

Space

May 28^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

The Trump administration is closing a historic NASA science office in the name of efficiency, but critics point out that the move won't actually save much money.

Astronomers discover mystery cosmic body bursting with X-rays: 'This object is unlike anything we have seen before'

Space

May 28^th 2025 at 6:30 pm

The mystery surrounding a strange cosmic object, or 'long-period transient,' has deepened. This object is bursting with X-rays, and astronomers describe it as unlike anything seen before.

The strange burst of energy known as ASKAP J1832-0911 as seen by NASA telescopes Chandra, Spitzer and the MeerKAT radio telescope

Best dedicated astrophotography cameras in 2025

Space

May 28^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Browse our list of the best dedicated astrophotography cameras.

Three astrocams on an orange planet background.

A 'smiley face' will appear in the night sky tonight: Here's how to see it

Space

May 28^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

The universe will smile back at us on May 29, thanks to an uncanny cosmic alignment

A simulation of the night sky showing the crescent moon located beneath the bright stars Castor and Pollux in the night sky on May 29, forming a celestial smiling face.

SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket on ship at sea

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 28^th 2025 at 5:15 pm

SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (May 28) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

a white rocket launches against a pale blue sky

Rocket Lab to launch private Earth-observing satellite June 2 after delay

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 28^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

Rocket Lab plans to launch an Earth-observing satellite for the company BlackSky on June 2, after originally targeting May 28.

a white and black rocket lifts off into the black sky of night

Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky. 'It is rare to see it directly overhead and moving like that' (photo)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

May 28^th 2025 at 4:06 pm

Aaron Watson captured slightly more than he bargained for when setting up a timelapse to capture airglow and the Milky Way.

ripples move through a green hazy glow in the night sky with the bright milky way behind.

Noctilucent cloud season 2025 is upon us! Here's how to spot elusive 'night-shining' clouds

Space

May 28^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

But you'll need a little luck.

Silvery noctilucent clouds are pictured shining above the Neris River in Vilnius, Lithuania as an orange sunset fades near the horizon.

China launches Tianwen 2 mission to snag samples of a near-Earth asteroid (video)

Space

By: andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones)

May 28^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

China's Tianwen 2 will attempt to collect asteroid samples, return them to Earth, and then head out to explore a strange, dusty comet.

China's Tianwen 2 asteroid sample-return mission launches on May 28, 2025.

Hurry! It's the last couple of days to get nearly 70% off a year of Peacock TV

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

May 28^th 2025 at 11:57 am

You'll have to hurry to get one of the best streaming deals available as Peacock TV is still 68% off, but not for much longer.

SpaceX reached space with Starship Flight 9 launch, then lost control of its giant spaceship (video)

Space

By: mwall@space.com (Mike Wall)

May 28^th 2025 at 3:39 am

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the ninth time ever today (May 27), on a bold test flight that featured the first-ever significant reuse of Starship hardware.

SpaceX Starship rocket launches from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island on May 27, 2025.

How to watch the 2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit May 28 and 29 (video)

Space

May 27^th 2025 at 11:30 pm

The 2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit (H2M2) will be held May 28 and 29 in Washington, D.C., and will include panels discussing the future of human space exploration.

three orbs: earth, the moon and mars with the text "moon & mars" between them

JWST peers through a cosmic lens in 'deepest gaze' to date | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

May 27^th 2025 at 10:30 pm

A massive galaxy cluster, Abell S1063, forms a gravitation lens, revealing the warped light from more distant galaxies dating back to the early universe in this James Webb Space Telescope image.

a field of galaxies in space, dominated by an enormous, bright-white elliptical galaxy that is the core of a massive galaxy cluster, surrounded by short, curved, glowing red lines, which are images of distant background galaxies magnified and warped by gravitational lensing.

Manhattanhenge 2025: When, where and how to see New York's iconic sunset phenomenon tonight

Space

May 27^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

The 2025 Manhattanhenge season starts today with the half sun visible on the New York grid.

The sun is pictured setting between the high-rise buildings lining New York's 42nd street on July 11, 2023, during the Manhattanhenge season.

SpaceX launches fresh group of Starlink satellites from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base, successfully lands booster (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

May 27^th 2025 at 9:03 pm

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (May 27), carrying 24 Starlink satellites for the company's growing constellation.

the tail end of a blazing rocket looks down from space at Earth

How to watch SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch and Elon Musk's Mars update today

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

May 27^th 2025 at 5:42 pm

SpaceX will launch the 9th test flight of its Super Heavy Starship rocket hours after CEO Elon Musk delivers an update on his company's plans to make humans an multiplanetary species.

the sun rises behind a large silver rocket standing upright next to a beach

Best wide-angle camera lenses 2025: Discover the ideal wide-angle for your camera

Space

May 27^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

These are the best wide-angle lenses covering the most popular camera systems used by astrophotographers.

NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?

Space

May 27^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication that global warming has reversed, scientists say.

a snow-covered glacier meets the sea, with rocky mountains visible in the background

Scientists worry Trump's budget cuts will halt satellite air pollution studies: 'It's incredibly short-sighted'

Space

By: tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova)

May 27^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

Research into the impacts of rocket and satellite air pollution is being cut by the Trump administration. Experts say the cuts come at the worst time.

a cube-shaped spacecraft with two wing-like solar panels falls from space to earth, leaving a trail of fire behind it

See Jupiter pair up with a sliver of the moon tonight

Space

May 27^th 2025 at 12:30 pm

Jupiter teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on May 27.

New theory could finally make 'quantum gravity' a reality — and prove Einstein wrong

Space

May 26^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

An illustration of a hazy blue background with two black circles with lots of orange dots around it.

Best cameras under $2000 2025: Top picks to suit any budget

Space

May 26^th 2025 at 2:30 pm

Shopping with a specific budget in mind? We've tested out the best cameras under $200-$2000 to share our top picks across a range of different price points.

Best streaming services for Sci-Fi fans in 2025: Disney Plus, Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV Plus, and more

Space

By: acox@space.com (Alexander Cox)

May 26^th 2025 at 2:30 pm

Watch the best Sci-Fi TV shows, movies, and franchises on the best streaming services for Sci-Fi fans, perfect for nights in and marathon movie sessions

The Disney Plus, Hulu, Paramount Plus and Apple TV Plus logos on a blue planet background with the space.com logo in the top left corner

New moon of May 2025 leaves the night sky dark to see the summer constellations tonight

Space

May 26^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the summer constellations will be rising.

Best night vision monoculars in 2025

Space

May 25^th 2025 at 8:30 pm

Looking for a night vision monocular that won't break the bank, or is quality more of a priority? We have compiled the current crop of night vision monoculars into one handy guide.

A blonde woman looking through a night vision monocular.

China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon — potentially leaving the US in the dust

Space

By: ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner)

May 25^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions.

An illustration of people on a moon base with a red flag.

Marvel delays 'Avengers: Doomsday' and 'Avengers: Secret Wars' by 7 months each

Space

By: stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry)

May 25^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

The Avengers won't be assembling for a little while longer, as Disney confirms 'Avengers: Doomsday' and 'Avengers: Secret Wars' delayed until to December 2026 and 2027 respectively.

Robert Downey Jr. speaks onstage during the Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H at SDCC in San Diego, California on July 27, 2024.

New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots

Space

May 25^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.

a fuzzy-looking sea of yellow and orange splotches with several large black splotches throughout

Scientists question possible signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b in new study: 'We never saw more than insignificant hints'

Space

May 25^th 2025 at 1:30 pm

The skepticism continues over recent claims of possible hints of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b.

a blue planet near a red star, with thousands of stars seen in the background around them

SpaceX reveals why its Starship Flight 8 Ship exploded, failure traced to 'flash' in rocket's engines

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

May 24^th 2025 at 9:34 pm

SpaceX has completed its investigation into what went wrong during the eighth test flight its Starship rocket, which ended in an explosion over the Bahamas.

debris from spacex starship falling over a boat in the ocean

Who is the 'one who is lost' in 'Doctor Who' 'Wish World'?

Space

May 24^th 2025 at 9:30 pm

It turns out "the one who is lost" goes way back in "Doctor Who" lore.

Best star projectors under $100 in 2025

Space

May 24^th 2025 at 5:30 pm

Want to bring the cosmos into your home without breaking the bank? We've rounded up the best star projectors for under $100, from ambient to accurate.

The best star projectors in front of a purple and blue background with concentric circles.

Scientists spot high-speed galaxy collision 11 billion light-years away: 'We hence call this system the cosmic joust'

Space

May 24^th 2025 at 4:30 pm

A galactic collision 11 billion light-years away reveals how an actively feeding supermassive black hole disrupts star formation in a nearby galaxy.

Two yellowish galaxies next to each other.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 162 — Lunar Landing Day

Space

By: info@space.com (Space.com Staff)

May 24^th 2025 at 3:53 pm

On Episode 162 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the effort to make July 20 a national holiday called "Lunar Landing Day."

This Week in Space podcast 162 — Lunar Landing Day

YgiTK Northern Galaxy Lights star projector review

Space

May 24^th 2025 at 3:30 pm

We recommend this unit as a great value-for-money non-scientific star projector. It boasts bright lights, a good loudspeaker and multiple music-streaming methods.

YgiTK Northern Galaxy Lights Projector during Review, on a wooden table against a dark coloured wall

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California, completes 450th booster landing (video)

Space

By: jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner)

May 24^th 2025 at 3:09 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (May 9), carrying 26 Starlink satellites for the company's growing constellation.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 26 Starlink satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 9, 2025.

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch today?

Space

By: tmalik@space.com (Tariq Malik)

May 24^th 2025 at 2:10 am

SpaceX is aiming to launch its Starship Flight 9 test mission no earlier than Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), but only if conditions allow.

SpaceX test-fires a Starship upper stage ahead of Starship's upcoming ninth test flight. SpaceX shared this photo via X on May 1, 2025.

Venus, Saturn and the moon dazzle at dawn in 'romantic' photo from Chew Valley Lake (photo)

Space

By: daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic)

May 24^th 2025 at 12:30 am

It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light washed the scene away.

night sky image showing the moon shining in the center with Venus to the left and Saturn to the right.

Lightning from above | Space photo of the day for May 23, 2025

Space

By: robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman)

May 23^rd 2025 at 11:00 pm

NASA astronaut Anne McClain shared photos she captured of lightning as seen from her place on board the International Space Station.

clouds are lit up at night by lightning strikes, as seen from above the planet

The moon doesn't have a magnetic field, so why does it have magnetic rocks?

Space

May 23^rd 2025 at 9:30 pm

A new simulation suggests a massive asteroid impact may have briefly supercharged the moon's magnetic field, leaving behind magnetized rocks that still carry its signature.