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The Subaru Telescope just made its 1st discoveries: a 'failed star' and an exoplanet

By Julian Dossett published

Check out the first findings from the Subaru Telescope.

Exoplanets
a white rocket with black stripes lifts off its launch pad under an overcast sky

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 32nd flight of Falcon 9 rocket (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. It was the record 32nd flight of the Falcon's first stage.

Launches & Spacecraft
Seven Earth-like planets orbit the Trappist-1 star.

One of the most promising Earth-like worlds may not have an atmosphere after all

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

New simulations suggest TRAPPIST-1e's possible methane atmosphere may be a false signal from its star, raising fresh questions about the planet’s habitability.

Exoplanets
Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Space.com Staff last updated

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

International Space Station
Map of the local interstellar clouds just outside Earth's solar system, with blue arrows showing in what directions these clouds are moving. The yellow arrow indicates the direction of the sun's own motion.

Scientists discover cosmic 'scar' in interstellar clouds left by a close shave between our sun and 2 intruder stars

By Robert Lea published

"It’s kind of a jigsaw puzzle where all the different pieces are moving."

Stars
A silhouette of a planet is in front of a giant sun with a small planet to the right of the image

Which exoplanet in the TRAPPIST-1 system could be habitable? Scientists are modeling the star to find out

By Samantha Mathewson published

Frequent flares from the nearby star TRAPPIST-1 could offer new clues in the search for habitable planets beyond Earth.

Search for Life
A man with dark hair wearing a black suit and silver tie speaks into a microphone

US Senate committee advances renomination of Jared Isaacman as head of NASA

By Josh Dinner published

A U.S. Senate committee advanced the renomination of billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator on Monday (Dec. 8).

Space Exploration
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft

Northern lights may be visible in 17 states (and maybe more) tonight

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming coronal mass ejection is expected to slam into Earth.

Auroras
The ice giant Uranus is pictured shining against the blackness of space. Its blue surface is marked by lighter clouds and an equatorial band, while a large pale cloud hovers over its polar region.

Uranus's small moons are dark, red, and water-poor

By Kimberly M. S. Cartier published

…Except for Mab, which is even weirder than expected.

Uranus
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