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Artwork for Borderlands 4 showing a clawed hand holding a bandit mask, with the title on screen to the right of the hand.

Borderlands 4: Release date, trailers & everything we know about Gearbox's upcoming co-op shooter

By Fran Ruiz last updated

The Pandora saga might be over, but Borderlands is just evolving. Launching in 2025, this is everything we know about Borderlands 4.

Space Toys & Lego
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ERIS spots spiral disc around young star | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

A possible planet may be carving the disc around the young star

Astronomy

Step aside, Captain Kirk! Spock is the Enterprise's real interstellar ladies' man

By Richard Edwards published

Spock may be renowned for his impeccable logic, but "Strange New Worlds" has offered a glimpse of the Vulcan's surprisingly complicated love life

Space Movies & Shows
four people in white spacesuits smile and give a thumbs-up in front of a cone-shaped white spacecraft in a hangar surrounded by scaffolding

SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the ISS: Live updates

By Mike Wall, Josh Dinner last updated

Read the latest news about SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station.

Human Spaceflight
A series of lightning flashes strike the ground from dark gray clouds in the sky.

New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

By Stefanie Waldek published

Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.

Earth
This artist’s illustration shows the planet K2-18 b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. K2-18 b is now the only super-Earth exoplanet known to host both water and temperatures that could support life.

Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability'

By Robert Lea published

The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, the JWST has found the planet could be a water-rich ocean world.

Search for Life
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Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky

By Jamie Carter last updated

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Stargazing

Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings - live updates

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

Auroras
SpaceX's Crew-10 astronaut mission for NASA launches toward the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025.

Watch SpaceX launch Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for NASA today

By Mike Wall published

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission are scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station today (July 31), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
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SpaceX, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is 'go' for launch to ISS on July 31

By Brett Tingley published

Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX polled 'go' to proceed with a launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS on Thursday (July 31).

Human Spaceflight
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