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Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky
Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly by Mars 1 month from now — and Europe's Red Planet orbiters will be ready
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will zoom past Mars in October 2025, and ESA's Mars orbiters will attempt to image and analyze the object during the encounter.
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Sept. 2), sending them up on a Falcon 9 rocket with a brand-new first stage.
Asteroid Bennu contains stardust that's older than the solar system
"Bennu is a time capsule of the material that was throughout the solar system."
Trump moves US Space Command to Alabama's 'Rocket City'
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Sept. 2) that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.
Astronomers discover a 'forbidden' pulsar fleeing a supernova in a seemingly empty region of the Milky Way
A neutron star-powered pulsar is fleeing a supernova explosion in the outskirts of the Milky Way, a low-density region where such events are "forbidden."
Magic: The Gathering has gone to space, so we talked to an astrophysicist about the striking art in 'Edge of Eternities' (exclusive)
The iconic tabletop card game has dabbled in science fiction before, but this new set is space opera-flavored and full of celestial phenomena.
Colossal moon Titan casts a shadow on Saturn's cloud tops early on Sept. 4. Will you be able to see it?
Titan's shadow will fall over Saturn during the early morning hours of Sept. 4.
Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS could be investigated by these spacecraft as it races past the sun: 'This could be literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'
Excitement is building regarding the interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS, with new research suggesting which spacecraft from Earth could get a close-up view of the comet.
