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Northern lights may be visible in 10 US states tonight
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Maine as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.

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.

Spacewalking Russian cosmonauts install experiments on the International Space Station
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky completed a 6 hour and 54 minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of private Griffin moon lander delayed to 2026
By Josh Dinner published
The mission had previously targeted a launch at the end of 2025.

NASA spots a spooky face glowing on the sun just in time for Halloween (photo)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
A haunting grin appeared on the sun as bright active regions and dark coronal holes combined to create a jack-o'-lantern face just in time for Halloween.

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight (photos)
By Brett Tingley published
NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet took off on its first-ever flight on Oct. 28, flying from Palmdale, California to its new home at Edwards Air Force Base.

12-year-old discovers 2 possible new asteroids
By Elizabeth Howell published
Siddharth Patel has been watching the sky since the age of five. Fresh off two possible asteroid discoveries, he's taking a big step toward his astronaut dream.

How AI and sand dunes on Mars can reveal the planet's history, one grain at a time
By Samantha Mathewson published
An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds have shaped the surface of Mars.
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