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Best telescopes for beginners 2025: Start your stargazing journey with the best beginner-friendly telescopes.
By Gemma Lavender last updated
Buying Guide Ready to start your astronomy journey? We've rounded up the best telescopes, in time for June's new moon.

50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes
By Keith Cooper published
The beads are over 3.3 billion years old, and date from the formation of the "Man in the Moon."

Best telescopes 2025: Bring the universe closer with the best telescopes for stars, planets, nebulas and more
By Gemma Lavender last updated
Buying Guide Here are the best telescopes for a range of different purposes and budgets — beginner to smart telescopes and everything in between. Keep your eyes peeled for deals, too.

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.

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.

SpaceX launch from California sends 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
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.

SpaceX, NASA target June 19 for launch of private Ax-4 astronauts after ISS leak repairs
By Josh Dinner published
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.

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.

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