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SpaceX's Starship megarocket launches on its 14th test flight on Sept. 28, 2026.
Double-catch drama: Why Starship's Flight 15 is so important to SpaceX

By Andrew Jones Published

SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on an unprecedented double-catch mission today (Nov. 13), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
ULA's second Vulcan Centaur rocket lifts off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 4, 2024.
Powerful Vulcan Centaur rocket launching for 1st time in 9 months today: Watch it live

By Mike Wall Published

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch 40 Amazon internet satellites to orbit today (Nov. 13). You can watch the liftoff — Vulcan's first since February — live here at Space.com.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX rolled Ship 42, the upper stage that will fly Starship's 15th test flight, out to the pad on Nov. 12, 2026. The vehicle is emblazoned with the words "Don't panic," a phrase that features prominently in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
'Don't panic': SpaceX pens familiar message on Starship ahead of historic double-catch test flight

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX has inked a familiar phrase on the Starship rocket that will fly a historic mission today (Nov. 13) — "Don't panic." And the company has invoked those words before.

Launches & Spacecraft
Composite photo showing the Super Heavy booster of SpaceX's Starship megarocket coming in for a landing on the launch mount on Oct. 13, 2024.
Watch SpaceX attempt a historic Starship launch and double-catch landing today (Nov. 13)

By Mike Wall Published

SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on an unprecedented double-catch mission today (Nov. 13), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy booster is held by its launch tower during prep work for the megarocket's 15th test flight. SpaceX posted this photo on X on Nov. 10, 2026.
SpaceX Starship Flight 15 live updates: T-1 day to SpaceX's 1st-ever double Starship landing attempt

By Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner, Mike Wall last updated

Follow live updates as SpaceX attempts its Starship Flight 15 test flight with first double landings.

Launches & Spacecraft
'Man of Tomorrow': Release date, plot, cast & everything we know about the 'Superman' sequel

By Fran Ruiz Published

James Gunn's new DC universe might be done, but the follow-up to 2025's Superman is still on the way.

Space Movies & Shows
A composite optical and X-ray image of NGC 4559. The purple dots are X-ray sources; AT 2016blu is highlighted in the square box
This supernova impostor baffled astronomers for 15 years — until they found a hidden black hole feeding on an unstable star

By Keith Cooper Published

A hidden black hole or neutron star companion to an unstable massive star is causing the system to erupt in light that mimics a supernova explosion.

Black Holes
This still image from an animation shows Philae lander separating from Rosetta spacecraft, then descending to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as planned for November 2014. Image released Feb. 17, 2014.
On this day in space! Nov. 12, 2014: European Philae probe lands on Comet 67P, bounced twice and then got lost for nearly 2 years

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell Published

On Nov. 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae landed on Comet 67P, then bounced twice and got lost. Here's why it mattered.

Space Exploration
SpaceX's Starship megarocket will launch to orbit on Nov. 13. Will you be able to spot it in the night sky?

By Anthony Wood Published

"It should be very bright, considerably brighter than the Starlink satellites due to its size."

Stargazing
'Warhammer Survivors' is the perfect gateway into the 40K universe

By Fran Ruiz Published

This Vampire Survivors spin-off has a lot of love for the famous grimdark sci-fi universe, but without the intimidatingly dense lore and complex systems.

Space Games
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