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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
A white dress featuring a blue design of a droid is adjacent to an inflatable green alien while underneath a black robotic head and shoulders in a triangular formation, all on an orange planet background.

Best Star Wars costumes for kids and adults in 2025

By Fran Ruiz published

If you want to become a Jedi, a Sith, or a bounty hunter without much hassle, check out the best Star Wars costumes you can buy right now.

Entertainment
An illustration of a very massive star ejecting vast amounts of matter into space

Very massive stars vomit vast amounts of matter before collapsing into black holes

By Robert Lea published

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this transformation, they may vomit out more stellar material than we knew.

Astronomy
A Russian Soyuz rocket launches the Progress 92 cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 3, 2025.

Russia launches Progress 92 cargo ship toward the ISS

By Mike Wall last updated

A Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launched toward the International Space Station this afternoon (July 3), hauling several tons of cargo to the orbiting lab.

Launches & Spacecraft
A simulation of the night sky showing the moon close to Spica on the night of July 3. The locations of stars belonging to the constellation Virgo are arrayed above the moon’s disk, joined by a thin line, while those of libra can be seen to the left, with the constellation Corvus below.

See the bright star Spica close to the waxing gibbous moon on July 3

By Anthony Wood published

Spica is a binary star system that orbits over 250 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way.

Stargazing
A man looking down at a Fujifilm X-T50 with stars and streetlights in the background.

Best Fujifilm cameras

By Harry Bennett published

These are the best Fujifilm cameras from beginner to professional grade, with some models potentially falling in price on Amazon Prime Day from July 8 to 11.

Astrophotography
The moon (left) and its magnetic field comparison on the right

Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields

By Leonard David published

Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields

The moon
images of two H-shaped space stations on a starry background

How to see China's Tiangong space station and the ISS in the predawn sky this week

By Joe Rao published

The International Space Station and China's Tiangong Space Station will be visible for early risers. Here's how to make a dual sighting.

Stargazing
Two nova explosions are shown as bright points of light with diffraction spikes emanating outward, outshining the background stars peppering the night sky beyond.

'An exceedingly rare event': See a pair of nova explosions shining in the southern sky this week.

By Anthony Wood published

Both novas will eventually become too dim to see, even under the darkest skies. So catch them while you can!

Stargazing
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