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Aurora forecast June 1 - Northern lights could make a brief appearance tonight under lingering solar wind effects
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
The latest aurora forecast for tonight helps you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

'The Arrival' at 30: Charlie Sheen’s criminally underrated alien invasion thriller feels much scarier today
By Jeff Spry published
'If you can't tend to your own planet, none of you deserve to live here.'

On this day in space! May 31, 1990: Kristall module launches to Mir Space Station
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On May 25, 2008, NASA's Phoenix lander arrived on Mars.

Watch this bio-inspired Mars rover concept 'swim' through sand on curved wheels (video)
By Leonard David published
The sandfish locomotion idea has been adopted from Scincus scincus, a lizard found in the Sahara desert.

The 11 best cozy sci-fi games for those chill cosmic vibes
By Keith Langston published
From farming and walking sims to space trucking, you can live that cozy life… but in space!

Can solar sails really send humans out into interstellar space?
By Kiona N. Smith published
"I think these are not far-out type of ideas; they are not really futuristic ideas that we are talking about."

'For All Mankind' star Wrenn Schmidt on her character's journey from NASA's mission control to the slammer (interview)
By Jeff Spry published
‘She listens to Dolly Parton now. She’s exposed to all kinds of things being in jail, because she’s got nothing but time.’

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 212 — Kabooms, Starship, and a Moon Base
By Space.com Staff published
On Episode 212 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Space.com's Mike Wall to discuss the loss of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

