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James Webb Space Telescope spots the haunting Red Spider Nebula with 3-light-year-long legs
A new James Webb Space Telescope image showcases the gorgeous Red Spider Nebula against a backdrop of twinkling stars.
Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky
Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.
Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.
November full moon 2025: The Beaver supermoon will be the biggest and brightest of the year
November's full Beaver Moon will occur on Nov. 5 and will be the biggest and brightest moon of 2025.
Peering into the eye of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2025
Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite captured high-resolution views inside the eye of the powerful Hurricane Melissa.
Watch SpaceX launch its 100th Starlink mission of 2025 today
SpaceX will launch its 100th Starlink mission of the year today (Oct. 30), and you can watch the action live.
Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings - live updates
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.
Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead
Japan declared its Akatsuki spacecraft dead on Tuesday (Oct. 28), more than a year after the Venus climate probe failed to respond to calls from mission control.
Could these mysterious flashes of light in 1950s photos be UFOs? Some researchers think so
Researchers claim flashes of light seen in sky surveys could have been UFOs drawn to Earth by nuclear tests, but more mundane explanations should be explored first.
Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists mapped the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-18b in three dimensions, uncovering a blistering hotspot where water molecules are torn apart.
