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a white rocket with four small boosters at its base lifts off above a plume of fire beside a blue launch tower

Chinese astronauts to get replacement spacecraft after debris strike leaves them without a ride home

By Brett Tingley published

China has a launch date for an uncrewed spacecraft that will replace one damaged by space debris while docked at the Tiangong Space Station.

Launches & Spacecraft
(Main) the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as seen by the ExoMars TRO (Inset) an illustration of the Mars orbiting spacecraft

Mars spacecraft images pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS's path with 10x higher accuracy. This could help us protect Earth someday

By Robert Lea published

This is great news for planetary defense.

Comets

Is an aurora cruise worth it? I joined Hurtigruten's Signature Voyage to find out

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Sailing through Arctic Norway under the aurora, this voyage redefines what cruising and chasing the northern lights can really be.

Auroras
A gingerbread-colored camel-like robot and a Darth Vader minifigure are on the right hand side of the screen with a droid-heavy advent calendar on the left, both are in front of an orange planet background.

Advent Calendar versus Gingerbread AT-AT: Which new Lego Star Wars set should you get for Christmas 2025?

By Alexander Cox published

Two new Christmas-themed Lego Star Wars sets are on the market, but which should you get this holiday season, the Advent calendar or the Gingerbread AT-AT?

Technology
A close up grayscale image of the moon's surface with a white box showing where the Surveyor 6 spacecraft is

On this day in space! Nov. 17, 1967: 1st successful lift-off from lunar surface

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell last updated

On Nov. 17, 1967, NASA's Surveyor 6 spacecraft made the first liftoff from the lunar surface.

Launches & Spacecraft
A swirling red nebula is pictured against a distant starfield

Astrophotographer spies an ancient supernova remnant shining in the wing of a cosmic swan (photo)

By Anthony Wood published

The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of a colossal supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop.

Astrophotography
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

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.

Launches & Spacecraft
A bright orange and pink and purple map showing various temperatures corresponding to various colors over an image of Hurricane Melissa with Cuba and Florida labeled

Satellite captures destructive power of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Nov. 17, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The image shows the difference in temperature between the top of a hurricane and the bottom.

Earth
graphic with night sky in large font and silhouettes of people below looking up at the night sky.

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

How the sun threatens your nuts: Inside the $100 million solar storm peanut problem

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Solar storms don't just trigger impressive auroras; they can scramble the GPS systems U.S. farmers rely on.

The Sun
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