Skywatching

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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.

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a large supermoon is partially hidden by a rocky mountain, the moon appears large and slightly orange.

Supermoon: what is it and when is the next one?

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference Learn what makes a supermoon unique, how it impacts the moon's brightness, and when you can catch the next one in our ultimate supermoon guide.

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A castle ruin is in the foreground of the image with a subtle pink hued sky and a bright full moon.

Full moon calendar 2025: When to see the next full moon

By Tariq Malik last updated

Reference The full moon happens about once a month. Find out when.

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Spaceflight

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Space calendar 2025: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!

By Space.com last updated

Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2025 with our space calendar.

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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 SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on Nov. 5, 2025

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral (video)

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Nov. 5), adding to its huge and ever-growing satellite-internet megaconstellation.

Launches & Spacecraft
The view from the second stage of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket during its Nov. 5, 2025 launch, which lofted an Earth-observing satellite for the Japanese company iQPS. The Electron's first stage is visible falling back to Earth in the distance.

Rocket Lab launches private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab launched its sixth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this afternoon (Nov. 5) from its seaside pad in New Zealand.

Launches & Spacecraft
Chinese astronauts installed debris shielding on the Tiangong space station during a six-hour spacewalk on Sept. 26, 2025.

Space debris may have hit a Chinese spacecraft, delaying return of Shenzhou 20 astronauts

By Josh Dinner published

The astronauts of China's three-person Shenzhou 20 mission will wait a little longer before returning to Earth, after a suspected debris impact on their spacecraft.

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Science & Astronomy

A glowing yellow moon is seen in a deep blue night sky with a red ridge of rock in front

The moon looks set to roll down a ridge | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

In Cerro Pachón, a full moon lights up the desert night sky and shows its many features.

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An illustration of a large gray planet slamming into another gray planet in space, with waves of energy spread out from the impact

Ancient Australian rocks may shed new light on the birth of the moon

By Samantha Mathewson published

Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to our moon.

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Entertainment

Get the world's greatest sci-fi movies and TV at your fingertips and save money with this Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN streaming bundle

By Rich Owen published

Deals Alien, Predator, Star Wars, Marvel and many more — this streaming deal starts before Black Friday and gives you full access to best sci-fi franchises on the planet.

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'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is finally available to stream; here's how to watch online and from anywhere

By Jeff Spry published

It's time to suit up as "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" officially launches on Disney+

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What's Up In Space Today

Search For Life

A white orange sphere representing the sun spews red and blue gas toward a gray small exoplanet

Powerful solar storms may help life get going on alien planets. Here's how

By Keith Cooper published

New observations of a volatile young star have shown how infant suns could unleash enough energy to trigger biologically relevant chemical reactions in an orbiting planet's atmosphere.

Search for Life
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Could these mysterious flashes of light in 1950s photos be UFOs? Some researchers think so

By Keith Cooper published

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.

Search for Life
Catching a ride on a drone, OrganiCam could swoop into lava-tube caves on Mars to search for organic molecules marked by the tell-tale signature of life.

The search for life: A space science quiz

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

This quiz dives into the historic and scientific journey behind the search for life in the universe—testing your knowledge of the thinkers, missions, and discoveries that shaped our cosmic curiosity.

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Technology

HoverAir X1 PROMAX in flight against a blue sky

HoverAir X1 PROMAX drone review

By James Abbott published

Review The HoverAir X1 PROMAX is ZeroZero Robotics’ flagship selfie drone with up to 8K video capture alongside fantastic subject tracking capabilities and manual flight control.

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Bwine F7GIM in flight against a blue sky

Bwine F7GIM drone review

By James Abbott published

Review The Bwine F7GIM is a lightweight beginner drone that weighs above the 250 g threshold, but it flies well, and the automatic camera is fairly good.

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A white rocket is hoisted by yellow cranes

Europe is working to develop reusable rockets by the early 2030s

By Andrew Jones published

ArianeGroup's methane-fueled Prometheus engine and Themis demonstrator mark key steps toward a European reusable rocket program.

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