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Astrobotic Technology’s Griffin lander concept for NASA's Lunar CATALYST project.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of private Griffin moon lander now targeting mid-2026

Josh Dinner published 28 October 25

The mission had previously targeted a launch at the end of 2025.

close up view of the sun with two bright "eyes" and a large coronal hole that looks like a smiling mouth.

NASA spots a spooky face glowing on the sun just in time for Halloween (photo)

Daisy Dobrijevic published 28 October 25

A haunting grin appeared on the sun as bright active regions and dark coronal holes combined to create a jack-o'-lantern face just in time for Halloween.

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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight (photos)

Brett Tingley published 28 October 25

NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet took off on its first-ever flight on Oct. 28, flying from Palmdale, California to its new home at Edwards Air Force Base.

Artist's illustration of an asteroid in deep space.

12-year-old discovers 2 possible new asteroids

Elizabeth Howell published 28 October 25

Siddharth Patel has been watching the sky since the age of five. Fresh off two possible asteroid discoveries, he's taking a big step toward his astronaut dream.

A false color image shows red sand dunes streaking across a blue surface

How AI and sand dunes on Mars can reveal the planet's history, one grain at a time

Samantha Mathewson published 28 October 25

An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds have shaped the surface of Mars.

An illustration of two black holes with glowing disks around them.

Scientists hear 2 newborn black holes 'crying' through ripples in spacetime — and one had a birth unlike anything seen before

Robert Lea published 28 October 25

Gravitational wave detectors on Earth have heard the "cry" of two newborn black holes with some unusual and remarkable properties.

Aurora forecast map from NOAA for the night of Oct. 28–29, 2025, showing the auroral oval stretching over Canada and the northern U.S., including parts of Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire. A red view line curves across the northern U.S., indicating where the aurora might be visible on the northern horizon if conditions are right. — Northern lights may be visible in 14 US states tonight Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for tonight.

A satellite image showing a large white hurricane headed toward green land in the left side of the image contrasted with the dark blue ocean — Satellites watch Category 5 Hurricane Melissa ahead of record-breaking landfall in Jamaica Hurricane Melissa made a record-breaking landfall in Jamaica, and satellites are monitoring the situation.

An illustration of two black holes with glowing disks around them. — Scientists hear 2 newborn black holes 'crying' through ripples in spacetime — and one had a birth unlike anything seen before Gravitational wave detectors on Earth have heard the "cry" of two newborn black holes with some unusual and remarkable properties.

Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov performs a spacewalk in support of science and maintenance on the International Space Station on Aug. 18, 2014. — LIVE: Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the ISS today Cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Oct. 28), and you can watch the action live.

an elongated blue-and-white jet in flight — NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight (photos) NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet took off on its first-ever flight on Oct. 28, flying from Palmdale, California to its new home at Edwards Air Force Base.

The moon's disk is shown around its first quarter phase, with its right half lit by direct sunlight, and the left bathed in shadow to match the dark night sky behind. — See a colossal 'X' and 'V' appear on the moon after sunset tonight Turn your telescope on the moon at sunset on Oct. 28 to see a colossal "X" and "V" form on the lunar surface as sunlight picks out broken terrain along the terminator.

close up view of the sun with two bright "eyes" and a large coronal hole that looks like a smiling mouth. — NASA spots a spooky face glowing on the sun just in time for Halloween (photo) A haunting grin appeared on the sun as bright active regions and dark coronal holes combined to create a jack-o'-lantern face just in time for Halloween.

Skywatching

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Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky

By Jamie Carter last updated 28 October 25

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings - live updates

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 28 October 25

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.

A comet is pictured with a bright nucleus in the lower right of an image against the blackness of space, with a long tail extending diagonally to the upper right of the shot. A spiral or light is pictured, appearing to wrap around the comet and its tail, created by the trail of a passing meteor.

Glowing meteor trail photobombs Comet Lemmon in incredible telescope footage. 'A pure perspective miracle'

By Anthony Wood published 27 October 25

A meteor photobombed the patch of sky containing Comet Lemmon on Oct. 24, wrapping it in a glowing trail.

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Spaceflight

The research satellite Prospero is the only British spacecraft to launch on the British-built Black Arrow rocket.

On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launches its 1st satellite

By Hanneke Weitering last updated 28 October 25

On Oct. 28, 1971, the United Kingdom launched its first satellite.

Launches & Spacecraft

Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky shared this photo of the International Space Station on Twitter on Sept. 29, 2021. He and two colleagues were relocating a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from one port to another at the time.

International Space Station: Live updates

By Space.com Staff last updated 28 October 25

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Oct. 27, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from California, lands rocket at sea

By Mike Wall published 28 October 25

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites today (Oct. 27), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

Launches & Spacecraft

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SpaceX settles $15 million trespassing lawsuit with Cards Against Humanity

By Jeff Spry published 27 October 25

Elon Musk's rocket company is clearing out its "gravel, tractors and space junk" from a once-pristine plot of South Texas land.

Human Spaceflight

Artemis Accords: What are they & which countries are involved?

By Robert Lea last updated 27 October 25

Reference As the Artemis program aims to return humanity to the moon and beyond, the Artemis Accords lay out a framework for nations collaborating in this effort.

Science & Astronomy

A photo of a lunar lander with a Chinese flag on it

1st samples ever collected from the moon's far side could help reveal where Earth got its water

By Keith Cooper published 28 October 25

On Earth, CI chondrites make up only 1% of all meteorites that have been collected, but they may be far more common on the moon.

A hexagonal white ring with thousands of bright dots inside on a dark background.

1st cosmic view from 4MOST looks pure sci-fi | Space photo of the day for Oct. 28, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published 28 October 25

The 4MOST instrument on the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope has captured its first light.

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1st cosmic view from 4MOST looks pure sci-fi | Space photo of the day for Oct. 28, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published 28 October 25

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Entertainment

'Once Upon a Time in Space': How to watch the latest BBC space documentary series from anywhere in the world

By Elizabeth Howell published 27 October 25

Follow the space program since the moon landing in the four-part documentary "Once Upon a Time in Space". Here’s how to watch it anywhere on the planet.

Space Movies & Shows

Upcoming sci-fi TV shows for 2025/2026: Fallout S2, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, & more

By Grace Dean last updated 27 October 25

Here’s everything we know about the sci-fi TV shows coming out in 2025 and beyond into 2026.

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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 28 October 25

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.

Search for Life

A series of black and white and red molecules floating in a colorful background

Space radiation can produce some organic molecules detected on icy moons

By Javier Barbuzano published 26 October 25

As missions prepare to visit ocean worlds like Enceladus and Europa, new findings show scientists must first learn to distinguish between radiation-made organics and those born in a subsurface sea.

Search for Life

Perseverance in action

How excited should we be about the latest Mars potential biosignature discovery? 'It's arguably the best evidence we have so far'

By Keith Cooper published 1 October 25

What about those previously studied plumes of methane and meteorites potentially stuffed with the fossils of Martian microbes?

Search for Life

Technology

WindFire LED flashlight review

By Tantse Walter published 26 October 25

Review A super-bright and heavy-duty rechargeable flashlight that won't break the bank.

A rendering of a spacecraft moving a piece of space debris using an ion beam.

Could we blast space debris out of harm's way with ion beams?

By Elizabeth Howell published 26 October 25

A new space debris removal project, ALBATOR, plans to tackle the growing debris problem in orbit.

An illustration showing a data center in space with various white modules of servers

Powerful NVIDIA chip launching to orbit next month to pave way for space-based data centers

By Tereza Pultarova published 23 October 25

An NVIDIA GPU is heading toward its record-setting orbital debut, a trip that will test how data centers could work in the final frontier.

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