Skywatching

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

By Anthony Wood published

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.

Stargazing
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
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

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

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

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

International Space Station
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov performs a spacewalk in support of science and maintenance on the International Space Station on Aug. 18, 2014.

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the ISS today

By Mike Wall published

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.

International Space Station
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

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

Launches & Spacecraft
a parking lot filled with equipment and junk

SpaceX settles $15 million trespassing lawsuit with Cards Against Humanity

By Jeff Spry published

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

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Science & Astronomy

Artist's illustration of an asteroid in deep space.

12-year-old discovers 2 possible new asteroids

By Elizabeth Howell published

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.

Asteroids
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

By Samantha Mathewson published

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.

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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

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

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

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What's Up In Space Today

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.

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

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

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

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Technology

WindFire LED flashlight review

By Tantse Walter published

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

Review
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

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

Technology
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

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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