Skywatching

A blue ball of light shines between streaks of blueish light from stars in outer space

Watch NASA unveil new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS live today. Here's how

By Mike Wall last updated

The big reveal will come Wednesday (Nov. 19) at 3 p.m. ET.

Stargazing
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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.

Stargazing
Man uses one of the best telescopes and binoculars to look at the night sky as the sun sets and telescopes are on tripods around him

Best telescopes ahead of Black Friday 2025: Observe stars, galaxies and nebulas

By Gemma Lavender last updated

Buying Guide These are the best telescopes for stargazing and astronomy. Black Friday arrives next week on Nov. 28.

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Spaceflight

An artist's depiction of the Hayabusa spacecraft. Credit: JAXA

On this day in space! Nov. 19, 2005: Hayabusa spacecraft makes first liftoff from an asteroid

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell last updated

On November 19, 2005, the Japanese Hayabusa (HI-uh-BOOS-uh) spacecraft made the first liftoff from an asteroid.

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida on Nov. 18, 2025.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into Florida's night sky carrying Starlink satellites to orbit (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites in a nighttime liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday (Nov. 18).

Launches & Spacecraft
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
An illustration showing a spacecraft with various antennae floating in front of the orange and white swirling planet of Venus

Will Europe's flagship space science missions survive NASA's budget cuts?

By Tereza Pultarova published

NASA budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump will cause a significant funding shortfall to Europe's space science missions. But the European Space Agency hopes it can save them.

Space Exploration
An illustration showing various satellites with solar panels on either side hovering over Earth

Orbiting satellite uses AI to reorient itself in 'major step towards full autonomy in space'

By John Loeffler published

An AI-powered controller on an orbiting satellite executed real-world attitude adjustments in space, showing that AI can fly satellites autonomously.

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Science & Astronomy

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Lasers target the Tarantula Nebula with 'artificial stars' | Space photo of the day for Nov. 19, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Very Large Telescope's interferometer targeted four lasers toward the Tarantula Nebula to create an artificial star.

Astronomy

Scientists just discovered a new crater on the moon — they call it a 'freckle'

By Monisha Ravisetti published

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has identified a never-before-seen crater on the moon's surface.

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Entertainment

'Predator: Badlands' remembers that action movies should be fun

By Richard Edwards published

The latest 'Predator' is a fun throwback to the '80s and '90s, when silliness and comedy were a key part of the action formula

Space Movies & Shows

The Mandalorian & Grogu: Release date, plot, cast & everything we know about Mando's silver screen debut

By Fran Ruiz last updated

Din Djarin and Grogu are headed to the big screen for their next Star Wars adventure. Here's everything we know about The Mandalorian & Grogu.

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What's Up In Space Today

Search For Life

Artist's conception of a protoplanetary disc around a newborn star. A new study suggests that our solar system formed from a cloud of dust and gas that was isolated from the broader galaxy for up to 30 million years.

Planets may make their own water as they form — could that mean more habitable worlds in the universe?

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

New lab experiments suggest that water may not be a rare visitor delivered by chance but rather a fundamental ingredient woven into the process of planetary birth.

Search for Life
A close up of a gray planet with various streaks and ditches in its surface.

Heat leaking from Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus bolsters its case as an abode for life

By Keith Cooper published

Excess heat detected at Saturn moon Enceladus' north pole helps to account for a finely balanced energy budget that keeps the moon's ocean liquefied. What could this mean in the search for life?

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.

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Technology

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
The Star Wars logo is placed in the bottom right hand corner and the Marvel logo has some characters popping out of it in the top left, all on a blue planet background.

Star Wars versus Marvel: Which Lego logo set should you buy?

By Alexander Cox published

Two of the biggest franchises go head-to-head with these unique Lego sets — From cinematic history to lines of Lego, Star Wars and Marvel battle it out.

Technology
BioLite Dash 450 during the hands on review

BioLite Dash 450 headlamp review

By Tantse Walter published

Review BioLite continues to light up our world with the USB-C chargeable, IPX4-rated Dash 450.

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