Skywatching

Powerful geomagnetic storm sparks stunning northern lights across North America (photos)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The storm hit earlier than predicted, surprising skywatchers with a delightful aurora show.

Auroras

Northern lights may be visible in 10 US states tonight

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Michigan as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.

Auroras
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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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Spaceflight

an ad banner for a Mars memorial spaceflight

This company wants to be the 1st to launch human remains to Mars. Will it ever get there?

By Jeff Spry published

Space memorial company Celestis has opened reservations for its "Mars300" spaceflight that aims to send human remains to orbit around the Red Planet.

Launches & Spacecraft
Graphic illustration with 'space calendar' in large blue neon letters and 2025 below it in smaller white letters. Below the title are four neon images depicting a meteor or comet, a telescope, a rocket launch and an astronaut's helmet. There is a starry background to the entire image.

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 rocket blazes up into a night time sky with glowing orange clouds of smoke illuminated by the tail of the rocket in the night

SpaceX's fiery Falcon 9 comes in for a landing | Space photo of the day for Nov. 7, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission, which launched on Nov. 2, sent 18 payloads to orbit and, like most SpaceX launches, featured a rocket landing.

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 6, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from California's central coast (video)

By Josh Dinner published

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit from California's central coast today (Nov. 6).

Launches & Spacecraft
a streak of light stretches from the ground into the sky, arcing through clouds above a seascape

US military launches unarmed nuclear missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base

By Brett Tingley published

The U.S. military test launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile in a routine exercise to maintain the readiness of its nuclear arsenal.

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Science & Astronomy

A red giant star will consume planets close to it, but leave others just right for life.

Aging stars destroy their planets more often than we thought: What does this mean for Earth?

By Robert Lea published

"We expected to see this effect, but we were still surprised by just how efficient these stars seem to be at engulfing their close planets."

Exoplanets
Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system. This high-resolution image of Jupiter’s fifth moon was captured by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft and was published on 18, Dec. 1997.

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io may be hundreds of times hotter than scientists thought

By Robert Lea published

NASA's Juno spacecraft has revealed that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter than scientists thought.

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Entertainment

Nemesis board game

Nemesis board game review

By Ian Stokes published

In space, no one can hear you scream...with joy as you play one of the best sci-fi board games of all time.

Entertainment

Predator movies in order: chronological and release (including Predator: Badlands)

By Fran Ruiz last updated

Watch all the Predator movies in order, from the original Predator to the newly released Predator: Badlands, and including the Alien vs. Predator crossovers.

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What's Up In Space Today

Search For Life

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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.

Search for Life
images of stars on a black background, with what appear to be other stars among them circled by dotted lines

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.

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Technology

Holy Stone HS360E in flight against a blue sky

Holy Stone HS360E drone review

By James Abbott published

Review The Holy Stone HS360E is a sub-250 g beginner drone with a basic automatic camera for capturing 4K photos and videos alongside some fun features.

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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.

Review
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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