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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
Map of the local interstellar clouds just outside Earth's solar system, with blue arrows showing in what directions these clouds are moving. The yellow arrow indicates the direction of the sun's own motion.

Scientists discover cosmic 'scar' in interstellar clouds left by a close shave between our sun and 2 intruder stars

By Robert Lea published

"It’s kind of a jigsaw puzzle where all the different pieces are moving."

Stars
A silhouette of a planet is in front of a giant sun with a small planet to the right of the image

Which exoplanet in the TRAPPIST-1 system could be habitable? Scientists are modeling the star to find out

By Samantha Mathewson published

Frequent flares from the nearby star TRAPPIST-1 could offer new clues in the search for habitable planets beyond Earth.

Search for Life
A man with dark hair wearing a black suit and silver tie speaks into a microphone

US Senate committee advances renomination of Jared Isaacman as head of NASA

By Josh Dinner published

A U.S. Senate committee advanced the renomination of billionaire tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator on Monday (Dec. 8).

Space Exploration
The ice giant Uranus is pictured shining against the blackness of space. Its blue surface is marked by lighter clouds and an equatorial band, while a large pale cloud hovers over its polar region.

Uranus's small moons are dark, red, and water-poor

By Kimberly M. S. Cartier published

…Except for Mab, which is even weirder than expected.

Uranus
A man with dark hair wearing a black suit and silver tie speaks into a microphone

5 key takeaways from Jared Isaacman's 2nd NASA chief nomination hearing

By Elizabeth Howell published

Private billionaire SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman appeared before a Senate committee Dec. 3 for consideration as NASA administrator. Here are 5 big takeaways from the hearing.

Space Exploration
The half dome of a glowing sunset is seen against a black sky with the silhouette of an airplane in the front and a green shape above it.

A green flash at sunset | Space photo of the day for Dec. 8, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

This rare phenomenon is also called the green rim and it actually happens at every sunset.

Stargazing
A large white antenna dish points to the left of the screen with the sun in the blue sky behind it

NASA spacecraft were vulnerable to hacking for 3 years and nobody knew. AI found and fixed the flaw in 4 days

By Tereza Pultarova published

An AI start-up has found a vulnerability in security software protecting NASA's ground control communications with satellites in space.

Technology
bright eruption from the sun during the x-class solar flare on dec 8 2025.

Sun unleashes intense X-class solar flare, triggering radio blackouts across Australia

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The powerful X1.1 solar flare from sunspot region 4298 sparked strong radio blackouts on the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption.

The Sun
two cosmonauts and an astronaut, all in blue coveralls, pose in front of thier spacecraft while one holds up a small ornament of an angel

Watch 3 astronauts land on Earth aboard Russian spacecraft early Dec. 9

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Jonny Kim and two cosmonauts are scheduled to come back to Earth early Tuesday (Dec. 9), and you can watch their homecoming live.

International Space Station
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