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A sunrise streaks golden light out over the water near a silhouette of a rocket on a launch pad on the left of the image

Sunrise hits SpaceX's Crew-11 rocket on the pad | Space photo of the day for August 4, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.

Private Spaceflight

Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in sight.

Earth
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Aug. 4, 2025.

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (video)

By Mike Wall published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Aug. 4), then came back to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.

Launches & Spacecraft
a white rocket lifts off from a desert launch site into the dawn sky

Blue Origin launches crypto billionaire Justin Sun and 5 other people to suborbital space (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform Tron, and five other people to space on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025.

Private Spaceflight

Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti published

Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.

Launches & Spacecraft
A black and white photo of India from space shows brilliant lights across the country for a Diwali celebration

‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

By Tony Milligan, Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles, Adam Fish, Timiebi Aganaba published

With more countries looking to explore space, there is a rising hope that space is now more accessible for diverse participants.

Space Exploration
A waxing gibbous moon is pictured with the majority of its surface lit by direct sunlight.

See the moon shine alongside red supergiant star Antares after sunset tonight

By Anthony Wood published

The red supergiant star Antares will appear close to the waxing gibbous moon tonight.

Stargazing
Two of the craters seen in Apollo 8 astronaut William Bill Anders' iconic Earthrise photo have now been named by the International Astronomical Union in honor of the 50th anniversary of the mission.

Scientists scan famous 'Earthrise' crater on mission to find alien life in our solar system

By Brandon Specktor published

A large lunar crater featured in the iconic 'Earthrise' photo has just helped the European JUICE spacecraft hone its alien-hunting instruments during a once-in-a-lifetime flyby.

The moon
A red waning gibbous moon is pictured behind a lighthouse at night against a black sky.

August Moon: Here's what to look for during all 4 major moon phases

By Anthony Wood published

Join us on a guided telescope tour of August's moon, featuring distinct targets for each of the four major lunar phases.

Stargazing

Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected

By Marian Selorm Sapah published

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is well preserved, making it a hotspot for space research.

Earth
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