Skywatching

A Nikon Z8 showing a maroon sensor on a white table with an orange line across the background and a black Space.com deals badge in the upper left corner.

Best camera for astro now $300 cheaper: This Nikon bundle comes with plenty of extras

By Harry Bennett published

Deals The Nikon Z8 was rated as our best overall camera for astrophotography, and is $600 off on Amazon, perfect for capturing the Lyrid meteor shower!

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a person looks through a telescope beneath a crescent moon and two bright orbs in the sky

The brightest planets in August's night sky: How to see them (and when)

By Joe Rao last updated

Reference A guide to the bright naked-eye planets in July 2025 and the best times to view them.

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Night sky, August 2025: What you can see tonight [maps]

By Chris Vaughan last updated

Reference Find out what's up in your night sky during August 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

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Spaceflight

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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Two men and two women, all wearing white pressure suits and helmets, pose for a photo together inside a space station module

Astronaut savors the moment and shares a stunning aurora shot | On the International Space Station July 28-Aug. 1, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The four Expedition 73 members on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission prepared to come home, while also got the International Space Station ready for its next residents.

International Space Station
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
A large white rocket is held up by metal struts for display.

On this day in space! Aug. 1, 1968: Saturn V moon rocket production ends

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

NASA built 15 of these rockets but only flew 13 of them.

Launches & Spacecraft
SpaceX conducts a static fire test with a Starship upper stage at its Starbase site in South Texas on July 31, 2025.

SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 10th test flight (video, photos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX performed a single-engine "static fire" trial with its newest Starship spacecraft on Thursday (July 31), to help prep the vehicle for an upcoming test flight.

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Science & Astronomy

A look inside the Large Hadron Collider full of different scientific instruments

New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter

By William Barter published

A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.

Particle Physics
A photo of Earth from space shows its green landscape with a large brown shape in the middle where a drained lake sits

Big lake in Quebec suddenly disappears, satellite finds | Space photo of the day for August 1, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The lake was completely drained in the spring of 2025.

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Entertainment

Artwork for Borderlands 4 showing a clawed hand holding a bandit mask, with the title on screen to the right of the hand.

Borderlands 4: Release date, trailers & everything we know about Gearbox's upcoming co-op shooter

By Fran Ruiz last updated

The Pandora saga might be over, but Borderlands is just evolving. Launching in 2025, this is everything we know about Borderlands 4.

Space Games

Step aside, Captain Kirk! Spock is Star Trek's real interstellar ladies' man

By Richard Edwards published

Spock may be renowned for his impeccable logic, but "Strange New Worlds" has offered a glimpse of the Vulcan's surprisingly complicated love life

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What's Up In Space Today

Search For Life

The planet-birthing disk around V883 Orionis with frozen complex molecules in its outer region

Is life widespread throughout the cosmos? Complex organic molecules found in planet-birthing disk

By Robert Lea published

Complex organic molecules that could be the precursors to the building blocks of life as we know it have been discovered in a disk of gas and dust swirling around an infant star.

Search for Life
This artist’s illustration shows the planet K2-18 b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. K2-18 b is now the only super-Earth exoplanet known to host both water and temperatures that could support life.

Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability'

By Robert Lea published

The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, the JWST has found the planet could be a water-rich ocean world.

Search for Life
An exoplanet host with several background stars. The square grid represents individual pixels from NASA’s TESS satellite.

Bad news for alien life? Earth-size planets may be less common than we thought

By Robert Lea published

Up to 200 worlds investigated by NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite could be bigger than predicted, a finding that could impact our search for alien life.

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Technology

Autel EVO Lite+_Drone in flight (16 by 9)

Drone deals 2025: The best deals for all budgets

By Alexander Cox last updated

We've rounded up the best drone deals from a range of reputable retailers as top names are currently discounted.

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a long, slender aircraft drives across a runway

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video)

By Brett Tingley published

NASA recently took its new X-59 "quiet' supersonic jet for a drive during taxi tests, one of the final hurdles between the aircraft and its first flight.

Aerospace
Best beginner drones being flown by a child

Best beginner drones 2025: Begin your aerial journey with confidence

By James Abbott last updated

Our picks of the best beginner drones are all easy to use but still offer excellent flying experiences with a good range of features, from brands including DJI and Potensic.

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