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Workers drive NASA’s space shuttle Crew Transport Vehicle, or CTV, to the Air Force Flight Test Museum.

On this day in space! Oct. 30, 1964: 1st Flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle

Hanneke Weitering last updated 30 October 25

On October 30, 1964, NASA's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, or LLRV, took to the skies for the first time.

A large planetary nebula. The nebula’s central star is hidden by a blotchy pinkish cloud of dust. A strong red light radiates from this area, illuminating the nearby dust. Two large loops extend diagonally away from the centre, formed of thin ridges of molecular gas, here coloured blue. They stretch out to the corners of the view. A huge number of bright, whitish stars cover the background, also easily visible through the thin dust layers.

James Webb Space Telescope spots the haunting Red Spider Nebula with 3-light-year-long legs

Monisha Ravisetti published 30 October 25

A new James Webb Space Telescope image showcases the gorgeous Red Spider Nebula against a backdrop of twinkling stars.

graphic with night sky in large font and silhouettes of people below looking up at the night sky.

Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky

Jamie Carter last updated 30 October 25

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

A NASA graphic showing the four major moon phases. From left to right is the full moon for Oct. 6, third quarter moon for Oct. 13, new moon for Oct. 21 and first quarter moon for Oct. 29.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025

Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 30 October 25

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

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?

Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated 30 October 25

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

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November full moon 2025: The Beaver supermoon will be the biggest and brightest of the year

Jesse Emspak last updated 30 October 25

November's full Beaver Moon will occur on Nov. 5 and will be the biggest and brightest moon of 2025.

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 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.

Illustration of AKATSUKI by Akihiro Ikeshita. — Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead Japan declared its Akatsuki spacecraft dead on Tuesday (Oct. 28), more than a year after the Venus climate probe failed to respond to calls from mission control.

A blue ball of light shines between streaks of blueish light from stars in outer space — You won't see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zoom closest to the sun on Oct. 30 — but these spacecraft will The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest pass to the sun on Oct. 30, and various spacecraft will be watching, seeking clues about the icy wanderer's chemistry and composition.

An illustration of a golden and red exoplanet in the darkness of space — Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists mapped the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-18b in three dimensions, uncovering a blistering hotspot where water molecules are torn apart.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 25, 2025. — Watch SpaceX launch its 100th Starlink mission of 2025 today SpaceX will launch its 100th Starlink mission of the year today (Oct. 30), and you can watch the action live.

A stunning view of Earth captured on Sept. 17, 2015, by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft. — Is Earth 'on the brink'? 2024 was likely our planet’s hottest year in 125,000 years Two new climate reports warn Earth's vital signs are flashing red after the hottest year in 125,000 years, but say recovery is still possible with swift action.

An illustration of an astronaut wearing white standing on the edge of a giant crater on the moon — Can we find water ice on the moon? Only if we know where to look, scientists say Space agencies around the world are planning moon missions that will depend on water ice for resources, but much remains unknown about its availability of water ice on the lunar surface.

Skywatching

Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings - live updates

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 30 October 25

The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

The planet Mercury appears as a point of light in the sunset sky. The glow of the setting sun is visible to the left close to the horizon as three leafless trees reach skyward.

Mercury shines farthest from the sun in the evening sky on Oct. 29

By Anthony Wood published 29 October 25

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset.

Northern lights may be visible in 10 US states Oct. 29

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 29 October 25

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

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Spaceflight

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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida

By Mike Wall published 29 October 25

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Oct. 29), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

Launches & Spacecraft

Japan's HTV-X cargo spacecraft in Earth orbit.

Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft arrives at the International Space Station

By Mike Wall last updated 29 October 25

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for the first time ever today (Oct. 28), delivering payloads and supplies to ISS astronauts.

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Spacewalking Russian cosmonauts install experiments on the International Space Station

By Robert Z. Pearlman published 28 October 25

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky completed a 6 hour and 54 minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

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Astrobotic Technology’s Griffin lander concept for NASA's Lunar CATALYST project.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of private Griffin moon lander delayed to 2026

By Josh Dinner published 28 October 25

The mission had previously targeted a launch at the end of 2025.

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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 28 October 25

Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

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Science & Astronomy

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Peering into the eye of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published 30 October 25

Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite captured high-resolution views inside the eye of the powerful Hurricane Melissa.

An image of stars in deep space as white dots against a black background

Enormous black hole unexpectedly found in tiny galaxy

By Samantha Mathewson published 29 October 25

An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way’s tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about how small galaxies hold themselves together.

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Peering into the eye of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry Published 30 October 25

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Entertainment

Every 'Star Wars: Visions Volume 3' episode, ranked from worst to best

By Fran Ruiz published 29 October 25

The award-winning anthology of animated Star Wars shorts is back with a third batch crafted by Japanese studios. Here's our take on all of them.

Space Movies & Shows

'Supergirl' at 10: The Arrowverse TV show laid the blueprint for James Gunn's DC Universe

By Sergio Pereira published 29 October 25

How the "Supergirl" TV series shaped DC's modern age of heroes.

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Search For Life

Catching a ride on a drone, OrganiCam could swoop into lava-tube caves on Mars to search for organic molecules marked by the tell-tale signature of life.

The search for life: A space science quiz

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published 28 October 25

This quiz dives into the historic and scientific journey behind the search for life in the universe—testing your knowledge of the thinkers, missions, and discoveries that shaped our cosmic curiosity.

Search for Life

A series of black and white and red molecules floating in a colorful background

Space radiation can produce some organic molecules detected on icy moons

By Javier Barbuzano published 26 October 25

As missions prepare to visit ocean worlds like Enceladus and Europa, new findings show scientists must first learn to distinguish between radiation-made organics and those born in a subsurface sea.

Search for Life

Perseverance in action

How excited should we be about the latest Mars potential biosignature discovery? 'It's arguably the best evidence we have so far'

By Keith Cooper published 1 October 25

What about those previously studied plumes of methane and meteorites potentially stuffed with the fossils of Martian microbes?

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Technology

an elongated blue-and-white jet in flight

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight (photos)

By Brett Tingley published 28 October 25

NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet took off on its first-ever flight on Oct. 28, flying from Palmdale, California to its new home at Edwards Air Force Base.

A satellite image showing a large white hurricane headed toward green land in the left side of the image contrasted with the dark blue ocean

Satellites watch Category 5 Hurricane Melissa ahead of record-breaking landfall in Jamaica

By Meredith Garofalo published 28 October 25

Hurricane Melissa made a record-breaking landfall in Jamaica, and satellites are monitoring the situation.

WindFire LED flashlight review

By Tantse Walter published 26 October 25

Review A super-bright and heavy-duty rechargeable flashlight that won't break the bank.

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