Skywatching

Total lunar eclipse September 2025: Live updates

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The next lunar eclipse will be overnight on Sept. 7-8, 2025.

Lunar Eclipses
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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.

Stargazing
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Colossal moon Titan casts a shadow on Saturn's cloud tops early on Sept. 4. Will you be able to see it?

By Anthony Wood published

Titan's shadow will fall over Saturn during the early morning hours of Sept. 4.

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Spaceflight

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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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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 brand-new SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 2, 2025.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket (video)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Sept. 2), sending them up on a Falcon 9 rocket with a brand-new first stage.

Launches & Spacecraft
Artist's illustration of a crewed Mars base.

How magnets could help astronauts explore the moon and Mars

By Andrew Jones published

Magnetic fields can replace bulky centrifuges in space oxygen systems, making them lighter, more efficient and better suited for deep-space missions, a new study finds.

Human Spaceflight
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ISS astronauts serve up space sushi | Space photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like home.

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Science & Astronomy

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025

By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

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

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Asteroid Bennu contains stardust that's older than the solar system

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

"Bennu is a time capsule of the material that was throughout the solar system."

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Entertainment

MCU Movies Ranked

Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, ranked worst to best

By Lauren O'Callaghan, Fran Ruiz last updated

Find out where your favorite superhero sits on our list of the Marvel movies, ranked worst to best.

Space Movies & Shows
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Upcoming space games: Mass Effect 4, Borderlands 4, Gears E-Day & more

By Fran Ruiz last updated

Our round-up of the most anticipated space games in 2024 and beyond, including fresh IPs, new Star Wars adventures, and Mass Effect 4.

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What's Up In Space Today

Search For Life

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That mysterious 'Wow! signal' from space? Scientists may finally know where it came from — and it's probably not aliens

By Leonard David published

Scientists studying the famous 'Wow! signal' think they've finally pinpointed a possible origin for the baffling radio transmission detected in 1977.

Search for Life
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Is water really a necessary ingredient for life? Aliens may swim in truly exotic pools

By Stefanie Waldek published

A new study finds that liquids other than water might be able to support life on worlds beyond Earth, potentially expanding the envelope of life throughout the cosmos.

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.

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Technology

Three projectors, one purple, one black and yellow and one black are lined up side-by-side in front of a blue planet background.

Which is the best home planetarium? We pit three of our favorites against one other

By Alexander Cox published

We have tested many home planetariums over the years (sometimes called star projectors) but which are the most realistic, scientifically accurate? These three models offer the best of the best.

Technology
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility shortly after touching down on Nov. 12, 2022.

US Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane will test quantum alternative to GPS navigation

By Samuel Lellouch published

The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane will test a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science as a tool for navigation: a quantum inertial sensor.

Technology

NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars

By Andrew Jones published

Google and NASA are trialing an AI-powered medical assistant that could help astronauts care for themselves when mission control is out of reach.

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