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Watch live: Russian cosmonauts perform spacewalk outside ISS today

Two Russian cosmonauts will venture out into the vacuum of space today starting at 10:10 a.m. ET (1310 GMT). Watch it live here and read our preview story.

Watch live! Cosmonauts perform spacewalk outside space station - YouTube

Watch live! Cosmonauts perform spacewalk outside space station - YouTube

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will fly the Crew-9 astronaut mission stand on the pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. SpaceX posted this photo on X on Sept. 24, 2024.

SpaceX inks deal to launch 2 more astronaut missions to the ISS

Mike Wall published 19 December 24

California-based company Vast Space has booked two crewed flights to the ISS with SpaceX, though the missions still must be approved by NASA.

oval shape image with bright purple light in the center and reddish patches at the top and bottom.

What is the shape of the universe?

Keith Cooper last updated 19 December 24

How do astronomers describe the shape of the universe, and what could it mean for the fate of the cosmos?

green gases in space look like a christmas tree.

NASA space telescopes give Christmas Tree Cluster a festive makeover (photos)

Stefanie Waldek published 19 December 24

The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.

new glenn rocket blue origin

New Glenn: Blue Origin's powerful reusable rocket

Mike Wall last updated 19 December 24

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket has a reusable first stage, like those of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.

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

Space.com Staff last updated 19 December 24

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

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Looking back at '2010', the criminally-underrated sequel to '2001: A Space Odyssey'

Richard Edwards published 19 December 24

Forty years ago, this lesser-known sequel attempted to explain the mysteries of one of sci-fi's greatest movies.

An ispace engineer inspects the “Tenacious” micro rover in the payload bay of the company’s lunar lander, “Resilience.” — Double moon mission! SpaceX to launch 2 private lunar landers in January Firefly Aerospace and Japan's ispace are putting their moon landers on the same Falcon 9 rocket.

A galaxy sealed within a literal bubble — Hubble trouble or Superbubble? Astronomers need to escape the 'supervoid' to solve cosmology crisis "Our best theory of cosmology is wrong. That is a problem, but nature does not care about our theories!"

An illustration of of exoplanet PDS 70b wrapped in its prenatal cocoon. — This baby exoplanet is made of different stuff than its birth cloud "For observational astrophysicists, one widely accepted picture of planet formation was likely too simplified."

(Main) The dense star cluster Omega Centauri as seen by the La Silla Observatory (inset top) an intermediete mass black hole (inset bottom) a cluster of stellar mass black holes — 'Missing link' black hole found? Not so fast, new study says "The hunt for elusive intermediate-mass black holes continues."

green gases in space look like a christmas tree. — NASA space telescopes give Christmas Tree Cluster a festive makeover (photos) 'Tis the season for holiday-themed star clusters.

Star Trek: Lower Decks — Did the 'Lower Decks' finale just set up an exciting new 'Star Trek' spin-off? 'The New Next Generation' is the last-ever episode of 'Lower Decks', but it almost feels like a backdoor pilot for a new 'Star Trek' show.

an astronaut in a white space suit hangs on to a metal bar on the outside of a large white structure. the blackness of space fills the background — Watch Russian cosmonauts install new X-ray detector during ISS spacewalk today (video) Coverage begins at 9:45 ET (1445 GMT).

Tech

an astronaut in a black long sleeve shirt floats in a cluttered space station behind a cubical robot with two blue tentacles like bunny ears.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams poses with adorable tentacle-armed Astrobee robot on ISS (photo)

By Samantha Mathewson published 17 December 24

An Astrobee robotic free-flyer with tentacle-like arms was tested in a demonstration experiment aboard the space station.

The flooded Kabul River, as seen by a satellite operated by San Francisco-based company Planet on Aug. 28, 2022.

Predicting future floods: New AI tool gives realistic satellite-like views

By Victoria Corless published 9 December 24

MIT scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that creates realistic satellite images of potential flooding scenarios.

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the 1st fantastic trailer for James Gunn's 'Superman!'
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BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

Spaceflight

a white rocket lifts off into a clear blue sky

Private Japanese rocket explodes after liftoff in its 2nd launch failure of 2024 (photos)

By Brett Tingley published 18 December 24

Japanese startup Space One lost its second Kairos 2 rocket shortly after liftoff due to an unknown failure.

Private Spaceflight

Shenzhou 19 astronauts Cai Xuzhe Song Lingdong conduct a spacewalk outside China's Tiangong space station on Dec. 17, 2024.

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)

By Mike Wall published 18 December 24

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than nine hours outside the nation's Tiangong space station on Dec. 16 and Dec. 17, beating the old EVA duration record by 10 minutes.

Human Spaceflight

Science & Astronomy

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BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

By Kiona N. Smith published 19 December 24

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured the 1st mid-infrared portrait of Mercury.

An artist's comparison of white dwarfs of the same mass but different temperatures. The hotter white dwarf on the left has puffed up outer layers, whereas the cooler one on the right is more compact.

Puffy white dwarfs could shed light on mysterious dark matter. Here's how.

By Keith Cooper published 19 December 24

Astronomers just took a big step toward a better understanding of white dwarfs, a discovery that could shed light on mysterious dark matter.

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Search For Life

There's a weird, disappearing dark spot on Saturn's moon Enceladus

By Monisha Ravisetti published 15 December 24

Enceladus' ice plumes might be the reason why a dark spot on the moon is disappearing. But what is the spot in the first place?

Search for Life

All About Space issue 130 take a look at chaos theory.

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve

By Chris Impey published 13 December 24

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways?

Search for Life

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How the 'Great Filter' could explain why we haven't found intelligent aliens

By Paul Sutter published 10 December 24

One possible reason why we haven't found any intelligent life in the cosmos the Great Filter argument, which says that very few civilizations make it to the advanced spacefaring stage.

Search for Life

Skywatching

Aurora forecast: Will the northern lights be visible tonight?

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 19 December 24

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.

Aurora Borealis

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

By Jamie Carter last updated 19 December 24

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

an astronaut in a black long sleeve shirt floats in a cluttered space station behind a cubical robot with two blue tentacles like bunny ears.

Space pictures! See our space image of the day

By Space.com Staff last updated 18 December 24

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

Astrophotography

Entertainment

Superman and Lois Lane floating in the air.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the 1st fantastic trailer for James Gunn's 'Superman!'

By Jeff Spry published 19 December 24

Krypto saves the day in this heroic look at the Man of Steel's new reboot from the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trilogy director

Comic book Superman. Man wearing a blue bodysuit with a giant S on his chest. He is also wearing red pants and has a red cape. He is sitting high above a city, looking over his shoulder towards us.

Everything we know about James Gunn's 'Superman'

By Fran Ruiz last updated 19 December 24

James Gunn's Superman reboot kicks off the DC Extended Universe's refresh in 2025.

Space Movies & Shows

Two people looking at the skyline of a futuristic city full of skyscrapers. There is a small spaceship zipping across the sky.

Everything we know about Exodus, the new sci-fi game from ex-BioWare developers

By Fran Ruiz last updated 19 December 24

While we wait for the next Mass Effect game, ex-BioWare devs have teamed up with other AAA talent to create new space RPG Exodus.

Space Games & Toys

References

Two people looking at the skyline of a futuristic city full of skyscrapers. There is a small spaceship zipping across the sky.

Everything we know about Exodus, the new sci-fi game from ex-BioWare developers

By Fran Ruiz last updated 19 December 24

While we wait for the next Mass Effect game, ex-BioWare devs have teamed up with other AAA talent to create new space RPG Exodus.

Space Games & Toys

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

By Tariq Malik last updated 19 December 24

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.

Zeiss binoculars deals: Discounts on top-rated models

Zeiss binoculars deals: Our favorite deals of 2024

By Ian Evenden last updated 18 December 24

Zeiss binoculars deals are tough to spot... but we're keeping an eye out for them.

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