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shooting stars are pictured streaking through a starry night sky above a desert. A well and wooden swing set is visible in the foreground, and a glow can be seen creeping into the horizon from a settlement bordering the far side of a lake.

Orionid meteor shower 2025 lights the night sky over Egypt in stunning photo

By Anthony Wood published

The Orionid meteor shower hit its peak during the dark nights surrounding October's new moon phase.

Meteors & Meteor Showers
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
An illustration showing a data center in space with various white modules of servers

Powerful NVIDIA chip launching to orbit next month to pave way for space-based data centers

By Tereza Pultarova published

An NVIDIA GPU is heading toward its record-setting orbital debut, a trip that will test how data centers could work in the final frontier.

Technology
A collage of images of different galaxies over dark backgrounds

This is the largest-ever galaxy cluster catalog. Could it reveal clues about the dark universe?

By Samantha Mathewson published

Astronomers have unveiled a new catalog of massive galaxy clusters, revealing new insight on the evolution of the universe.

Dark Universe
A metal radio dish points at the top right corner of the image

The UK military says Russia targets its satellites on a weekly basis. What can be done about it?

By Jessie Hamill-Stewart published

Russia is targeting UK space infrastructure, and in particular military satellites, on a weekly basis, according to the head of UK Space Command.

Aerospace
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Sept. 3, 2025.

Watch SpaceX launch its record-breaking 139th mission of the year today

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX will launch its record-setting 139th mission of the year today (Oct. 23), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
A dark planet surrounded by dark rings in the darkness of space

Scientists watch rings forming around a solar system world for the 1st time

By Stefanie Waldek published

Chiron is forming a ring system, and scientists seem to have caught the action.

Solar System
An illustration showing a blue planet in the bottom left corner with a bright red giant star in the top right corner

Super-Earth less than 20 light-years away is an exciting lead in the search for life

By Keith Cooper published

The super-Earth exoplanet is "one of the best candidates in the search for an atmospheric signature of life."

Exoplanets
Promo image for Fallout Season 2

'Fallout' Season 2: Release date, trailers, cast, & everything else we know

By Jeff Spry published

Prime Video's post-apocalyptic saga returns in December and heads straight for Sin City.

Space Movies & Shows
The U.S. Harmony node flew to space aboard space shuttle Discovery during mission STS-120, in October 2007. NASA describes Harmony as a utility hub, as it circulates air, water, electrical power and similar systems to other space station modules. It supports the U.S. Destiny laboratory, the European Space Agency Columbus Laboratory and the Japanese Kibo laboratory.

On this day in space! Oct. 23, 2007: Space Station's Harmony module launches on STS-120

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On October 23, 2007, the space shuttle Discovery launched the Harmony module to the International Space Station.

Launches & Spacecraft
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