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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.
Auroras, galaxies and the moon: 12 incredible cosmic photos that won this year's top astrophotography awards
These breathtaking photographs are the winning entries of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards.
James Webb Space Telescope studies a 'failed star' named 'The Accident' to solve an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn
A study of the "failed star" brown dwarf known as "The Accident," conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope, may reveal a solution to an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn.
Sun dogs, rainbows and glories are celestial wonders – and they may appear in alien skies too
These celestial wonders can tell us a lot about the state of the atmosphere at home on Earth as well as on other planets.
'I have you now!': Darth Vader's lightsaber from 'Star Wars' sells for $3.6 million at auction
The winning bid for this screen-used prop made 'Star Wars' history last week... let's just hope the seller doesn't alter the deal.
Russian Soyuz rocket launches robotic Progress cargo ship with 2.8 tons of supplies toward the ISS
Russian Progress 93 freighter launched toward the International Space Station on the MS-32 mission today (Sept. 11), loaded with 2.8 tons of cargo for the station's astronaut crew.
Infrared instruments could spot exotic ice on other worlds
Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.
James Webb Space Telescope images enormous star shooting out twin jets 8 light-years long
The James Webb Space Telescope caught the birth of an enormous star with particle beams cutting across a stretch of interstellar space.
