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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 Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner 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

Partial solar eclipse March 2025: Live updates

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The next solar eclipse will be on March 29, 2025.

Eclipses
Screenshot from the movie Chappie (2015).

'Chappie' is 10 years old, and Blomkamp's flawed humanist take on robots and AI is more relevant than ever

By Fran Ruiz published

Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg-set riff on Short Circuit and RoboCop wasn't a winner by any means, but it's far from soulless.

Space Movies & Shows
a white-tipped black rocket stands against a backdrop of snowy hills and a cloudy bright sky.

Watch 1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil early on March 29

By Josh Dinner last updated

Isar Aerospace is set to launch its new Spectrum rocket from Europe's first orbit-capable spaceport facility in Norway.

Launches & Spacecraft
a crescent-shaped sun casts a bright reflection on the waters of a bay

Solar eclipse US weather forecast: Best places to see the moon 'bite' the sun tomorrow

By Joe Rao published

A partial solar eclipse is coming this weekend, but weather could be an issue for many hoping to get a glimpse of the moon "taking a bite" out of the sun.

Eclipses
gif animation showing a large solar flare eruption off the sun's upper left region

Surprise X-class solar flare from emerging sunspot triggers radio blackouts across the Americas

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

"Further strong activity is likely!"

The Sun
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 members stand inside the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Commander NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, and Pilot NASA astronaut Mike Fincke.

NASA astronaut who gave up seat for Starliner crew takes command of SpaceX Crew-11 flight to ISS

By Mike Wall published

Zena Cardman, who was removed from an ISS launch to facilitate the return to Earth of Starliner's first crew, will command SpaceX's upcoming Crew-11 mission to the station.

International Space Station
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Last chance! 72% off Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus bundle means you can watch all Marvel movies and TV shows, including X-Men, for just $2.99 a month

By Alexander Cox published

Deals Watch all Marvel content, including the Avengers movies and the X-Men movies from the 2000s, ahead of Avengers: Doomsday next year, with a 72% discount.

Deals
(Main) 73 protoplanetart disks seen by the ALMA telescope (Inset) an illustration of a protplanetary disk

Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'

By Robert Lea published

New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than astronomers suspected, some of which would fit with the orbit of Earth.

The Universe
an image of two spiral galaxies that appear to be one colorful, strangely-shaped galaxy.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking 'cosmic lens': Space photo of the day

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

James Webb Space Telescope
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