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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
The debris or "ash" of quark gluon plasma created at the Brookhaven National Laboratory

A new particle detector is ready to probe 'ashes' of the Big Bang after passing its 'standard candle' test

By Robert Lea published

"You never see the Quark Gluon Plasma itself — you just see its ashes."

Astronomy
(Left) the telescope triple threat of the JWST, Roman and Euclid, (Right) an illustration of a supermassive black hole in the early universe

How the James Webb, Euclid and Roman space telescopes could team up to hunt supermassive black holes from the dawn of time

By Robert Lea published

Three powerful space telescopes, Euclid, Roman, and the James Webb Space Telescope, could team up to detect black holes as early as 250 million years after the Big Bang.

Astronomy
Observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS taken using the Gemini South Observatory

Scientists capture interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS growing a tail: 'This image is both a scientific milestone and a source of wonder' (photo, video)

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers have captured a stunning new image of the interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS, seeing its growing tail and glowing coma.

Astronomy

Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings - live updates

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

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.

Auroras
A mountain surrounded by a halo filled with stars is sitting above the word "Paramount +" in cursive writing, all on a blue planet background with the space.com logo in the top left corner.

Paramount Plus, the home of all Star Trek content, is 50% off in a limited-time deal

By Alexander Cox published

Deals You can stream all Star Trek content, including the latest series of Strange New Worlds, for less as Paramount Plus is 50% off for a limited time only.

Deals
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Best Lego space deals: Discounts on spaceships, space stations and NASA kits

By Kim Snaith last updated

Deals Discover the best Lego space deals on the market and explore Walmart's Bricktember offers as we round up the biggest discounts on offer.

Deals
An image of a laptop displaying a picture of an orange full moon against a black sky, with the words 'live streaming' positioned in the upper right of the screen. A starry deep space scene is visible in the background behind the laptop.

Watch the blood moon total lunar eclipse on Sept. 7 with these free livestreams (video)

By Anthony Wood published

How to watch the Sept. 7-8 total lunar eclipse live from the comfort of your home.

Lunar Eclipses
A white and black rocket lifts off into a partially cloudy sky above the East Coast of the United States, riding atop the bright white exhaust of its nine engines.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites, lands Falcon rocket for 500th time (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Friday (Sept. 5), then landed safely at sea. It was the 500th successful Falcon touchdown to date.

Launches & Spacecraft
Glowing clouds of orange and blue dust swirl around three bright stars

Triple star system burns bright in new image from the James Webb Space Telescope

By Keith Cooper published

One member of the cluster was previously believed to be the most massive star known, but is actually a triple star system of huge stars, all of which will go supernova.

James Webb Space Telescope
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