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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.

See a wafer-thin crescent moon leapfrog Jupiter this week
By Anthony Wood published
The crescent moon will seemingly jump over the planet Jupiter between the nights of April 29 and April 30.

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.

European forest-monitoring satellite heads toward orbit on 4th-ever launch of Vega-C rocket
By Mike Wall last updated
The European Space Agency's Biomass forest-monitoring satellite headed toward orbit early Tuesday morning (April 29) on the fourth-ever launch of the Vega-C rocket.

40-year-old spy satellite photos are helping find forgotten land mines in Cambodia
By Tereza Pultarova published
Long-forgotten mine fields in Cambodia are being revealed in decades-old, recently declassified images from U.S. military satellites.

Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky
By Jamie Carter last updated
Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Brand-new Falcon 9 rocket sends 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on SpaceX's 2nd launch of the day
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX sent another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit tonight (April 28), its second liftoff of the day.

Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge 'Project Kuiper' internet constellation (video)
By Mike Wall published
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the first big batch of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation to low Earth orbit today (April 28).
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