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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way's shape: 'The universe seems to like spirals!'
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the spiral structure of the Milky Way.

Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings
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.

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.

SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch: Live updates
By Tariq Malik last updated
Read the latest news about SpaceX's Starship megarocket test flights, launches, photos and more.

Belyayev's birthday 'candle': Russia to launch ISS cargo craft today with logo for cosmonaut's centennial
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Russia is celebrating a late cosmonaut's 100th birthday with a special logo on the launch shroud of a space station resupply spacecraft.

Space pictures! See our space image of the day
By Space.com Staff last updated
Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

On this day in space! Feb. 27, 1942: J.S. Hey discovers radio emissions from the sun
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Feb. 23, 1990, NASA's Pioneer 11 spacecraft left the solar system!

Katy Perry will launch to space with historic all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
By Tariq Malik published
Perry and a celebrity female crew will launch on Blue Origin's NS-31 mission this spring.
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