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Aurora forecast for Dec. 10: Northern lights stay quiet as CME fails to arrive
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.

Night sky tonight: See Saturn shine beneath the Great Square of Pegasus on Dec. 10
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.

China breaks record with 3 Long March rocket launches in 19-hour stretch (video)
By Mike Wall published
China just launched three Long March rockets in less than 19 hours, setting a new national mark for liftoff cadence.

The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen
By Keith Cooper published
The supernova exploded over 13 billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away.

This 7-hour cosmic explosion is the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen. Could it be from an elusive class of black hole?
By Robert Lea published
"This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we've seen in the past 50 years."

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.

SpaceX launches mysterious NROL-77 mission for the US military (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched the NROL-77 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 9), sending a classified satellite skyward from Florida's Space Coast.

Chinese astronauts inspect damaged Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during 8-hour spacewalk (video)
By Mike Wall published
Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station and assessed the damage to the attached Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during a spacewalk on Tuesday (Dec. 9).
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