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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.

World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30
By Anthony Wood published
World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30

NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world
By Robert Lea published
With the aid of NASA's exoplanet-hunter TESS, citizen scientists have discovered a new gas giant that is cool, literally and figuratively.

'Apollo 13' at 30: the space movie where scientists have the right stuff too
By Richard Edwards published
Ron Howard's classic celebrates the mission control geniuses who got the astronauts home.

On this day in space! June 30, 1908: Tunguska meteor explodes over Siberia
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On June 30, 1908, giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska.

NASA budget cuts threaten Europe's already troubled flagship Mars rover
By Tereza Pultarova published
NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.

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.

Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.

New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.

Watch Blue Origin to launch 6 people to suborbital space today on NS-33 spaceflight
By Mike Wall last updated
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch six people to suborbital space on the NS-33 mission June 29, after local weather conditions in West Texas delayed previous attempts.
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