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Where the ridge meets the river | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2025
From above Earth, LandSat 9's keen eye captures a stunning Y-shaped meeting of ridge and river in China's Tarim Basin.
Northern lights may be visible in 15 US states tonight
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for tonight.
'Star Wars,' 'Blade Runner,' and 'The Thing' poster artist Drew Struzan dies at 78
Struzan's signature artwork defined an entire generation of Hollywood filmmaking.
Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the International Space Station today
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy will conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS today (Oct.
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 130th Falcon 9 flight of the year
SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday morning (Oct.
Not-so-dark matter? Mysterious substance might leave red and blue 'fingerprints' on light
A new study suggests dark matter could subtly tint or polarize light, leaving faint color clues that next-generation tel...
Watch a charred SpaceX Starship land in the ocean after acing Flight Test 11 (video)
New SpaceX footage from Starship Flight 11 shows the final moments of Oct.
Why October is the perfect time to look for the Andromeda galaxy
October is an excellent time to observe the Andromeda spiral galaxy as it passes high overhead in the Autumn night sky.
How scientists are using spinning dead stars to find ripples in the fabric of spacetime
Identifying the gravitational waves from black holes binaries could also make it clearer to detect primordial gravitatio...
Watch the moment a brilliant green fireball meteor turns night to day over Tennessee (video)
A fireball flared to life in the skies over southern America in the early hours of Oct.
Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago just flew by Earth closer than the moon
A small asteroid, called 2025 TP5, safely flew by our planet on Oct.
'Predator: Badlands' is getting a prequel comic, but it's not coming out until after the movie
This official tie-in title was created in collaboration with the film's director, Dan Trachtenberg.
A new private moon lander rises: Impulse Space throws its hat into the lunar ring
Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's second-ever employee — just announced that it plans to build...
SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military (video)
SpaceX plans to launch 21 satellites for an advanced new U.
A giant weak spot in Earth's magnetic field is getting bigger — and it could be bad news for satellites
Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of contine...