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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.

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'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.

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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. 16), and you can watch it live.

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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. 16), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

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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 telescopes might detect.

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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. 13 mission, which ended with a picture-perfect splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

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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.

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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 gravitational waves that date back to inflation at the moment of the Big Bang.

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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. 14, briefly turning night to day before fragmenting as it neared the surface.

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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. 15 at about a quarter of the distance to the moon.

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'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.

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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 a robotic moon lander to help open the lunar frontier.

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SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military (video)

SpaceX plans to launch 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15), and you can watch the action live.

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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 continental Europe in the last 10 years.

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Satellites watch as record-breaking ocean waves carry a storm's power across the sea

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm “messengers,” carrying a storm’s power across entire oceans.

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Deep-space dishes dot the desert | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2025

Beneath the shadow of Chile's Licancabur volcano, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) peers into the coldest and most distant reaches of the universe.

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Did a NASA exoplanet-hunting balloon really 'crash' in Texas? Not according to the scientist behind the flight

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news reports got a little confused.

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Solar wind tears a chunk from Comet Lemmon's tail in incredible new astrophotography images

See how the solar wind shredded Comet Lemmon's tail in an extraordinary view from Earth

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Getting even bigger: What's next for SpaceX's Starship after Flight 11 success

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the 11th time on Monday (Oct. 13), on a successful test flight that marked the end of the road for "Version 2" of the vehicle.

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Best space strategy games, ranked

Conquer the cosmos and lead ships, fleets, and even entire civilizations to victory in the best space strategy games.

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NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce

NASA has announced a new wave of layoffs at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as the agency undergoes a sweeping "realignment" of its workforce.

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What is the weak nuclear force and why is it important?

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

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Aurora alert! Several coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week

Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across northern North America.

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The terrifying Apex Alien in 'Invasion' Season 3 is a lot cuter in real life (video)

An Apex Alien joins Mitsuki atop a hillside in "Invasion"

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Autumn 2025 Skywatching sights: 8 targets to see in the night sky

From glowing comets to ancient galaxies, autumn's night sky is filled with celestial treasures.

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