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Perseids meteor shower peaks tonight — here's how to spot hundreds of shooting stars

Catch the Perseids meteor shower tonight, with tips to make the most of your view and gear that can take it even further.

Tom’s Guide

Virgin Galactic's new Delta class space plane could fly as soon as fall 2026

The company is also looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases spacecraft at high altitude as a carrier platform for other customers.

Space

Watch the 2025 Perseid meteor shower peak Aug. 12 in free webcast

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday (Aug. 12), and you can enjoy the event live online with the Virtual Telescope Project's webcast.

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Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches for 3rd time ever, sending weather satellite to orbit (video)

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and climate satellite to orbit.

Space

New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly

A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years — if it ever gets funded and approved.

Space

Vulcan Centaur rocket launches experimental military satellite on its 1st-ever US Space Force mission (video)

United Launch Alliance lofted an experimental navigation satellite on the first national security mission of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Tuesday night (Aug. 12).

Space

Satellites project could help ‘save lives’ and give extreme weather warnings

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites and the European Space Agency are leading the scheme.

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Scientists may have found a powerful new space object: 'It doesn't fit comfortably into any known category'

Nicknamed 'Punctum,' this puzzling phenomenon is highly energetic, but is only seen in millimeter-wavelength light and cannot be explained by any known object.

Space

Stargazers prepare for meteor shower of the year as the Perseids peak

Yearly spectacle, most visible in northern hemisphere, is caused by Earth passing through debris of ancient comet

The Guardian - UK

What’s that in the sky?! ‘Streak of fire’ expected over Eastern seaboard Tuesday morning

A NASA rocket launch is expected to be seen in several Eastern states on Tuesday morning

The Independent UK

Skyrora becomes 1st British company to get license to launch from the UK

Scotland-based Skyrora has received the first U.K.-issued vertical launch license for a homegrown company, enabling rocket launches from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.

Space

Meteorite that punched a hole through Georgia roof may be older than Earth itself

"This particular meteor that entered the atmosphere has a long history before it made it to the ground of McDonough".

Space

Mystery deepens over largest Martian rock ever found on Earth

The meteorite, which sold for US$5 million, is now the subject of an investigation

The Independent UK

James Webb telescope reveals 'Sleeping Beauty' galaxies in the early universe — snoozing where they weren't supposed to exist

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered dormant galaxies with a wide range of masses in the first billion years after the Big Bang, moving one step closer to understanding how early galaxies grow.

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope gets its 'extremely strong sunblock' installed

Scientists are making milestones on NASA's Roman Space Telescope as Trump continues to threaten the agency's science budget.

Space

Mars orbiter looks deep into chasms and valleys on the Martian surface

ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has been imaging the dynamic Acheron Fossae region of Mars for more than 20 years.

Space

Vera C. Rubin Observatory: Everything you need to know

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun the 10-year-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time to investigate mysteries like the nature of dark energy.

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Astronomers find bizarre 'Cosmic Grapes' galaxy in the early universe. Here's why that's a big deal (photo)

A distant galaxy nicknamed "Cosmic Grapes" is bursting with massive star-forming clumps — far more than expected — offering fresh clues about how galaxies grew in the early universe.

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Don't miss Perseid meteor shower 2025 peak Aug. 12-13: Here's what you need to know

The Perseid meteor shower takes place each year as Earth travels through the debris shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle.

Space

ISS astronaut captures breathtaking star trails | Space photo of the day for Aug. 11, 2025

This long-exposure image from the International Space Station shows the growing tension between celestial beauty and human expansion into space.

The Guardian - US

Tiny fireball that crashed into Georgia home is 4.56bn-year-old meteorite, say experts

Cherry tomato-sized space rock that pierced roof and hit floor of metro Atlanta home is 20m years older than Earth

The Guardian - US

Tom Hanks pays tribute to Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell

Actor who portrayed commander in 1995 Oscar-winning film says Lovell dared to go to places most wouldn’t go

Space

Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos

The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making it difficult for astronomers to study the night sky.

The Guardian - UK

Jim Lovell obituary

American astronaut and commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission who dramatically brought the crew back to Earth

Space

August full moon 2025 captivates skywatchers worldwide as Sturgeon Moon lights up the sky (photos)

The 2025 full 'Sturgeon Moon' graced the night sky on Aug. 9.

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