The biggest full moon of 2025, a so-called supermoon, will rise on Wednesday, Nov. 5, lighting up the night sky with its dramatic glow.
At 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT), the moon will reach its closest point to the Earth for the year, known as perigee, at a distance of 221,726 miles (356,833 kilometers). Nine hours and 11 minutes prior to that, the moon will officially turn full. It will, in fact, be…
Want to beat the Black Friday rush and guarantee a great deal? You can save 28% on the best star projector for kids on the market right now
November 4, 2025
Black Friday 2025 is fast approaching, but we’re already seeing some worthy discounts, including 28% off the Govee Star Light Projector, which we rate as the best star projector for kids.
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Astronomers have unveiled the largest low-frequency radio color image of the Milky Way ever created, offering a sprawling cosmic panorama that reveals supernova remnants, stellar nurseries, pulsars and the intricate glow of gas and dust weaving through our galaxy’s…
Halloween stargazing 2025: The moon and Saturn light the night sky for trick-or-treaters
November 3, 2025
Based on the latest national forecast, skies will be mainly clear on Halloween night across about three-quarters of the contiguous (48) United States, as costumed kids arrive at the door looking for candy or some other Halloween treat. Temperatures will be mostly in the chilly 40’s across the northern tier states, 50’s for the central states and balmy 60’s across the south.
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
November 3, 2025
NASA’s flagship center for space science is under attack from within, and some of the biggest losses appear to be happening behind the curtain of the government shutdown.
Throughout the summer of 2025, Space.com interviewed nearly a dozen current and former NASA…
China reveals crew for Shenzhou 21 mission to Tiangong Space Station, including nation's youngest astronaut (video)
October 31, 2025
China has named the three astronauts set to fly to the Tiangong space station at a pre-launch press conference one day ahead of the Oct. 31 flight of the Shenzhou 21 mission.
Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang will be aboard the Shenzhou 21 spacecraft, currently…
A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these violent outbursts take place on young stars, they pack enough energy to potentially kickstart the chemistry of life on any orbiting planets.
Young stars can be much more tumultuous than older stars. Stellar physics predicts that in our sun’s formative years it was throwing…
James Webb Space Telescope spots the haunting Red Spider Nebula with 3-light-year-long legs
October 31, 2025
Out in the cosmic landscape, planetary nebulas would offer the perfect Halloween doors to knock on.
They’re spooky tricksters in their names, as they have nothing to do with planets at all and are rather the gory scenes of stars dying. The term “planetary…
Enormous black hole unexpectedly found in tiny galaxy
October 30, 2025
An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way’s tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about how small galaxies hold themselves together.
Segue 1 is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy located about 75,000 light-years…
Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation on Oct. 29, marking one of the best evenings to see the planet this fall as it appears farthest from the sun’s glare in the twilight sky.
As the solar system’s innermost planet, Mercury travels an extremely tight orbit around our parent star, with an average separation of under 36 million miles (58 million kilometers). As a result, it…
