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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for the Starlink 12-19 mission seen on the pad at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station awaiting launch. Image: Spaceflight Now

Update June 2, 3:12 p.m. EDT: Added updated forecast information.

A collision between the Milky Way and neighboring galaxy Andromeda is far from a sure thing; in fact, it could hinge on the flip of a cosmic coin.

Over a decade’s worth of NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope data was used to re-examine the long-held prediction that the Milky Way galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy in about 4.5 billion years. The astronomers found that, based on the latest observational data from Hubble and Gaia, there is only a 50-50 chance of the two galaxies colliding within the next 10 billion years.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Massachusetts geomagnetic storm conditions continue.

The planetary nebula is located 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco.

The first quarter moon is the perfect opportunity to explore shadowed craters lining the terminator.

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint for a potential path forward.

After the success of Prey, Predator returns to the big screen with Predator: Badlands, a new theatrical movie set in the far future on another world.

File: A Falcon 9 stands ready to launch the Starlink 12-5 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Image: Spaceflight Now.

SpaceX is watching an active period of solar activity as it hopes to launch 23 Starlink satellites in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Pennsylvania as Earth reverberates from the impact of a speedy solar storm.

Ncuti Gatwa's shock regeneration is followed by an even bigger surprise as the show welcomes back a popular star of TARDIS past. BEWARE! Spoilers ahead!

Northern lights may once again be visible deep into mid latitudes tonight as geomagnetic storm conditions continue to wreak havoc with Earth's magnetic field.

The speedy solar storm arrived in style, sparking stunning aurora displays as far south as California and New Mexico.

NASA's X-ray space telescope IXPE has made the first observation of polarized light emerging from an outbursting magnetar, neutron stars that possess the universe's strongest magnetic fields.

The White House is pulling the nomination of Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, saying that the next agency chief should be "in complete alignment" with President Trump's agenda.

Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next administrator of NASA, appears before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Update May 31, 11:40 p.m. EDT: Added comments from President Trump and Jared Isaacman.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with 27 Starlink internet broadband satellites from southern California on Saturday, May 31, 2025.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 31, 2025, on the Starlink 11-18 mission. Image: SpaceX.
SpaceX closed out May with its 16th Falcon 9 launch of the month. The Saturday afternoon launch from the company’s West Coast launch pad carried 27 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to a low Earth orbit.