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Can't wait for Star Wars: Ahsoka Season 2? This Prime Day in October, step into the shoes of the show's villain with 32% off this Baylan Skoll Force FX Elite electronic lightsaber.

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is about to get its fourth satellite. Copernicus Sentinel-1D has now undergone the checks and functional tests prior to its integration with Ariane 6, ready for launch on Tuesday, 4 November 2025.

I search for deals for a living and I believe STARZ for just $2.50 a month is a streaming deal worth getting — there's plenty of Sci-Fi content to watch.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the 29th time on Tuesday (Oct. 7), one shy of the company's reuse record.

A European Mars probe witnessed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS' Red Planet flyby on Oct. 3, snapping imagery of the interloper from just 19 million miles (30 million kilometers) away.

JWST's detection of phosphine on a brown dwarf, also known as a "failed star," could have repercussions for the claimed detection of the molecule on Venus.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base at sunset. Image: SpaceX

Update Oct. 8, 12:25 a.m. EDT (0425 UTC): SpaceX landed the Falcon 9 booster on its drone ship.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin plans to launch its 15th space tourism mission on Wednesday morning (Oct. 8), and you can watch it live.

The Lego Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon features over 7,500 pieces and is now $100 on Walmart in this anti-Prime Day deal

This anti-Prime Day deal from Walmart gets you the high-resolution Fujifilm X-T5 with the XF 16-50mm f/2.8-4.8 lens for just $2260.

Looking to start stargazing? I know firsthand that the Celestron Travel Scope 70 is a superb first step into the hobby, and it's a fantastic $40 off this Prime Day!

The Draconid meteor shower peaks on Oct. 8, as a waning gibbous moon graces the night sky.

This Pococo Galaxy Star Projector outclasses many of the competition, with its portability and realistic images, and it's an absolute steal at $80 this Prime Day.

The new science book "First Contact" is a vivid, humorous and deeply informed exploration of the many ways humanity has imagined, and actively searched for, life beyond Earth.

Between 1 and 7 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Mars Express spacecraft turned their eyes towards interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, as it passed close to Mars. 

The Hommkiety Galaxy Projector is 25% off and at its lowest-ever price for Prime Day in October, bringing the cosmos indoors for less.

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What a difference a year makes! Today Hera’s asteroid mission for planetary defence is cruising through deep space on the far side of the Sun, headed to its final destination: the Didymos binary asteroid system. But a year ago, on 7 October 2024, it was unsure if the mission was ever going to take off at all.

I think Celestron's Skymaster 20x80 binoculars are a brilliant alternative to a telescope, especially if you want to escape light pollution. With Amazon Prime Big Deals Day, they're 24% off.