| |   | The Launchpad  | | (PhotoQuest/Getty Images) | Happy Friday, Space Fans! Space.com editor-in-chief Tariq Malik here and as World Space Week 2025 draws to a close, we've had a series of pieces on its theme "Living in Space." Today we're starting the newsletter off with spaceflight's impact at home, because it's not just hard for astronauts in flight. Their families feel it, too. Here's how. | |  | | (Left: NOAA GOES. Graphic created in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic) | It seems the sun is also weighing in for World Space Week with a well-timed "coronal hole" that just might trigger some awesome auroras this weekend. Here's a guide on what's happening to the sun, what to expect on Earth and when to look for the northern lights. | | | | Space Deal of the Day  | | (Future) | For you brick-building Space Fans out there, if you didn't find the sets you were looking for this Prime Day, there may still be hope. The fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, the Lego Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon, is still $100 off if you're Han Solo at heart. Punch it, Chewy! | | | | Skywatching  | | (Greg Meyer) | We've seen some weird things in space over the years, but this might be the first space baboon on record. Astrophotographer Greg Meyer captured this view of the Rampaging Baboon Nebula, so-called because of its resemblance to the colorful face of a Mandrill. Yeah, we see it, too. | | | | Spaceflight  | | (SpaceX) | We mentioned earlier that we're wrapping up World Space Week 2025, and even the FCC seemed to get involved with the announcement of the first-ever "Space Month" for the agency. "Our goal is to make sure that the U.S. is the friendliest regulatory environment in the world for innovators to start, to grow and to accelerate their space operations," FCC chairman Brendan Carr said. | | | | Science & Astronomy  | | (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) | Out at Saturn, there's a watery find hiding on the ringed planet's Death Star moon Mimas: the hint of a vast ocean. Scientists looking for signs of water on the cratered moon think they now know where its crust is the thinnest, the most promising place yet to seek out signs of a water ocean there. | |  | | (Josh Dury Photo Media) | Here's a story that's for the birds... or should we say BY the birds. Most of us were watching the moon block the sun in April's 2024 solar eclipse, but some scientists were watching how 29 different bird species reacted when the sun disappeared and, perhaps more surprising, returned. | | | | SpaceX  | | (SpaceX) | Speaking of birds, how about a ton of Raptors? SpaceX Raptors, we mean, because the company has 33 of its Raptor rocket engines attached to a Super Heavy booster in preparations for its Starship Flight 11 test flight, which just might lift off on Monday, Oct. 13. Check out the new images here. | | | | Entertainment  | | (Apple TV+) | If you're a sci-fi fan and have not been watching "Invasion," don't worry. It's not too late to hop on the alien mothership in time to binge all three seasons. Here's how to climb aboard as the final three episodes lift off. | | | | Today in Space  | | (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco) | Peering into deep space, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find places to study gravitational lensing, an effect in which massive objects such as galaxies warp space-time itself, bending and distorting the light of even more distant galaxies behind them. Case in point, our image of the day showcases 8 different gravitational lenses seen by Webb to cap your week in space. Have a great weekend! | | | | | | On Oct. 10, 1967, the international Outer Space Treaty was ratified to establish a set of rules regulating how different countries can explore and use outer space. | | | | Stay up-to-date on all things space science, news, and entertainment by subscribing to our newsletters. | |  | | | | | | | Future US LLC © | | Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036 | | | |
