Tonights Antares Blast Off | Powerful Solar Flares Keep Firing | Interstellars Black Holes

Private Rocket to Launch Space Station Cargo for NASA Tonight: Watch Live A commercial supply ship bound for the International Space Station is ready to launch from the Eastern Shore of Virginia tonight (Oct. 27), and you can watch it live.   Giant Sunspot Keeps Firing Off Huge Solar Flares A huge sunspot has been firing off powerful solar flares for the past week, and it's still producing large solar storms. Read More     Best Astronomy Binoculars 2014 (Editors' Choice) Binoculars are great for all kinds of stargazing for beginners and seasoned veterans alike. Here are some of the best binoculars for astronomy. Hacker Monthly -- How Airplanes Fly - Sponsored Content Hacker Monthly is a print magazine version of Hacker News, a social news website wildly popular among programmers and startup founders.   Additional Space.com Headlines SpaceX to Try Rocket Landing on Floating Ocean Platform, Elon Musk Says The private spaceflight company SpaceX is hoping to bring a rocket back from space and land it on a floating platform in the ocean, according to Elon Musk. Read More 'Interstellar' Science: The Movie's Black Hole Explained (Video) Interstellar may be a work of fiction, but the upcoming film gives viewers an amazingly accurate view of a black hole, its creators say. Read More See the Antares Rocket's 1st Night Launch from East Coast (Visibility Maps) On Monday, Oct. 27, a private Antares rocket built by the commercial spaceflight company Orbital Sciences will launch the Orb-3 cargo mission for NASA to the International Space Station. Here's how to see it in the sky from the U.S. East Coast. Read More     A Decade into a New Spaceflight Era, a Mixture of Frustration and Optimism Company executives and government officials at a commercial space conference expressed a mixture of optimism and impatience. So When You Look Into the Sun Astrophotographer Chris Schur sent in a photo of the partial solar eclipse, taken in northern Arizona, on Oct. 23, 2014. He used a calcium filter, which isolates a narrow band of light, showing magnetic features on the sun. 'Ambition': Rosetta Inspired Sci-Fi Short - Behind The Scenes Video Take a look at how the stunning comet mission inspired and futuristic world-building film got off the ground. The Game of Thrones' Aiden Gillen stars in the short film.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright � 2014 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003