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With a host of exciting new Marvel and Star Wars releases landing this year, Disney Plus is the streaming subscription to have in 2026 and now it's a third cheaper with this UK-only deal.

The photos were taken during a severe G4 geomagnetic storm, one of the strongest in years.

The first emergency operation in the history of China's human spaceflight program ended on Jan. 19 when an uncrewed Shenzhou 20 capsule damaged by a space-junk strike came safely down to Earth.

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.

Starfish Space just scored a $52.5 million contract to deorbit satellites for the U.S. Space Force, the first deal ever signed for such "end of life" disposal services for a constellation in low Earth orbit.

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission will discuss their shorter-than-expected stay aboard the International Space Station today (Jan. 21), and you can watch it live.

Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket will try to become the first vehicle ever to reach orbit from European soil today (Jan. 21), and you can watch the action live.

"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets."

Blue Origin will launch six people to the final frontier on Thursday (Jan. 22), and you can watch the space tourism mission live.

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres.

The total solar eclipse on Nov. 25, 2030, will mainly cross the Indian Ocean, but views will be possible from Australia, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Lesotho.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Maine tonight as Earth reels from a colossal CME impact.

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, but harmless on the ground.

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Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors.

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky Way came into being."

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) brightened significantly ahead of its close approach to the sun.

A fast CME slammed into Earth on Jan. 19, unleashing hours of intense auroral activity and lighting up skies far beyond the poles.

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Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

The evacuation raises a question worth exploring: how do astronauts stay healthy in space, and why is this early evacuation so unusual?