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Blue Origin launches 6 space tourists to the final frontier after last-minute crew swap (video)
Blue Origin launched six people to suborbital space today (Jan. 22). It was the 17th human spaceflight for the company, which was founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos.
SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites into orbit from California (video)
SpaceX lit up the night sky over Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Jan. 22) with the launch of 25 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet service.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers what remains after two stars collide and explode as a red nova
"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger."
Rocket Lab launches its 1st mission of 2026, sending 2 satellites to orbit
Rocket Lab launched its first mission of 2026 this morning (Jan. 22), sending two satellites aloft for the European company Open Cosmos.
Watch comet 3I/ATLAS race toward interstellar space in free livestream tonight
3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star.
ISS astronaut spots Artemis 2 moon rocket on the launch pad from space (photo)
A NASA astronaut on the ISS captured the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis 2, a mission that aims to bring four astronauts around the moon as soon as Feb. 6.
Searching for newborn stars with CAFFEINE | Space photo of the day for Jan. 22, 2026
The Core And Filament Formation/Evolution In Natal Environments (CAFFEINE) survey is an "astronomer's best friend," according to the European Southern Observatory.
See a slender crescent moon shine with Saturn in the western sky tonight
The lunar crescent will disappear below the horizon before midnight on Jan. 22.
Watch Stellar Explosions Near and Far (Videos)
New videos from the Solar Orbiter and the Chandra X-ray Observatory capture magnetic avalanches on the Sun and the exploding remnants of a star 17,000 light-years away.
Mutations from Space Might Solve an Antibiotic Crisis
If humans are ever going to expand into space itself, it will have to be for a reason. Optimists think that reason is simply due to our love of exploration itself. But in history, it is more often a profit motive that has led humans to seek out new lands. So, it stands to reason that, in order for us to truly begin space colonization, we will have to have a business-related reason to do so. A new paper from the lab of Srivatsan Raman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and recently published in PLOS Biology, describes one potential such business case - genetically modifying bacteriophages to attack antibiotic resistant bacteria.
iOptron 80mm White Light Solar Scope review
The iOptron 80mm scope is easy to use and suited to both white-light solar viewing and nighttime observations.
Wobbling exoplanet hints at a hidden exomoon so massive it could redefine the word 'moon' altogether
"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here."
Arctic Weather Satellite paves way for constellation
Already recognised for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfilled its most important role. This small prototype mission has succeeded in paving the way for a new constellation of similar satellites, known as EPS-Sterna.
A celebrity cluster in the spotlight
Image: A celebrity cluster in the spotlight
Planet X: An Overview of the Hypothetical Ninth Planet
Planet X is a term used to describe a hypothetical major planet in the outer solar system, beyond Neptune, whose existence was initially inferred from unexplained gravitational perturbations of Uranus and Neptune. Although the search was largely satisfied with the discovery of Pluto, the concept of a distant, undiscovered world has seen a resurgence following new astronomical observations.
SpaceX launches first West Coast Starlink mission of 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 21, 2026, to begin the Starlink 17-30 mission. Image: SpaceX
Update Jan. 21 2:20 a.m. EST (0720 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 25 Starlink satellites.
'We can handle any kind of difficult situation': Crew-11 astronauts say 1st medical evacuation from ISS had a silver lining
The fact that Crew-11 returned to Earth safely despite unprecedented circumstances bodes well for the success of future missions that go farther afield, astronauts said.
A New Study of Lunar Rocks Suggests Earth's Water Might Not Have Come from Meteorites
For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a period when planets and bodies in the Solar System experienced a much higher rate of impacts. According to this theory, the planets of the inner Solar System were unable to retain volatile elements such as water due to their proximity to the Sun. However, recent findings from the analysis of lunar rocks and regolith returned by the Apollo missions have cast doubt on this assumption.
'Eye of God' nebula looks like a cosmic lava lamp in new James Webb Space Telescope image
It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.
Hunting For T-Tauri Stars In A Dark Cloud
The Hubble Mission Team has been feeding us a steady stream of images from the space telescope that are focused on star formation. The latest image is of Lupus 3, a star-forming region about 500 light-years away. Lupus 3 features bright young stars that have emerged from their gaseous cocoons, and those that are still growing inside of theirs.
