Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky.
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Mars and Venus buzz the Beehive | Space photo of the day for January 9, 2026
Planets, stars, and star clusters, oh my!
Is dark matter made of mysterious 'ghost particles?' Galaxy clusters could hold the answer
"WIMPs are still the leading candidate for dark matter, but billions of dollars of experiments have been done, only getting stronger and stronger upper limits, so alternative scenarios have to be considered."
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 9 – 18
These moonless evening offer the winter Milky Way arching high over the world. And, when will Betelgeuse stand straight over Sirius for you?
Crew-11 to cut mission short and return to Earth due to medical issue
Crew 11 during training before launch last August (left to right): Cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Crew 11 commander Zena Cardman and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui. Image: NASA
Four space station fliers have been told to cut their mission short and return to Earth ahead of schedule because of an apparently serious medical issue affecting an unidentified crew member, NASA announced Thursday.
NASA says it will return 4 astronauts home early in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station
NASA has decided to bring the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission home from the International Space Station early due to a medical issue experienced by a crewmember in orbit.
NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals the shockingly violent history of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
"Nothing in my professional training as an X-ray astronomer had prepared me for something like this."
To Keep Water Liquid, the Red Planet Needed to Freeze
Mars has a curious past. Rovers have shown unequivocal evidence that liquid water existed on its surface, for probably at least 100 years. But climate models haven’t come up with how exactly that happened with what we currently understand about what the Martian climate was like back then. A new paper, published in the journal AGU Advances by Eleanor Moreland, a graduate student at Rice University, and her co-authors, has a potential explanation for what might have happened - liquid lakes on the Red Planet would have hid under small, seasonal ice sheets similar to the way they do in Antarctica on Earth.
February full moon 2026: When, where and how to see the Snow Moon
Your guide to February's full Snow Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights.
How does NASA handle astronaut medical issues in space?
NASA just postponed a spacewalk because of a medical concern with an astronaut. Here's how the agency has handled such issues in the past.
Starless Gas Cloud Might Harbor Dark Matter
Astronomers discovered a cloud of hydrogen gas that’s devoid of stars. Held together by an invisible halo of dark matter, the starless cloud may elucidate its nature.
Vera Rubin Observatory discovers fastest spinning asteroid ever and its huge!
The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever found.
NASA's Mars Sample Return Is Dead, Paving The Way For China
It looks like NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission has come to a bureaucratic end. The mission was to be the crowning achievement in the study of Mars and all the questions surrounding its ancient habitability. But the US Congress has drastically cut the mission's funding.
Northern lights may be visible in 12 states tonight
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as incoming coronal mass ejections and high-speed solar winds could trigger geomagnetic storms tonight.
The final 'Greenland 2: Migration' trailer is here, and it's got the '90s disaster movie vibes we've been craving (video)
Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin return in an epic sci-fi survival sequel to 2020's surprise hit, "Greenland".
Former CEO of Google spearheads 4 next-gen telescopes — 3 on Earth and 1 in space
"We're going to do it in three years, and we're going to do it for a ridiculously low price."
Stream Starfleet Academy and all the other top sci-fi shows coming in 2026 while traveling — and save money
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Comet 24P/Schaumasse makes its closest approach to the sun today: But will you be able to see it?
Solar system comets are often at their brightest as they draw close to the sun
An extremely rare Callisto event on January 10th
Observers across America may witness a special transit and shadow event of Jupiter’s moon on opposition day.
Space telescopes capture breathtaking galactic hug | Space photo of the day for Jan. 8, 2026
Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace.
