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ISS astronaut medical evacuation latest news: Crew-11 pilot to hand control of station over today

By Tariq Malik, Mike Wall, Josh Dinner published

NASA is returning four astronauts to Earth early from the International Space Station due to a medical concern with one of the Crew-11 astronauts. Here's the latest news.

International Space Station
Artist's conception of EPOXI during its previous mission, called Deep Impact, when it visited Comet Tempel 1.

On this day in space: Jan. 12, 2005: Deep Impact spacecraft launches to a comet

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On January 12, 2005, NASA launched its Deep Impact mission to crash into comet Tempel 1, also known as 9P/Tempel.

Launches & Spacecraft
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
A blue jagged shape is seen in dark waters with white foam from the sea with the large white label Iceberg A-23A next to the blue shape

Satellite sees 40-year-old iceberg melt, turn blue | Space photo of the day for January 12, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Iceberg A23-A has been around since the Chernobyl explosion and Space Shuttle Challenger accident...but perhaps not for much longer.

Earth
An illustration of Gomez’s Hamburger with its stacked layers of gas and dust swirling around a young star.

Astronomers discover cosmic hamburger has the potential to grow giant planets

By Robert Lea published

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect laboratory for understanding how giant planets can form."

Exoplanets
An illustration of a mysterious disrupter discovered by astronomers via its gravitational effects.

Astronomers baffled by 'mysterious disruptor' with a mass of 1 million suns and a black hole for a heart

By Robert Lea published

"This is a structure we've never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object."

Black Holes
graphic with night sky in large font and silhouettes of people below looking up at the night sky.

Night sky tonight: See the stars of the 'Winter Hexagon' shine in the east

By Jamie Carter last updated

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Stargazing

Aurora forecast Jan. 12 - Northern lights remain possible at high latitudes tonight

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

Auroras
An Indian PSLV rocket launches the EOS-N1 military satellite and 15 other payloads on Jan. 11, 2025. It was the first PSLV flight since a failure in May 2025.

Indian PSLV rocket apparently fails for 2nd launch in a row (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

India's PSLV rocket apparently failed Sunday night (Jan. 11) while trying to launch 16 payloads to space. It was the PSLV's first liftoff since a May 2025 failure.

Launches & Spacecraft
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission and about three dozen other payloads from California on Jan. 11, 2025, on a rideshare flight called "Twilight."

SpaceX launches NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission, 3 dozen other satellites (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission and about three dozen other payloads early Sunday morning (Jan. 11) on a rideshare flight called "Twilight."

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