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a tiny rocket launches from a desert launch pad.

Blue Origin launches 6 space tourists to the final frontier after last-minute crew swap (video)

By Mike Wall published

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.

Private Spaceflight
A rocket with a white stream of light behind it blasts off into a dark night sky

SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites into orbit from California (video)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

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.

Launches & Spacecraft
JWST image of the merged star LRN AT 2011kp in the galaxy NGC 4490

James Webb Space Telescope discovers what remains after two stars collide and explode as a red nova

By Robert Lea published

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger."

Stars
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches two satellites for the European company Open Cosmos from New Zealand on Jan. 22, 2026.

Rocket Lab launches its 1st mission of 2026, sending 2 satellites to orbit

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab launched its first mission of 2026 this morning (Jan. 22), sending two satellites aloft for the European company Open Cosmos.

Launches & Spacecraft
The ghostly light of a distant comet is pictured on the screen of a laptop as it travels across a distant starscape. The words 'Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS online observing session are visible to the lower right of the screen. The laptop is pictured against a deep space background composed of blue white stars and puffs of interstellar dust and gas.

Watch comet 3I/ATLAS race toward interstellar space in free livestream tonight

By Anthony Wood published

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star.

Stargazing
A view of the Florida coastline from space, with the dark green land outlined by a thin white strip of beach before a blue ocean. An inset to the right in a white box shows a red arrow pointing to a white space amidst a green circled off area.

ISS astronaut spots Artemis 2 moon rocket on the launch pad from space (photo)

By Elizabeth Howell published

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.

Human Spaceflight
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 series of blue cloudy shapes against a starry background, with bright stars shining in red and pink amidst the background

Searching for newborn stars with CAFFEINE | Space photo of the day for Jan. 22, 2026

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The Core And Filament Formation/Evolution In Natal Environments (CAFFEINE) survey is an "astronomer's best friend," according to the European Southern Observatory.

Stars
Artist's illustration of NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft approaching Jupiter in late 1973.

On this day in space: Jan. 22, 2003: Pioneer 10 beams last signal to Earth

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On January 22, 2003, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft beams its last data transmission back to Earth.

Launches & Spacecraft
A photo of a thin waxing crescent moon shining in a black night sky. A dark oval is visible on the upper section of its sickle-like profile. Elsewhere, large craters can be seen pockmarking the illuminated wedge of the lunar disk.

See a slender crescent moon shine with Saturn in the western sky tonight

By Anthony Wood published

The lunar crescent will disappear below the horizon before midnight on Jan. 22.

Stargazing
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