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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 144 — The great lunar armada
On Episode 144 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik take a look a pair of private moon missions by Firefly Aerospace and ispace that lifted off this week and so much more.
On this day in space! Jan. 16, 2006: NASA's Stardust mission returns to Earth
On Jan. 16, 2006: NASA's Stardust mission returned to Earth carrying samples of cometary material.
Satellites watch 'ghost island' solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos)
The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery.
World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a light pollution risk due to a new renewable energy project.
SpaceX launching 27 Starlink satellites Jan. 19 in 1st flight since Starship explosion
SpaceX is set to launch 27 of its Starlink internet satellites Sunday (Jan. 19), just two days after a test flight of its Starship megarocket ended in an explosion.
Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope
Ashley Zelinskie's VR artwork Twin Quasar was inspired by the iconic deep-space image from the James Webb Space Telescope that introduced a new audience to gravitational lensing.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to open next week after LA fires
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has come through the L.A. fires in one piece. It will open next week to employees who need to work on site.
