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Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)

By Josh Dinner published

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30.

International Space Station
A rocket lifts off, lighting the black night with its blinding engines.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches next-gen SpainSat NG-1 satellite into orbit

By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated

SpaceX launches next generation Spanish communications satellite on Wednesday evening (Jan. 29).

Launches & Spacecraft
A fireball from debris caused by a falling Starlink satellite lights up night sky

SpaceX Starlink satellite sparks brilliant fireball as it falls from space over US (videos)

By Tariq Malik published

A SpaceX Starlink internet satellite fell from space in a blaze of glory overnight, lighting up the Midwest U.S. sky with a brilliant fireball.

Stargazing
NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore talk about voting from the International Space Station.

Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA — but they already have a SpaceX ride home

By Mike Wall last updated

President Trump just asked Elon Musk to retrieve two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station. But the duo are already slated to come home with SpaceX this spring.

Space Exploration
A comparison between the galaxy clusters Perseus and Centauru. The glowing white dots are black holes.

NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down

By Robert Lea published

Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward them in a cosmic feeding process.

Black Holes
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 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
coronal hole on the surface of the sun on Jan. 28.

Space pictures! See our space image of the day

By Space.com Staff last updated

Space.com's image of the day rounds up the most awe-inspiring space photos right here, with a new image everyday.

Astrophotography

NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means

By Monisha Ravisetti published

NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has revealed exciting evidence of the precursors of life in the pieces of space rock Bennu.

Asteroids
a white building with a round blue NASA logo takes up the foreground, while a storm clouds can be seen in the distance above a mountain range in the background

Trump administration's funding freeze attempt could have stalled $1.2 billion in NASA spending

By Brett Tingley published

A memo issued by the Trump administration has frozen $1.2 billion in funding for NASA programs ranging from science to space operations.

Missions
a Black male and caucasian female astronaut in white spacesuits are seen in portraits taken on the ground

Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson in May

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor its 2025 class of inductees, record-setting space travelers Peggy Whitson and Bernard Harris, at a public ceremony in Florida this spring.

Human Spaceflight
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