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Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky

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
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Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'

By Mike Wall published

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'

Private Spaceflight
a handful of white and tan buildings, one with a large blue nasa logo, sit in the foothills of mountains.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce

By Mike Wall published

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.

Space Exploration
A person in a space module floats due to microgravity conditions. There's lots of hardware all around.

'I weigh the same': NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video)

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Suni Williams says her weight is stable aboard the International Space Station, rebutting tabloid claims that her orbital stay has made her emaciated.

International Space Station
Two devices next to one another on the surface of Mars.

China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere.

Mars
Uranus as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope

Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time

By Julian Dossett published

A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus's unique magnetosphere.

Uranus
An illustration of a comet.

'Crumb trails' of meteoroids could reveal potentially dangerous comets years before they reach Earth

By Abha Jain published

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new research shows.

Comets
A blue-skinned cyborg alien with a bald head

Marvel superheroes explore strange timelines in new trailer for 'What If…?' Season 3 (video)

By Jeff Spry published

A new trailer for Marvel Animation's animated anthology "What If…?" Season 3 has landed

Entertainment
Visitors to Space Center Houston can now step inside Northrop Grumman's early mockup of a lunar orbit habitat.

Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.

Artemis
a bearded man in a red flight suit looks worried inside a cockpit lit by red LEDs

Disney+ announces official 'Andor' Season 2 premiere date and teases TIE fighter heist

By Jeff Spry published

Disney+ announced an official premiere date for "Andor" Season 2, which will return to the streaming service on April 22, 2025.

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