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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.
Watch a bright fireball blaze a 48-mile path over the Midwest US (video)
The object that caused the fireball may have been a small shard of a larger asteroid.
SpaceX Crew-12 launch latest news: NASA ISS astronaut crew ready to fly
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026: Updates on SpaceX and NASA's Crew-12 astronaut launch to the International Space Station.
Europe's most powerful rocket launches for 1st time, carrying 32 Amazon internet satellites to orbit (video)
The most powerful version of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket flew for the first time ever on Thursday (Feb. 12), launching 32 of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit.
February's full Snow Moon glows behind snowdrops in ethereal winter photo
The full "Snow Moon" rose on Feb. 1 to flood the winter sky with icy moonlight.
Could the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole actually be a clump of dark matter?
New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
On this day in space: Feb. 12, 2001: NEAR-Shoemaker lands on asteroid Eros
On Feb. 12, 2001, NASA notched a world first by landing a spacecraft on an asteroid!
'Cloud streets' stream from the Florida coast | Space photo of the day for Feb. 12, 2026
The strange clouds formed due to the freezing air sweeping southwards over Florida in early February.
