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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
An illustration of the Stardust spacecraft as it chases the comet Wild 2

On this day in space! Jan. 16, 2006: NASA's Stardust mission returns to Earth

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Jan. 16, 2006: NASA's Stardust mission returned to Earth carrying samples of cometary material.

Space Shuttle
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:03 a.m. EST on Jan. 16, 2025.

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
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:03 a.m. EST on Jan. 16, 2025.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)

By Brett Tingley, Josh Dinner published

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket reached orbit on its first-ever flight early this morning (Jan. 16).

Launches & Spacecraft
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
Astronauts perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Watch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Nick Hague and Suni Williams will service the X-ray telescope attached to the ISS during a 6.5-hour-long spacewalk today (Jan. 16). Watch it live.

International Space Station
four spacesuited figures are shown in a ride vehicle opposite a photo of the opening day ceremony for Space Mountain at Walt Disney World

Space Mountain at 50: Five nods to NASA from the Walt Disney World ride

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The ride today bears little resemblance to actual spaceflight. But in the 50 years Space Mountain has been running, there have been and still are several nods to NASA.

Entertainment
Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Battlestar Galactica at 20: the show that reinvented space opera

By Richard Edwards published

How a kitsch "Star Wars" cash-in spawned a bona fide sci-fi classic. So say we all!

Space Movies & Shows
map showing the routes of upcoming total solar eclipses and annular solar eclipses across Earth along with their dates.

The 7 best total solar eclipses of the next 10 years

By Jamie Carter published

We explore seven of the best solar eclipses to look out for over the next 10 years.

Eclipses
This Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LEDA 22057, which is located about 650 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini. LEDA 22057 is the site of a supernova explosion, named SN 2024PI, which is visible in this image: located just down and to the right of the galactic nucleus. 

Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent 'pale blue dot' (image)

By Julian Dossett published

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light-years away from Earth.

Hubble Space Telescope
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