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How to see a 'planet parade' of 4 bright planets in January's night sky (video)
By Tariq Malik published
Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn shine in a January planet alignment, NASA says.
SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)
By Tariq Malik published
SpaceX just stacked its Starship megarocket to prepare for the vehicle's seventh test flight, which is scheduled for Jan. 13.
Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires
By Mike Wall published
The powerful Eaton fire has not reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, NASA's lead center for robotic planetary exploration.
Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here's how to see it
By Samantha Mathewson published
Mars will be at perigee, its closest point to Earth, on Sunday, Jan. 12, appearing bigger and brighter in the sky. Here’s how to view the Red Planet at its best for 2025.
World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
By Tereza Pultarova published
LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 25th flight (video, photos)
By Mike Wall last updated
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink satellites from Florida today (Jan. 10). It was the 25th mission for the rocket's first stage, a new record.
Star escapes ravenous supermassive black hole, leaving behind its stellar partner
By Robert Lea published
Scientists want to know if a tidal disruption event that exploded twice is the result of a star abandoning its binary partner, allowing it to be devoured by a supermassive black hole.
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