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Six planets are visible in the night sky, but not for long. Here’s how you can watch in GA

January has been one of the best for star-gazing and one of the most spectacular celestial displays of planetary magic is coming up on Saturday, Jan. 25.

January 24, 2025
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  • Sundi Rose
Elon Musk reacts as President Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.

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It's America's 'Manifest Destiny' to plant a flag on Mars, Trump says

Trump says Americans should look to the stars, by sending astronauts to Mars.

January 20, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Starship lifts off from its pad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Minutes after launching, it exploded, spreading debris across the Caribbean.

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Air traffic controllers rush to divert aircraft after Elon Musk's rocket explodes

Debris streaking across the Caribbean appeared to cause confusion and delays.

January 17, 2025
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
A youth looks through a telescope during a stargazing and comet-watching gathering at Joya-La Barreta Ecological Park in Queretaro, Mexico, on Oct. 19, 2024.

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A planet parade of Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars shines in the skies this month

All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark. This weekend, Venus and Saturn get especially cozy.

January 17, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday.

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SpaceX launches its Starship rocket on latest test flight but spacecraft is destroyed

After launching on Thursday, the Starship rocket caught the booster back at the pad but lost contact with the ascending spacecraft as engines went out. Officials for Elon Musk's company confirmed that the spacecraft was destroyed.

January 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Fragments of a meteorite that hit a home on Prince Edward Island, Canada, in July 2024.

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Canadian man's home security camera captures the sight and sound of a meteorite strike

Joe Velaidum's home security camera captured the instant a meteorite smashed against his home's brick walkway. The video is thought to be the first recorded sound of a meteorite's direct impact.

January 16, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday.

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Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight

Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA's Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.

January 16, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

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2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth's dusty sidekick.

January 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data to compile one of the largest samples of "little red dots." The team started with the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey before widening their scope to other extragalactic legacy fields, including the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) and the Next Generation Deep Extragalactic Exploratory Public (NGDEEP) survey.

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James Webb Space Telescope's 'little red dots' come into focus

A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied hundreds of these "little red dots" and found clues about their identity.

January 14, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
The phases of the Moon for January 2025.<br>

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The first full moon of 2025 is here

This moon phase is nicknamed the Wolf Moon, which is rooted in Native American culture.

January 13, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
A spacecraft got up close and personal with the surface of Mercury this week.

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New photos show the volcanic plains of Mercury after a spacecraft fly-by

The BepiColombo spacecraft flew less than 200 miles from Mercury's surface and photographed volcanic plains and icy craters.

January 10, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
NASA's Perseverance rover took this photo next to a rock where it drilled for samples. NASA wants to bring samples collected by this rover back to Earth.

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NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission

NASA has announced it is moving forward with several plans to return rock samples from Mars.

January 08, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Blue Origin's reusable New Glenn rocket is almost ready to head into space, having successfully completed a pivotal test on Dec. 27.

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Bezos' Blue Origin is nearing liftoff on the 1st flight of its newest, biggest rocket

New Glenn, developed by the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and could launch on its maiden flight as early as Friday.

January 08, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, W. Va.

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Look up! Here's what's to watch for in space in 2025

In the New Year, there will be supermoons, meteor showers and other exciting celestial events.

January 01, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
The northern lights flare in the sky over a farmhouse on May 10, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Northern lights may brighten some New Year's skies over the U.S.

The northern lights could be visible Tuesday night and Wednesday night over the Northern Hemisphere due to a geomagnetic storm.

December 31, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster
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