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Europe's Solar Orbiter probe flew through the tail of Comet Leonard

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The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination. Let's celebrate the team that got it there (op-ed)

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Thousands of people worked hard to get Webb where it is today. Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's associate administrator for science missions, has something to say about their hard work.

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SpaceX is launching Earth-watching radar satellite for Italy tonight!

(SpaceX)

After a one-day delay due to weather, SpaceX will now launch Italy's new Earth-observation radar satellite tonight at 6:11 pm ET (2311 GMT)! Here's how to watch.

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Europe's Solar Orbiter probe flew through the tail of Comet Leonard

(ESA/Solar Orbiter/Metis Team)

As Comet Leonard bid farewell to Earth and flew past Venus, the sun-studying spacecraft flew through the comet's long tail, giving humans a new perspective on the icy wanderer.

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Spaceflight

Space station cargo ship named in honor of late NASA astronaut Piers Sellers

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The S.S. Piers Sellers, named for British-American astronaut Piers Sellers, is the first Cygnus to be named for a space station-era career astronaut who died after the spacecraft entered service.

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Japanese company ispace delays its second private moon mission to 2024

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The Tokyo-based company ispace is planning a series of robotic moon missions with the first, called M1, expected to visit Earth's celestial companion at the end of 2022. But its follow up is now a year late.

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China's second launch of the year puts radar satellite in orbit

(CNSA)

On Tuesday (Jan. 25) China launched the first of a pair of radar satellites that will provide important geological data following earthquakes and landslides. You can watch it launch here!

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Science & Astronomy

Astronomers detect powerful cosmic object unlike anything they've seen before

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Astronomers have discovered a mysterious, flickering object in our galaxy, the Milky Way, that belches enormous amounts of energy toward Earth three times an hour.

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Arctic 'ring of fire' solar eclipse of 2021 changed southern auroras. Here's how.

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A solar eclipse on one side of Earth stimulated aurora displays on the opposite side of our planet, a new study finds. The "ring of fire" or annular solar eclipse occurred on June 10, 2021 over the Arctic Circle.

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Mars' suspected underground lake could be just volcanic rock, new study finds

(Pixabay)

In 2018, researchers found evidence that the Red Planet's southern pole might have water beneath it. But a new study has cast doubt on the epic find.

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SpaceX

SpaceX wins contract to rocket military supplies around the world: report

(Air Force Research Laboratory)

SpaceX has won a contract, worth over $102 million, to transport supplies and humanitarian aid around the world using a rocket for the U.S. Air Force, a possible point-to-point mission for its new Starship.

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Skywatching

Can you see stars in light polluted skies?

(Photo by Alexandr Podvalny from Pexels)

Light pollution is the enemy of astronomers, but it is possible to pick out some stars even in the largest cities

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Sirius: The brightest star in Earth's night sky

(Hubble, ESA/ Akira Fujii)

Sirius, also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The name means "glowing" in Greek - a fitting description, as only a few planets, the full moon and the International Space Station outshine this star.

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