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In mid-2025, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered a planet with an atmosphere that appears to be actively raining molten iron. This exoplanet, a "hot Jupiter" named "WASP-76b," orbits its star extremely closely, leading to incredibly high temperatures on its day side where ...
January 26, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over Kadarko, Plateau, Nigeria

Latitude 8.95550536
Longitude 10.32608343

Orbiting at 15,656.98 miles/hour
Altitude of 376.82 km

At 23 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 44H8X...
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 88QC5GW4+F43

Latitude 45.19614325126
Longitude -51.49470777886

Orbiting at 17,139.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 490.11km

At 23 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over Solomon Islands, -9.7792797099123,157.89588167517

A...
January 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
AM 0500-620
Image date: 24 April 2008, 15:00

AM0500-620 consists of a highly symmetric spiral galaxy seen nearly face-on and partially backlit by a background galaxy. The foreground spiral galaxy has a number of dust lanes between its arms. The background galaxy was earlier classified as an ell...
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Today's weather in Colmenar Viejo, Comunidad de Madrid, España is Partly cloudy throughout the day with rain or snow clearing later.

Temperature: 6˚C, 42.5˚F
Minimum temperature: 1˚C, 34.2˚F
Maximum temperature: 10˚C, 49.4˚F
Sunrise at 08:31:11 and sunset at 18:24:10

Moderate wind warning aler...
January 25, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over Nueve de Julio Department, Río Negro Province, Argentina

Latitude -41.3198573
Longitude -67.63592614

Orbiting at 15,615.18 miles/hour
Altitude of 397.90 km

At 21 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spaces...
January 25, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The Salyut 4 space station
Launched to space on Thu Dec 26 1974
De-Orbited on Thu Feb 3 1977
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Owned by
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Salyut 4 represented the second phase of DOS civilian space station. Although the basic design of Salyut 1 was retained, it s...
January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 63WV6XJG+W8R

Latitude 8.232358608355
Longitude -142.02423507083

Orbiting at 17,152.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 477.57km

At 21 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over 4J78GQRC+CQ5, -44.45899595181,66.77198213123

At 22...
January 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Astronaut Laurel Clark
Lost In Flight
Nationality: American
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fri Mar 10 1961 - Sat Feb 1 2003, 41 years old
1 flights and 0 spacewalks
First flight was on Thu Jan 16 2003, 23 years ago and the last flight was on Thu Jan 16 2003, 23 years ...
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Rocket Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-20
On 2026-01-25 at 15:17:00 UTC | 0 days, 4 hours, 58 mins ago
By SpaceX
Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4E, located at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Orbit: Low E...
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Wide-field image of the ZwCl0024+1652 region (ground-based image)
Image date: 15 May 2007, 19:00

ZwCl0024+1652 as seen in the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The image is a colour composite from DSS2 images. The field of view is 3.0 degrees. The cluster of galaxies is in the centre of the image....
January 25, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over 7474JW8P+JR2

Latitude 15.61652438
Longitude -137.0629724

Orbiting at 15,632.30 miles/hour
Altitude of 389.50 km

At 19 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 7JFFPQMJ+HV9, 19...
January 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 3RW79FQH+FMH

Latitude -51.611320955003
Longitude 145.47923783411

Orbiting at 17,097.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 510.83km

At 19 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over 8F3W82QC+677, 31.338035379466,18.020684783618

At ...
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Today's weather in Salaga, East Gonja, Ghana is Clear conditions throughout the day.

Temperature: 32˚C, 89.8˚F
Minimum temperature: 26˚C, 78.5˚F
Maximum temperature: 39˚C, 101.6˚F
Sunrise at 06:22:44 and sunset at 18:06:17

Hourly
00:00:00 - Clear
06:00:00 - Clear
12:00:00 - Clear
18:00:00 - Cl...
January 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In early 2025, the Gaia spacecraft's latest data release identified a distinct stellar stream with a chemical composition that suggests it originated from a dwarf galaxy that underwent an unusual, late burst of star formation before being accreted by the Milky Way. The stars within this stream ex...
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over Japan

Latitude 28.56029503
Longitude 129.70721905

Orbiting at 15,648.94 miles/hour
Altitude of 379.97 km

At 17 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 4FF2549V+P2R, -40.83063...
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 7M62MGGF+RM6

Latitude 14.677046636202
Longitude 80.524140366533

Orbiting at 17,123.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 491.39km

At 17 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over 76QXMCQH+HVC, 25.688948568724,-80.570350296248

At ...
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Short space sci-fi

Series: Echoes of the Void

Echoes of the Void
Episode 49: Commander Rostova realized that the universe was not merely a collection of physical laws, but a dynamic, evolving entity that responded to consciousness. The Lumina, K'tharr, and the nascent Galactic Harmony Council,...
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Asteroids pose a threat through potential impact events, which could cause widespread destruction. These celestial bodies are monitored by a global network of telescopes and observatories, such as NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). This constant surveillance allows scientists to...
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
HR 8799 exoplanet system
Image date: 10 October 2011, 15:12

Left: This is an image of the star HR 8799 taken by Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) in 1998. A mask within the camera (coronagraph) blocks most of the light from the star. In addition, software has ...
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Today's weather in Santa Cruz de Mara, Mara, Zulia, Venezuela is Partly cloudy throughout the day with rain clearing later.

Temperature: 28˚C, 82.1˚F
Minimum temperature: 25˚C, 77.3˚F
Maximum temperature: 32˚C, 89.7˚F
Sunrise at 07:10:32 and sunset at 18:47:53

Hourly
00:00:00 - Rain
06:00:00 -...
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Accretion disks are rotating structures made of gas and dust that orbit around a central celestial object, such as a star or a black hole. They form when material from a companion object or the interstellar medium gets pulled by the gravity of the central body and starts to spiral inwards.

A fas...
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over 4JM9XGFV+F88

Latitude -36.02634319
Longitude 67.54334213

Orbiting at 15,663.22 miles/hour
Altitude of 391.69 km

At 15 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 67Q33F28+9GW, 5....
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 8CG7VVPQ+WX8

Latitude 40.88728151818
Longitude -14.110039373712

Orbiting at 17,154.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 482.14km

At 15 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over 4438R28H+VXM, -48.182784174368,-133.97008550419

At...
January 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Short space sci-fi

Series: Echoes of the Void

Echoes of the Void
Episode 48: The counter-resonance, amplified by the collective will of the allied species and guided by the Lumina's fundamental principles, began to mend the temporal rift. Commander Rostova witnessed the chaotic energy signatur...
January 25, 2026 at 2:29 PM