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Night sky for tonight and the weekend: See Polaris shine in the pristine winter 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 artist's illustration of the first-ever docking of two crewed spacecraft during the Soviet Union's Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 missions on Jan. 16, 1969.

On this day in space: Jan. 16, 1969: 1st docking of 2 crewed spacecraft

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On January 16, 1969, two crewed spacecraft docked in orbit for the first time.

Launches & Spacecraft
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Hubble Telescope sees baby stars hard at work | Space photo of the day for Jan. 16, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Ba-by stars, doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Stars
Artist’s illustration of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which is investigating how, why and when Mars lost most of its atmosphere.

After a month of no answer, NASA will try hailing its silent MAVEN Mars orbiter today

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

Mars
Woman using a solar telescope to look at the sun safely

Best solar telescopes 2026: Safely observe sun spots and solar eclipses

By Chris McMullen last updated

The best solar telescopes suitable for the next solar eclipse.

Skywatching Kit
A laptop is shown displaying an image of a comet against a dark sky dotted with background stars blurred by their subtle motion through the sky. The laptop is set against a starry deep-space background complete with red nebula clouds.

Say goodbye to Comet 3I/ATLAS! Watch it head for interstellar space in real-time with this free livestream today

By Anthony Wood published

3I/ATLAS is heading away from the sun on an escape trajectory from our solar system.

Comets

Aurora forecast Jan. 16-18 - Northern lights chances rise as fast solar wind arrives

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

Auroras
A close up of Earth in the darkness of space with a white shape in the middle of its oceans and clouds.

Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica's subglacial surface like never before

By Stefanie Waldek published

Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.

Earth
Images from the SETI@home project, including a screenshot of the SETI@home data and a man looking at a large computer with the same screen

This SETI program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens?

By Keith Cooper published

SETI@home has been one of the largest citizen science projects ever, with millions of users around the world.

Search for Life

Every 'Avengers: Doomsday' teaser trailer revealed so far

By Jeff Spry published

It's apparently never too early to start the MCU hype machine rolling!

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