Satellite News

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn shine in a January planet alignment, NASA says.

SpaceX just stacked its Starship megarocket to prepare for the vehicle’s seventh test flight, which is scheduled for Jan. 13.

On the night of Jan. 13, the full moon will appear to pass in front of Mars, resulting in an occultation visible from the United States, much of southern and eastern Canada, and West Africa.

Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.

The powerful Eaton fire has not reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, NASA’s lead center for robotic planetary exploration.

Visiting Antarctica — and, in particular, Ukraine’s Vernadsky Research Base on the continent’s peninsula — was a lifelong dream for two Ukrainian soldiers.

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.

LignoSat’s six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.