Space Missions to Watch in 2025

Space-weather sentinels, commercial lunar missions, and lots of planetary flybys are on tap this year.

TRAPPIST-1b Atmosphere Debated; Some Stars Take Their Time Forming Planets

In this roundup of exoplanet news, we look at whether a famous world is really so airless and at just how long planets take to form.

NASA's New Plans For Returning Samples from Mars

NASA lays out two possible paths forward for the first part of a Mars Sample Return initiative.

New Mercury Images from BepiColombo's Flyby

NASA lays out two possible paths forward for the first part of a Mars Sample Return initiative.

This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 10 – 19

This evening the Moon shines in line with Jupiter and Aldebaran. How exactly in line is it for you? It'll depend on your time and location.

Mars Extravaganza — Occultation and Opposition Rolled into One!

Mars is big and bright again! In a spectacular preview to its upcoming opposition, the full Moon occults the Red Planet on January 13th.

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) — Catch it if You Can

Grab your binoculars for a chance to see Comet ATLAS as it plunges toward perihelion.

Why We Look Up: Celestial Resolutions

Look to the stars to inspire and bolster your New Year's resolutions.

January Podcast: Mars Meets the Moon

Every January millions of us resolve to do something different or better in the coming year. So make a resolution to do more stargazing this coming year!

Presented by: Celestron.

Three Rivers Ranch Public Star Party

Join Texas Tech University and Angelo State University as they host a public star party at the 3RR site near Crowell, TX.

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