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ISS astronaut medical evacuation latest news: SpaceX readies Dragon spacecraft for Crew-11 return to Earth  SpaceNASA, SpaceX Set Target Date for Crew-11’s Return to Earth  NASA (.gov)NASA announces timing for astronauts' early departure from ISS due to medical issue  NBC NewsCrew-11 to make early return Jan. 15  SpaceNewsWho is the sick astronaut on the ISS? What we know.  Mashable

Chernobyl’s “Radiation-Eating” Fungus Turns Nuclear Fallout Into Its Own Energy Source  My Modern Met

Hubble Telescope’s Final Countdown: Could It Disappear Sooner Than Expected?  The Daily Galaxy

He Finished High School at Age 8, Earned a PhD in Quantum Physics at 15, Now Wants to Build AI-Enhanced "Superhumans"  Indian Defence Review

Humanity Just Received a 10-Second Signal From 13 Billion Light Years Away  The Daily GalaxyAstronomers Witness Star Exploding at the Edge of the Universe  Nautilus | Science ConnectedA Bizarre Seven-Hour Gamma-Ray Explosion From Deep Space Has Left Astronomers Puzzled  SciTechDaily💥 Record: a seven-hour gamma-ray burst that astrophysicists cannot explain  Techno-Science.net

Astronaut on ISS captures spectacular orbital video of zodiacal light, auroras and the Pleiades  Space

How to Spark Up Your Sex Drive  The New York Times

The Sky Today on Saturday, January 10: Jupiter reaches opposition  Astronomy MagazineWhat’s Up: January 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA  NASA Science (.gov)January belongs to Jupiter: See the king of planets in the night sky this month  SpaceAstro Bob: Catch Jupiter at its biggest, brightest and most prodigious  Duluth News TribuneCountry diary: Look up! Tonight’s the night to see Jupiter at its brightest  The Guardian

Betelgeuse has a hidden companion and Hubble just caught its wake  ScienceDailyNASA Hubble Helps Detect ‘Wake’ of Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star  NASA Science (.gov)Betelgeuse’s buddy leaves a wake in the giant star’s atmosphere  Science NewsAstronomers May Have Unlocked the Reason for Betelgeuse’s Bizarre Dimming  Scientific AmericanBetelgeuse Is Definitely Not Alone, 8-Year Study Confirms  ScienceAlert

Vandenberg’s Next Mission: SpaceX Launch, Landing with Sonic Booms  NoozhawkTwilight Mission  SpaceXSpaceX opens 2026 with launch of Cosmo-SkyMed Earth observation satellite for Italy  Spaceflight NowSpaceX launches Italian Earth-observing satellite to orbit on the 1st mission of 2026 (video)  SpaceWhen is the next Vandenberg rocket launch? SpaceX schedule in California  Ventura County Star

Scientists issue warning as 'Doomsday Glacier' nears tipping point: 'Every single day we have a look'  The Cool DownAntarctica Doomsday Glacier Rattled by Hundreds of Iceberg Earthquakes  Scientific AmericanFace to Face With the Thwaites Glacier  The New York TimesDoomsday glacier destabilisation shows future of Antarctic ice sheets  Down To EarthNOVA's livestream from the'Doomsday Glacier' in Antarctica  KPBS

NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost  NatureUS Just Killed NASA's Mars Sample Return Mission – So What Happens Now?  IFLScienceWinning the Red Planet race: Returning Mars samples before China should be a top US priority, experts say  Space“A Potential Biosignature is Awaiting Return Now”: Congress Abandons Retrieval of Martian Rocks That May Hold Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life  The DebriefJanuary 08: House Bill Moves to Kill NASA Mars Sample Return  Meyka

Chimp Sounds Trigger a Strange Brain Signal in Humans  SciTechDaily

Record-Breaking Asteroid Spins So Fast It Should Tear Itself Apart  ScienceAlertNSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Spots Record-Breaking Asteroid in Pre-Survey Observations  Rubin ObservatoryVera Rubin Observatory spots the fastest-spinning large asteroid ever found  SpaceWorld’s largest digital camera spots massive asteroid  Popular ScienceVera C. Rubin Observatory discovers enormous, record-breaking asteroid in first 7 nights of observations  Live Science

Strange cosmic objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope may be baby 'platypus' galaxies — or something entirely new  SpaceScientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope  NASA Science (.gov)Oddball 'platypus galaxies' spotted by James Webb telescope may challenge our understanding of galaxy formation  Live ScienceAs Puzzling As A Platypus: The JWST Finds Some Hard To Categorize Objects  Universe TodayJWST Spots Distant Objects So Odd They Have Been Nicknamed "Platypus Galaxies"  IFLScience

The Near Transits of the Inner Planets Across the Face of the Sun from the Vantage Point of…  Avi Loeb – Medium

When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew?  BBCFinal Steps Underway for NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission  NASA (.gov)NASA to roll out rocket for Artemis 2 moon mission on Jan. 17  SpaceIs Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.  Ars TechnicaNASA mega-rocket for moon mission could launch in weeks  Sky News

Astronomers watch a star being torn to pieces by a supermassive black hole  TechSpot'Super star' being shredded by black hole releases as much energy as 400 billion suns  SpaceBlack hole shreds distant 'super sun,' unleashing a spectacular event known as the Whippet  Phys.orgAstronomers Catch Rare Black Hole Event 400 Billion Times the Power of the Sun  The Daily GalaxyScientists See Black Hole Shred a 'Super Sun' in One of the Most Powerful Cosmic Events  Green Matters

Can’t get motivated? This brain circuit might explain why — and it can be turned off  NatureWe’ve finally found the mental ‘brake’ behind procrastination  BBC Science Focus Magazine'Motivation brake' may explain why it's so hard to get started on an unpleasant task  Medical XpressWhy Finding Motivation Is Often Such a Struggle  Nautilus | Science ConnectedFind It Impossible To Even Begin Difficult Tasks? Scientists Discover The Brain's "Motivation Brake"  IFLScience

The 'Age of Fishes' began with mass death, fossil database reveals  Phys.orgThe Catastrophe That Made Your Backbone Possible  ScienceBlog.comMass Extinction 445 Million Years Ago Paved the Way for Jawed Fishes to Take Over  Discover MagazineThis Forgotten Mass Extinction Event Rewrote the Future of Marine Life Forever!  Indian Defence ReviewThe extinction event that quietly rewrote evolution  Courthouse News