Blast off! India soars into 2024 with space mission to study black holes

India kicked off 2024 with a significant milestone as the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its second-ever space mission. The PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission aims to measure X-ray emissions from celestial sources, including black holes.

Top space headlines of 2023
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Ken Kremer with SpaceUpClose joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to break down the top space stories of 2023 and what to expect in 2024.

Watch out for these astronomical events in 2024

The year will feature 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, five eclipses and four Supermoons.

Watch: Suspected meteor streaks across Birmingham sky, captured on home surveillance footage

A possible meteor streaked across Birmingham, England, captured on home surveillance footage displaying a bright blue light. This event occurred a week after the Ursid meteor shower's peak.

NASA spacecraft to converge with Demon of Chaos asteroid as it nears Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on a new adventure to intersect the asteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian spirit of chaos, as it makes a close approach to Earth.

Japanese Moon lander SLIM successfully reaches lunar orbit on Christmas

Japan's lunar lander began its orbit of the Moon on Monday, setting the nation up for its first Moon landing in the coming weeks.

NASA: Life may exist in oceans, geysers of 17 icy exoplanets

These findings expand the search for life in the universe, as it bucks the typical approach of finding liquid water, a necessary ingredient for life.

NASA’s Webb telescope: ‘Ring’ in the holidays with newest image of Uranus

The newest image captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows Uranus in exquisite detail, including one of its more elusive rings, Zeta.

Mysterious never-before-seen deep space radio signal found beyond Milky Way

This signal is known as a Fast Radio Burst (FRB), a bright flash of radio light lasting for a few milliseconds and originating from beyond the Milky Way.

SpaceX prepares for Falcon Heavy launch of DoD spaceplane this weekend

The X-37B spaceplane will launch Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch time is not public, but when the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches, residents in Florida will hear it.