The year's first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. In dark skies during the peak, skygazers typically see around 25 meteors per hour, but this time they'll likely glimpse less than 10 per hour due to light from Saturday's supermoon. “The biggest enemy of enjoying a meteor shower is the full moon,” said Mike Shanahan, planetarium director at Liberty Science Center in New Jersey.

Volkswagen’s SAIC joint venture revealed the Tiguan L ePro for China, a long-wheelbase plug-in hybrid with revised pixel-style lighting and updated tech. It pairs a 1.5T engine with an e-motor and 22 kWh battery, with sales expected in Q2 2026.

Launch preparations have begun for the Artemis II mission, NASA’s planned lunar fly-around by four astronauts that will be the first moon trip in 53 years. Tensions were high as hydrogen fuel started flowing into the rocket hours ahead of the planned launch. The launch team needs to load more than 700,000 gallons of fuel (2.6 million liters) into the 32-story Space Launch System rocket on the pad before the Artemis II crew can board.