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- January 31
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- Private Blue Ghost moon lander sees gorgeous lunar eclipse from Earth orbit (video)
- NASA's Juno spacecraft watches most powerful volcanic event ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io
- NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch in February — it can do what the JWST can't
- Private Athena moon lander arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX launch on Feb. 26
- Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the 'missing link' in the quest for superconductivity
- European 'Swarm' satellites detect electric currents from the ocean's tides
- Space mining company AstroForge identifies asteroid target for Odin launch next month
- How to see Venus snuggle up to a thin crescent moon tonight
- When is an asteroid not an asteroid? When it's Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, it turns out.
- January 30
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- Mars was hot then cold then hot again. Could life have really survived there?
- NASA astronaut Suni Williams sets new record on 5.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS (video)
- Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more
- Japan's Resilience moon lander spots Point Nemo, Earth's remote spacecraft graveyard, from orbit (photo)
- Twisted magnetic fields in space sculpt the jets of black holes and baby stars
- 'Citizen Sleeper 2' drops tomorrow, and we can't wait to roll the dice on this epic space RPG (trailer)
- Watch Earth and space in 4K with Sen's new 24/7 livestream from the ISS (video)
- SpaceX and Vast want ideas for science experiments on Dragon spacecraft and Haven-1 space station
- I've found two great deals on a pair of Lego Star Wars sets featuring the iconic Tantive IV starship that complement each other perfectly
- 'SALLY' premieres at Sundance with Sally Ride's family, astronaut in audience
- How did life's building blocks end up on dwarf planet Ceres?
- Watch NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore perform spacewalk outside the ISS today (video)
- January 29
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- SpaceX Starlink satellite sparks brilliant fireball as it falls from space over US (videos)
- NASA X-ray telescope Chandra discovers black holes 'blow' on their food to cool it down
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches next-gen SpainSat NG-1 satellite into orbit (video)
- NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here's what that means
- Trump administration's funding freeze attempt could have stalled $1.2 billion in NASA spending
- Astronaut Hall of Fame to honor Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson in May
- NASA Jet Propulsion Lab opens doors after LA fires, helps firefighter helicopters refuel
- January new moon 2025: The young moon visits Venus and Saturn
- Earth-observing company Planet signs $230 million deal for fleet of new Pelican satellites
- Warhammer 40,000 animation 'Astartes II' looks stunningly brutal in new trailer
- Trump asks Elon Musk to return 2 Starliner astronauts from the ISS for NASA — but they already have a SpaceX ride home
- Happy Lunar New Year 2025! Chinese astronauts send Year of the Snake greeting from Tiangong space station (video)
- January 28
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- Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander snaps its 1st photos of the moon (images)
- India launches navigation satellite into orbit on nation's 1st mission of 2025
- Satellites watch world's largest iceberg on crash course with Antarctic penguin island (photo/video)
- Blue Origin scrubs landmark New Shepard moon-gravity launch due to weather, rocket glitch
- 'Star Trek: Section 31' goes back to Trek's 'space western' roots to tell a 'Clint Eastwood' story (exclusive)
- Boom Supersonic XB-1 jet breaks sound barrier on historic test flight (video)
- Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032
- Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's habitable zone. Could life survive its extreme climate?
- An interstellar visitor may have changed the course of 4 solar system planets, study suggests
- 'Star Wars: A New Legacy' celebrates 10 years of 'Star Wars' comics under the Marvel empire
- A cosmic 'CT scan' shows the universe is far more complex than expected
- James Webb Space Telescope's 'big sky images' issued on stamps in Big Sky, Montana
- Aurora alert! Gigantic 500,000-mile 'hole' in the sun's atmosphere could spark impressive northern lights tonight and tomorrow (photo)
- Scientists find hints of the dark universe in 3D maps of the cosmos
- Boom Supersonic to break sound barrier during historic test flight today: Watch live
- January 27
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- What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket 'moon gravity' launch today? Here's how to watch live
- Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
- India's space agency completes 1st Gaganyaan astronaut crew capsule
- 'Dune: Part 2' and 'Alien: Romulus' score Oscar nominations, but Denis Villeneuve misses out again
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (photos)
- To decode dark energy, the Rubin Observatory will find millions of exploding vampire stars
- 'Alien: Earth's new teaser trailer shows us the Xenomorph's arrival
- Boom Supersonic's next-generation XB-1 passenger plane 1 step away from breaking the sound barrier
- NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
- Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos)
- 'Invincible' Season 3: Release date, plot, and everything we know
- Trump wants US to pursue 'manifest destiny' in space. What could that mean?
- January 26
- January 25
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- Mysterious Mars mounds may bolster case for ancient Red Planet ocean
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 145 — We're 'Star Bound' with a guide to America's space program
- Invisible 'flickering' on the sun could predict potentially dangerous solar flares hours in advance
- NASA wants to launch rockets into northern lights to study 'black auroras'
- Electric spacecraft propulsion may soon take a leap, thanks to new supercomputer
- Could we travel to parallel universes?
- January 24
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- Scientists discover exoplanet with supersonic winds — the fastest in the known universe
- Blue Origin to simulate moon gravity on Jan. 28 New Shepard suborbital launch
- Chinese rocket booster falls to Earth, explodes near home (video)
- Watch 'planetary parade' online for free on Jan. 25
- Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a 'blue marble' from orbit (photo)
- Thinking of Buying a Telescope? Here's Our Advice
- The 1st monster black hole ever imaged has messy eating habits
- 3 years of James Webb Space Telescope data on alien worlds now available online
- Volcanic cones on Mars tell a tale of ice and fire
- See the planet parade for under $70 with this beginner friendly, super-portable Celestron telescope deal
- Save 23% on Lego City Modular Space Station, one of our favorite Lego space sets
- Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 11th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 (video)
- January 23
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- NASA honors fallen astronauts with 'Day of Remembrance' ceremony
- Growing up and going out: Beyond the cradle (op-ed)
- 'Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles' continues to be the most fascinating 'The Phantom Menace' tie-in video game
- How to watch 'Star Trek: Section 31': Stream the new spy movie online and from anywhere
- Trump orders interim NASA chief to end DEI initiatives
- Where to watch 'Blade Runner 2049': Free streaming as sci-fi movie lands on BBC iPlayer
- A young star may soon disappear: Inside the great dimming of T Tauri
- Hubble Space Telescope reveals richest view of Andromeda galaxy to date (image)
- 400 rocket landings! SpaceX notches reuse milestone
- New 'Mickey 17' trailer gives us a deeper look at Robert Pattinson's upcoming sci-fi dark comedy romp
- Trillions of comets discovered orbiting alien planet systems (image)
- Aurora alert: Incoming solar storms could spark northern lights as far south as New York and Idaho tonight
- 10 best camera gifts for astrophotography and videography 2025
- Astronomers watch monster black hole spit out a light-year-long jet
- 'Star Trek: Section 31' review: It isn't classic 'Trek', but the Paramount+ exclusive offers some flashy fun
- January 22
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- Chinese commercial Ceres-1 rocket launches 5 weather satellites to orbit (video)
- Strange 'quasi-moon' of Earth gets named Cardea, after goddess of door hinges
- Astrophotographer captures a 'Great Dragon' in the Pelican Nebula (photo)
- Marvel's flagship 'Star Wars' comic series relaunching into the New Republic era in May
- Watch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander witness an eclipse from space (video)
- Chinese astronauts install debris shields on Tiangong space station during 8.5-hour spacewalk (video)
- Europe plans to launch advanced Mars lander in 2035
- Beam me to the stars: Scientists propose wild new interstellar travel tech
- Want a Telescope for Christmas? Here's What You Need to Know
- SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission
- ‘The Other Moonshot:’ New podcast centers on unsung black heroes of the space race (trailer)
- Hubble tension is now in our cosmic backyard, sending cosmology into crisis
- Save nearly $75 on these all-purpose Celestron Nature DX ED 8x42
- January 21
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- Earth's elusive 'ignorosphere' could shed new light on auroras
- Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration
- Bill Nelson steps down as NASA chief as Trump begins 2nd term
- 'Silo' creator Graham Yost talks season 2's cliffhanger ending and how it sets up season 3 (Exclusive)
- Watch (and hear!) a meteorite impact on doorbell camera video in a world 1st
- Rocket Lab selected to launch more hypersonic test vehicles for US military
- When you wish upon a star, is it already dead? An astronomer crunches the numbers
- First look at space shuttle, Mission Control 2025 dollar coins from US Mint
- Save up to 35% on a range of Black Series Force FX lightsabers
- UK approves 1st vertical rocket launch from Saxavord Spaceport
- January 20
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- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st flight since Starship explosion (video)
- Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)
- 'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mars
- DC's new 'Superman Unlimited' comic lands prior to James Gunn's 'Superman' movie
- Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
- 'Heavy' dark matter would rip our understanding of the universe apart, new research suggests
- 3D structure of iconic Ring Nebula gives 'a brand new view of an old astronomical friend'
- How President Trump could change NASA
- 'Silo' Season 2's explosive finale teases season 3 with a cliffhanger and a Pez dispenser
- 'Predator: Hunting Grounds' is the perfect template for another modern-day Predator movie
- Gravitational waves offer a 'cosmic DNA test' for black holes
- January 19
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- Scientists discover 'sunken worlds' hidden deep within Earth's mantle that shouldn't be there
- How 'quantum foam' may have inflated the early universe
- World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
- 20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA's Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind
- January 18
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 144 — The great lunar armada
- Satellites watch 'ghost island' solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos)
- World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
- SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from California (video, photos)
- Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope
- January 17
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- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to open next week after LA fires
- Space Force to march in Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a 1st for the new military branch
- Major telescope makers hit by class action lawsuit over alleged price fixing
- FAA requiring investigation into SpaceX Starship's Flight 7 explosion
- Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter
- Save 20% on the Lego Space Astronaut, one of our favorite space sets of 2024
- Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in February
- Bright comet G3 ATLAS seen from space in new astronaut photo
- 'Star Trek: Voyager' at 30: Why it was the right show at the wrong time
- Venus and Saturn take a sunset stroll tonight. Here's how to see it
- Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago
- SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says
- 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
- Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)
- January 16
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- SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)
- 'Dune' director David Lynch dies at 78
- Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap
- Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit
- Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
- Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says
- Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says
- Photographer captures rare Comet G3 ATLAS from UK in dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image
- NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
- James Webb Space Telescope watches planet-forming dust shells zooming through space
- Are James Webb Space Telescope images really so colorful?
- Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage
- What if life on Venus is just life from Earth?
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)
- Watch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today
- January 15
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- Space Mountain at 50: Five nods to NASA from the Walt Disney World ride
- Battlestar Galactica at 20: the show that reinvented space opera
- The 7 best total solar eclipses of the next 10 years
- Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent 'pale blue dot' (image)
- James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem'
- Uncanny 'Alien: Romulus' Ian Holm CGI fixed for home release as director 'wasn't 100 percent happy'
- Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping
- Saturn disappears behind the moon in stunning telescope photo
- 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' finale leaves us asking 'what's next'?
- An ancient 3-star system give this 'blue lurker' a turbo boost, Hubble Space Telescope reveals
- The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.
- Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
- What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?
- SpaceX launching Starship Flight 7 on Jan. 16: Watch it live
- SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)
- January 14
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- Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist's 'Moonhouse' set to lift off on lunar lander
- Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander
- Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world's largest digital camera
- What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?
- Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe
- Watch SpaceX launch 2 private moon landers on a single rocket early Jan. 15
- Mars hides behind the Full Wolf Moon in gorgeous photos from around the world
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest 'truly gargantuan' supernovas ever seen
- Mysterious spiral galaxy jet puzzles astronomers: 'At first, I thought I completely messed up'
- Dark matter may have caused a baffling break in this star stream
- Space2Sea Antarctica: 2 Ukrainian soldiers fulfill 1st part of Antarctic dream
- Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time
- Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years
- SpaceX launches 131 satellites on Transporter 12 rideshare mission (video)
- January 13
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- What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
- Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)
- The 2025 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' kicks off this week in Maryland
- 'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole
- 'Silo' Season 2: 'The Safeguard' recap: Solo is redeemed and Lukas finds a secret tunnel
- Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?
- China plans to plant a waving flag on the moon in 2026. Here's how
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands booster for 15th time (video)
- Blue Origin scrubs 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to technical issue
- January 12
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- China test-fires 5 new rocket engines in a single day. But what are they for? (video)
- SpaceX will launch 2 private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions
- Smart robot helps out astronauts on China's Tiangong space station (video)
- Astronomers investigate black hole jets with Event Horizon Telescope
- January 11
- January 10
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- SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)
- Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires
- The Full Wolf Moon 'eats' Mars on Jan. 13. Here's how to see it
- Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here's how to see it
- World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
- Star escapes ravenous supermassive black hole, leaving behind its stellar partner
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 25th flight (video, photos)
- NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory back online after 2024 data center flood
- What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?
- How a leap year mistake knocked out a OneWeb satellite for 2 days
- See the moon and Jupiter ride the Bull in tonight’s sky
- The fastest-spinning 'vampire star' we know of is shrinking. Soon, it will explode
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Final Season and The Complete Series beam onto Blu-ray this March
- January 9
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- An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange
- SpaceX rolls Starship out to pad ahead of Flight 7 test launch (photos)
- Blue Origin delays 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to rough seas for landing
- SpaceX launches 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for US government (video, photos)
- Mercury looks stunning in images from BepiColombo spacecraft's 6th and final flyby
- Humans will soon be able to mine on the moon. But should we? 4 questions to consider
- Food grows better on the moon than on Mars, scientists find
- Giant super-Jupiter planets could have very chaotic pasts
- Watch the moon hide the 'Seven Sisters' of the Pleiades star cluster tonight
- Once-in-a-160000-year comet G3 ATLAS could shine as bright as Venus next week. Here's what to expect.
- The Fantastic Four join 'Marvel Rivals' ahead of their big-screen Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot
- Watch Blue Origin launch its 1st New Glenn rocket early Jan. 16 in a free livestream
- January 8
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- Satellites watch as LA wildfires burn out of control in California (video)
- What time is Blue Origin's 1st New Glenn rocket launch on Jan. 16?
- SpaceX to launch Starship megarocket's Flight 7 test mission on Jan. 13
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab closed due to raging LA fires
- Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane soars past 1 year in orbit
- 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 7 is a bittersweet return to At Attin
- Venus and the moon light up the night sky in gorgeous photos from around the world
- 'Dark photons' at Big Bang's cosmic dawn could shine a light on dark matter
- Building blocks of life on Earth left the Milky Way before being pulled back in
- SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites from Florida
- January 7
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- Watch India attempt its 1st space docking between satellites live this week after delays
- NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
- Scientists find 'spooky' quantum entanglement on incredibly tiny scales — within individual protons
- How NASA and Sierra Space are preparing for Dream Chaser space plane's 1st flight to ISS
- SpaceX launch of private Blue Ghost moon lander set for Jan. 15
- 'Helldivers' game series is getting a movie — would you like to know more?
- Big 'dark comet' discoveries could be coming in 2025
- ISS astronaut captures green auroras dancing over city lights (video)
- The 'original' John Glenn gave his 'go' for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
- Boldly boost your bartending skills with 'Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium'
- James Webb Space Telescope spots record-breaking collection of stars in far-flung galaxy
- Blue Origin to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket on Jan. 10
- January 6
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- India delays 1st space docking of SpaDeX satellites, 'further validation' needed
- Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)
- US Space Force broke its launch record in 2024 with 93 liftoffs
- BluShift Aerospace hopes to launch 1st suborbital rocket from Maine in 2025
- SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight will deploy simulated Starlink satellites for 1st time
- How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
- Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
- Dark Energy Camera captures thousands of galaxies in stunning image
- SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2025 (video, photos)
- Desert planets like those in 'Dune' and 'Star Wars' unlikely to host life, NASA says
- January 4
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 142 — 2025 in Space
- 'Silo' Season 2, 'The Book of Quinn': Juliette suffers, Walker snitches, and Lukas decodes Quinn's letter
- Peter Parker battles a rogue alien hunter in Marvel's 'Predator vs. Spider-Man'
- NASA will announce update to Mars sample return plans today. Here's how to listen in
- Small satellite constellation could reveal black holes like never before
- What I learned from a black hole in Los Angeles
- January 3
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- Blue Origin is expected to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket next week, but when?
- Ancient volcanic ash on Mars could offer new clues in search for extraterrestrial life
- 'Silo' Season 2: Steve Zahn sees his enigmatic character Solo as a 'curious, delightful kid' (exclusive)
- Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)
- SpaceX launches 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025, sends Thuraya 4 communications satellite to orbit (video)
- Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe
- Supercharged auroras possible this weekend as colossal 'hole' in the sun spews solar wind toward Earth
- Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?
- January 2
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- Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
- Strap on a VR headset like a Facehugger with 'Alien: Rogue Incursion' — the 1st-ever 'Alien' VR game
- Newly uncovered oxygen reaction could aid the search for alien life
- Space debris crash in Kenya village believed to be from leftover rocket hardware
- Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy
- Fall 2024 was Earth's warmest autumn ever
- The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight! Don't miss the 1st 'shooting stars' of 2025
- James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast
- 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 6: The crew and their spaceship reveal their true selves
- Black holes can squash star formation, James Webb Space Telescope finds
- January 1
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- Image of the Day 2024 Archive
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks': the 25 best 'Trek' callbacks from the show's five-year mission
- Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies again as first drone on Rose Parade float
- We finally know where to look for life on Mars
- Satellites map Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail
- New Year's northern lights delight as powerful solar storms spark auroras across central US and Europe (photos)
- Launches, moon landings and more: Here's the top spaceflight missions to watch in 2025
