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Get ready for the 'New Year Comet': What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 could be set to wow sky-watchers at the beginning of 2025.
'Mathematically perfect' star system discovered 105 light-years from Earth may still be in its infancy. Could that change its prospects for life?
Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research suggests.
The top 7 black hole discoveries from 2024
2024 was a big year for black hole science, and Space.com was on duty all year to bring you every major development in our understanding of the universe's most fascinating entities.
Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)
The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year.
Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video
Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Christmas solar flares erupt from the sun. Will they trigger aurora 'fireworks' as we close out 2024?
Sun pulses with several solar flares late Christmas Day with four M-class flares from sunspots within a few hours.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It's alive!
A NASA spacecraft has survived a historic close fly of the sun. The mission team received a beacon tone from the Parker Solar Probe, signaling it was still functioning after the record approach.
The sun in 2025: How the solar cycle will shape our year ahead
We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle.
