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The Latest Breaking News from Space

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS caught on camera in new images from Hubble Space Telescope and JUICE Jupiter probe

JUICE and the Hubble Space Telescope turned their gazes towards the interstellar visitor in November.

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers a hot Jupiter exoplanet leaking twin gas tails that defy explanation

"We are only beginning to discover the true complexity of these worlds."

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How do you activate a supermassive black hole? A galaxy merger should do the trick

A space telescope and AI teamed up to analyze a million galaxies and learn what triggers supermassive black holes the most.

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Human evolution hits a crossroad in daring new sci-fi novel, 'Existence Equation', and we have an exclusive excerpt for you

Mind transfers, nanotech, and robotic innovations take center stage in this visionary 2026 book.

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Rocket Lab's 'Hungry Hippo' passes final test ahead of 1st reusable Neutron rocket launch

Rocket Lab has signed a contract to launch its new Neutron rocket on a test flight that will advance the U.S. Air Force's point-to-point cargo transportation concept.

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ARC Raiders is an oddly comforting reminder that Earth will get along just fine without us after the AI apocalypse

Embark Studios' extraction shooter takes cues from sci-fi classics to establish a dark future, but its cautionary tale is more believable than most.

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Rocket Lab scrubs launch of Korean disaster-monitoring satellite due to sensor issue

Rocket Lab will launch a Korean disaster-monitoring satellite today (Dec. 10), and you can watch the action live.

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NASA's loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter on the far side of the Red Planet

Something happened to the probe on the far side of the Red Planet.

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'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' clip shows off hammy acting and teen drama, putting fans on yellow alert (video)

Programmable matter mines swarm the U.S.S. Athena in this action-packed 4-minute preview

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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California on 160th Falcon 9 flight of the year (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Dec. 10, 2025. It was the 160th Falcon 9 flight of the year.

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Comet SWAN shines with the Pillars of Creation in breathtaking deep space photo

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was imaged in October as it crossed the galactic plane of the Milky Way.

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Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows

The findings provide an answer to a planetary mystery that has bewildered scientists for nearly four decades.

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Extremely Large Telescope under construction | Space photo of the day for Dec. 10, 2025

Once completed, this telescope will help usher in a new era of astronomy.

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An industrial project in Chile threatens Earth's darkest sky. 28 leading astronomers signed an open letter urging to move it

"We might lose the ability to observe about 30% of the faintest galaxies. We are at the point of starting to be able to see details of exoplanet atmospheres, but if the sky gets brighter, we may not be able to see those details anymore."

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Hear dust devils on Mars crackle with electricity in new NASA Perseverance rover video

For the first time, we can see and hear lightning-like discharges in Mars' thin atmosphere.

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China breaks record with 3 Long March rocket launches in 19-hour stretch (video)

China just launched three Long March rockets in less than 19 hours, setting a new national mark for liftoff cadence.

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The James Webb Space Telescope just found the oldest supernova ever seen

The supernova exploded over 13 billion years ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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This 7-hour cosmic explosion is the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen. Could it be from an elusive class of black hole?

"This is certainly an outburst unlike any other we've seen in the past 50 years."

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Chinese astronauts inspect damaged Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during 8-hour spacewalk (video)

Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station and assessed the damage to the attached Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during a spacewalk on Tuesday (Dec. 9).

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January full moon 2026: When, where and how to see the Wolf Moon

Your guide to January’s full Wolf Moon, from peak times to skywatching highlights.

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1st human missions to Mars should hunt for signs of life, report says

Humanity's exploration of Mars should be organized around the search for signs of past or present Red Planet life, according to a new report from the U.S. National Academies.

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ISS astronauts watch Earth's atmosphere glow green | Space photo of the day for Dec. 8, 2025

The image shows a good example of the phenomenon called airglow.

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This supermassive black hole flung out matter at 134 million mph: 'On a scale almost too big to imagine'

In other words, the matter traveled at 20% the speed of light.

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Startup announces 'Galactic Brain' project to put AI data centers in orbit

Aetherflux has focused its efforts on space-based solar power, with the goal of "building an American power grid in space."

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SpaceX launches mysterious NROL-77 mission for the US military (video)

SpaceX launched the NROL-77 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 9), sending a classified satellite skyward from Florida's Space Coast.

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