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The first scientific balloon flight happened on Dec. 16, 2025.

Bitcoin-mining mega data center seen leaking heat into the environment in an image captured from orbit by a thermometer satellite

From space slugs to lunar cemeteries, these movies, games, and books show that the undead can arrive from above, as well as below.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Idaho as incoming speedy solar wind continues to buffet Earth's magnetic field.

Qingzhou is a lighter and potentially lower-cost alternative to China's Tianzhou freighter.

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

NORAD celebrates its 70th year of tracking Santa Claus as he flies around the world delivering joy this Christmas Eve.

Yuletide season is officially upon us and here's a joyous array of new titles to add to your holiday reading list.

A bevy of comets, a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse and impressive northern lights were just three of the skywatching highlights in 2025. Here's how they unfolded.

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to eventually create a home for us in it."

A Japanese H3 rocket suffered an anomaly during the launch of a navigation satellite on Sunday night (Dec. 21), resulting in the loss of the spacecraft.

Today marks the shortest day and longest night of the year as the sun reaches its lowest point in the Northern Hemisphere sky.

As the veteran 'Who' antagonists get ready for their close-up, we look back at 50 years of underwater history.

Ursid shooting stars may be visible throughout the night on Dec. 21-22.

Over the past 12 months, we saw multiple spaceflight records broken, the debut of a powerful new rocket and the first-ever fully successful private moon landing.

A sampling of aging Sun-like stars demonstrates that they likely eat their closest planets.

Enjoy some out-of-this-world fun this Christmas with my selection of the best space board games available right now.

Black Friday offers massive discounts on a host of products, but you don't have to wait until the next one to save big. From Boxing Day to Prime Day 2026, we investigate which is the next best sales event.

Does the universe notice that we're paying attention to a quantum experiment? The answer goes against everything we thought we knew.

Hated rivals Dennis Quaid and Lou Gossett Jr. find brotherhood on a desolate planet in Wolfgang Petersen's cult sci-fi classic.

On Episode 190 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look back at the past year in space — its ups, its downs, its all-arounds.