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

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

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.

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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.

Whether you're a casual fan or a spaceflight enthusiast, see how well you know one of the companies pushing the boundaries of commercial space travel.

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

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

SpaceX will launch a secret payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office today (Dec. 9), and you can watch the action live.

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

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky landed on Russia's Soyuz MS-27 on Dec. 9, 2025, after 245 days on the International Space Station.

Check out the first findings from the Subaru Telescope.