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Mercury is hard to spot, but you can catch it in the morning sky this month

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

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Rare images reveal active sunspots minutes before they unleashed powerful X-flares that caused November 2025's stunning auroras

We don't often get a good look at X-class solar flares from ground-based observatories.

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Damaged launch pad: How long before Russia can send astronauts to the ISS again?

A mishap during the successful Nov. 27 launch of three astronauts damaged the only pad that currently supports Russian crewed orbital liftoffs. How long before things are back up and running again?

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Geminid shooting stars: One of 2025's most exciting meteor showers begins tonight

The Geminid meteor shower is active from Dec. 4 and hits its peak on the night of Dec. 13-14.

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See the metal guts of a satellite in this wild X-ray view | Space photo of the day for Dec. 4, 2025

The EURECA spacecraft flew on the space shuttle Atlantis in 1992.

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The last supermoon of 2025 to light up the sky tonight

Skywatchers won’t see a moon reach this height again for another 17 years

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Don't miss the last full moon of 2025 as the 'Cold Supermoon' takes to the autumn sky on Dec. 4

See a stunning supermoon take flight on Dec. 4.

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The US must beat China to moon, Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman tells Senate: 'If we make a mistake, we may never catch up'

Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman didn't mince words Wednesday (Dec. 3) during his second hearing before the Senate committee considering his nomination for NASA administrator.

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A 'Cold Supermoon' rises this week: Watch it take flight online with these free livestreams (video)

The final full moon of 2025 rises on Dec. 4.

Space

Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

Space

Europe picks companies to help build Argonaut moon lander

Europe's plans to develop its "Argonaut" robotic moon lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will build a key element of the spacecraft.

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China's 1st reusable rocket explodes in dramatic fireball during landing after reaching orbit on debut flight

The first test flight of Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit.

Space

SpaceX can launch its Starship megarocket from Florida pad, Air Force says

The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop SLC-37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for its Starship megarocket.

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Large Magellanic Cloud bursts with baby stars | Space photo of the day for Dec. 3, 2025

The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.

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A 'super-puff' exoplanet is losing its atmosphere, and the James Webb Space Telescope had a look

Astronomers have spotted a distant world "shedding" its atmosphere into space in real time, creating a giant cloud of helium gas that sweeps across its parent star well before the planet itself.

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Cosmonaut removed from SpaceX's Crew 12 mission for violating national security rules: report

Veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was taken off SpaceX's Crew 12 mission to the International Space Station after violating ITAR regulations, according to the Russian publication The Insider.

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For the 1st time ever, 8 spacecraft are docked to the International Space Station

All eight of the International Space Station's docking ports are currently occupied by visiting spacecraft, marking a milestone for crewed spaceflight.

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China to bring damaged spacecraft back to Earth after sending up replacement for stuck astronauts

China's space agency has announced it will return a damaged spacecraft back to Earth without crew after a suspected debris strike left it unfit for flight.

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Could future astronauts build houses on Mars with bacteria?

Would you like to live in a house on Mars made with Earth bacteria and Martian rocks?

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China's Shenzhou-20 Spacecraft Damaged Mid-Mission, Will Return Uncrewed for Critical Analysis

China will return its Shenzhou-20 spacecraft to Earth without astronauts after a debris strike cracked its return-capsule window, triggering a rare mid-mission safety response.

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30 years of SOHO staring at the sun | Space photo of the day for Dec. 2, 2025

This year marks 30 years of SOHO observing our sun, an extraordinary milestone for a mission originally expected to last only about three years.

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A dying satellite could use its final moments to photograph the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

The Australian company HEO Robotics wants to join efforts to study a rare space event, conducting its own flyby of the asteroid Apophis when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029.

Space

I watched scientists track interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS leaving the solar system in real-time: 'This is some prime-time science'

"These images are not just pretty."

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How Trump’s on-again, off-again Nasa appointee emerged from a political black hole

Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanity

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Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman pledges to move space shuttle Discovery to Houston, lawmaker says

Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, according to one of the senators behind the controversial plan.

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