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Could that be Santa's sleigh? Early risers can spot the ISS from the UK this Christmas

A bright streak of light in the pre-dawn skies above the U.K. could easily be mistaken for Santa Claus getting an early start to his Christmas deliveries.

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Accidental discovery reveals 'millinovas,' a new class of cosmic explosion 100 times brighter than the sun

Astronomers have accidently spotted a new type of cosmic explosion called a "millinova" triggered by white dwarfs feeding on stars. If that sounds familiar get ready for a suprise!

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What time is the NASA Parker Solar Probe's closest sun flyby ever on Christmas Eve?

Set your Parker Solar Probe sun flyby clocks for Dec. 24 at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT), Space Fans.

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Space2Sea Antarctica: William Shatner, Neil deGrasse Tyson and NASA astronauts talk exploration and science from the Drake Passage

Explorers, astronauts and filmmakers described life in space and on Earth in an epic livestream from the Drake Passage.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe aims to fly closer to the sun like never before

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun

The Independent UK

Holiday Photos of Astronauts Stuck in Space For Half a Year Shock Internet: 'They're Wasting Away!'

Social media users were dumbfounded by the appearance of the astronauts who have been stuck in space since June in a newly released holiday photo.

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Abort! SpaceX calls off launch of 'MicroGEO' satellites at last second (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignites each its engines just as an abort is called at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2024.

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Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)

NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of a launch abort scenario and electromagnetic effects of lightning strikes.

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NASA Mars probe spies dusty, retired Insight lander from orbit (photo)

Photos of the dormant InSight lander captured from Mars orbit are providing researchers new data on how dust accumulates and evolves over time on the Red Planet.

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Rocket Lab scrubs Strix radar satellite launch for Synspective over 'sensor data'

A new exact launch date for the Strix satellite launch by Rocket Lab has yet to be announced.

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Hubble's 'impossible' planet explained? Gas giants may have formed fast in early universe

An ancient exoplanet dated at 12.7 billion years old could have formed over a long period in a giant disk of gas, according to new JWST observations.

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NASA's Hubble and Chandra telescopes discover a strange 'sideways' black hole in a cosmic crime scene (image)

Using the NASA space telescopes Hubble and Chandra astronomers have discovered a strange black hole that has been knocked on its side in a cosmic crime scene.

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The Ursid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's what to expect from the final 'shooting stars' of 2024

The last meteor shower of the year peaks in the early morning hours of Dec. 22.

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Interstellar fans highlight disturbing detail about Christopher Nolan movie

One scene is even more unsettling now 10 years have passed

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Rocket Lab launches private Earth-imaging satellite to orbit on its final flight of 2024 (video)

Rocket Lab launched a radar satellite for the Earth-observation company Synspective to orbit today (Dec. 21) on its final mission of the year.

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SpaceX inks deal with Vast to launch 2 astronaut missions to the ISS

California-based company Vast Space has booked two crewed flights to the ISS with SpaceX, though the missions still must be approved by NASA.

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NASA space telescopes give Christmas Tree Cluster a festive makeover (photos)

The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.

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BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured the 1st mid-infrared portrait of Mercury.

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SpaceX will launch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander to the moon in mid-January with these 10 NASA payloads

NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-January for the launch of Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the lunar surface.

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'Missing link' black hole found? Not so fast, new study says

A "missing link" black hole in Omega Centauri is still missing. What appeared to be an intermediate-mass black hole was a cluster of stellar-mass black holes.

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This baby exoplanet is made of different stuff than its birth cloud

Investigating a young exoplanet called PDS 70b in its cocoon of natal gas and dust has shown that planets don't always resemble the environments they form in.

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Puffy white dwarfs could shed light on mysterious dark matter. Here's how.

Astronomers just took a big step toward a better understanding of white dwarfs, a discovery that could shed light on mysterious dark matter.

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Double moon mission! SpaceX to launch 2 private lunar landers in January

Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace are putting their moon landers on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is scheduled to lift off in January.

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South Texas groups sue TCEQ for temporarily allowing SpaceX to discharge industrial water without a permit

In the lawsuit, the groups accuse TCEQ of exceeding its authority by allowing the discharges.

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Private Japanese rocket explodes after liftoff in its 2nd launch failure of 2024 (photos)

Japanese startup Space One lost its second Kairos 2 rocket shortly after liftoff due to an unknown failure.

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