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Indian rocket launches AST SpaceMobiles next-gen BlueBird-6 satellite
Space News - 24 Dec 2025 04:10
An Indian LVM3 rocket launched AST SpaceMobiles next-generation direct-to-device BlueBird satellite Dec. 23, kicking off a rollout of dozens of spacecraft built around the largest commercial communications antenna ever d...
What old, dying stars teach us about axions as a candidate for dark matter
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 22:00
The axion could be a contender to explain the mystery of dark matter.
UCS Millennium Falcon versus UCS Death Star: Which is the best Lego Star Wars set?
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 21:05
The two largest and most expensive Lego Star Wars sets available go head-to-head: The UCS Millennium Falcon and the UCS Death Star. But which is best?
Innospace plans second launch in 2026 after failure of first Hanbit-Nano rocket
Space News - 24 Dec 2025 17:03
South Koreas Innospace said it will attempt a second launch of its small rocket in the first half of 2026 after its inaugural flight failed shortly after liftoff Dec. 22. The post Innospace plans second launch in 2026 af...
Record launches, reusable rockets and a rescue: China made big strides in space in 2025
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 17:00
China overcomes human spaceflight emergency and makes leaps with lunar hardware tests
'Dracula's Chivito' looks stunning in this tasty Christmas photo from the Hubble Telescope
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 16:00
Using the Hubble space telescope, astronomers have imaged "'Draculas Chivito" the largest site of planetary birth ever seen.
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is an attractive target in the search for life-new research
Phys.org - 24 Dec 2025 15:00
A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system. A new study strengthens the case for Enceladus being a habitable world.
NASA's Apollo 8 moonshot saved 1968. Could Artemis 2 do the same in 2026?
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 15:00
On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.
Remember the time Predator faced off against Santa's reindeer - and lost?
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 14:00
The reindeer ain't got time to bleed.
NASA satellite gazes into Medusa Pool | Space photo of the day for Dec. 24, 2025
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 13:00
The South Sandwich Islands were born from a tectonic collision, forged by volcanism and relentlessly reshaped by ice, wind and waves.
The biggest black hole breakthroughs of 2025
SPACE.com - 24 Dec 2025 11:00
2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months.
Observations catch galaxy cluster in the process of merging
Phys.org - 24 Dec 2025 10:10
Astronomers have used the Keck Observatory's DEIMOS multi-object spectrograph to observe a nearby galaxy cluster designated RXC J0032.1+1808. As a result, they found that the cluster undergoes a major merging event. ...
Radio black hole trio lights up in rare galaxy merger
Phys.org - 24 Dec 2025 10:00
Astronomers have confirmed the first known triple system in which all three galaxies host actively feeding, radio-bright supermassive black holes.