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Mars orbiter sees 'butterfly' crater spread its wings on the Red Planet

A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings unfurling across the surface like a butterfly in flight.

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The 1st Global Space Awards honors late Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell on Dec. 5

The Global Space Awards will be held at London's Natural History Museum on Dec. 5.

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Seeing a bull's-eye in the desert | Space photo of the day for Dec. 5, 2025

Is this really a crater in the Saharan Desert?

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December's 'Cold Moon' rises: See breathtaking images of the final full moon of 2025

December's "Cold Moon" rose on Dec. 4 as it neared its closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.

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Ancient Chinese texts reveal new clues about the 1st recorded solar eclipse

What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?

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Glowing bridge links dwarf galaxies in stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope

A spectacular new view of two dwarf galaxies caught in the middle of a cosmic collision reveals a glowing gas bridge, streams of newborn stars and the ongoing gravitational tug-of-war reshaping both galaxies.

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'Hubble tension' is back again as a new cosmic map deepens the puzzle

"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what are evidently dead ends."

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

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Scientists discover one of our universe's largest spinning structures — a 50-million-light-year-long cosmic thread

The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

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Was Elon Musk in the room where it happened? This senator still wants to know

As he did eight months ago, Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman if Elon Musk was in the room when President Trump first offered him the job of NASA chief. And, once again, Isaacman demurred.

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Rare solar flare caused radiation in Earth's atmosphere to spike to highest levels in nearly 20 years, researchers say

Levels of potentially dangerous cosmic radiation in Earth's atmosphere rose to a two-decade high in November after a rare solar super-flare pummeled the planet with high-speed particles from the sun.

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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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Watch the 'PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted' for updates on High on Life 2, Remnant Protocol, plus more cool sci-fi & space games

Check out the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted stream and see the sci-fi and space games you'll be playing in 2026 and beyond.

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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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Why is the universe made of matter? These 'ghost particle' experiments could help us find out

A new joint analysis from the NOvA and T2K experiments offers the most precise look yet at neutrino behavior, bringing scientists closer to understanding why the universe is made of matter.

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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.

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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.

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Move over Chalamet — The Dune TV miniseries turns 25 today, so we talked to the director of the star-studded show that reached for the stars on a shoestring budget (exclusive)

‘I wanted to elevate it. I didn’t want to do it like the original 'Battlestar Galactica' or 'Babylon 5.''

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Struck by a cosmic ray: Galactic particles may have forced a passenger jet to make an emergency landing

A cosmic ray from a faraway supernova explosion may have sent a packed passenger jet into free fall in late October, forcing an emergency landing.

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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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