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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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SpaceX launches 60th mission of the year from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday morning (Dec. 2). It was the company's 60th liftoff of 2025 from the Golden State.

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Scientists discover 53 powerful quasars shooting out jets up to 50 times wider than our Milky Way

"The sizes of these radio jets are not comparable to our solar system or even our galaxy."

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1st European to fly to the moon will be German

A German astronaut will be the first European to fly to the moon with a future NASA-led Artemis mission.

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'Marvel Cosmic Invasion' review: An old-fashioned space adventure featuring one of the greatest Marvel villains of all time

Tribute Games' take on Marvel comics focuses on the universe's more overlooked cosmic elements and packs a delightfully off-beat roster of heroes.

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Europe's Vega C rocket launches advanced Korean Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)

Europe's Vega C rocket launched for the sixth time ever today (Dec. 1), sending South Korea's powerful KOMPSAT-7 Earth-observation satellite to orbit.

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NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft hears a red giant star 'singing' to its partner black hole

NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS has heard the song a star-quaking red giant sings to its partner black hole.

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Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare, knocking out radio signals across Australia

A powerful X1.9 solar flare from new sunspot AR4299 triggered strong radio blackouts, as giant sunspot AR4294 rotates into view with more activity likely.

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Europe could get 42 more days of summer by the year 2100 due to climate change

It all comes down to the difference in temperature between the North Pole and the equator.

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Cygnus XL brings cargo to the ISS for 1st time | Space photo of the day for Dec. 1, 2025

11,000 pounds of cargo recently arrived at the International Space Station.

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Electric discovery on Mars! Scientists find tiny lightning bolts coming from Red Planet dust clouds

Scientists used data from NASA's Perseverance rover to find tiny lightning bolts on Mars that could scour biosignatures off the world's surface

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SpaceX blasts off into December with early morning Starlink launch from Florida (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 1, 2025.

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Earth's newfound 'episodic-squishy lid' may guide our search for habitable worlds

A newly discovered tectonic "regime" may explain why Earth has active plates while Venus remains stagnant.

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James Webb Space Telescope spies mysterious high-energy radiation in star nursery

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered puzzling ultraviolet radiation around young stars in a stellar nursery.

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Have gravitational waves provided the first hint of primordial black holes born during the Big Bang?

Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing evidence of primordial black holes formed directly from overly dense pockets of matter just after the Big Bang.

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How will the universe end?

Depending on how you look at it, the universe might not have an "end," after all.

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Buzz Lightyear at 30: How sci-fi's most famous flying toy took us to infinity… and beyond

In 1995, "Toy Story" introduced one of sci-fi's greatest heroes. Thirty years on, Buzz Lightyear is still the pride of Star Command

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Watch live as near-Earth asteroid Eros buzzes the Andromeda Galaxy on Nov. 30 (video)

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Best Disney sci-fi movies (that aren't Star Wars, Marvel, or Pixar)

Disney's long history contains a bunch of sci-fi movies worth watching that don't belong to Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, or other large franchises.

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Saturn shines with the waxing moon at sunset on Nov. 29

The waxing gibbous moon will appear close to Saturn in the southeastern sky at sunset on Nov. 29 as Neptune lurks unseen nearby.

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Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here's why

Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.

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Satellites capture aftermath of Ethiopian volcano's 1st eruption in recorded history (images)

What do volcanic plumes look like from space?

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Beyond the habitable zone: Exoplanet atmospheres are the next clue to finding life on planets orbiting distant stars

But being in this sweet spot doesn't automatically mean a planet is hospitable to life.

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NASA probe captures stunning photos of Earth and moon on the way to infamous asteroid Apophis

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured stunning new images as it whipped past Earth during a high-speed slingshot maneuver, sending the probe on a fast track toward the asteroid Apophis.

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Astronauts welcome arrival of new crewmates | On the International Space Station this week Nov. 24-28, 2025

Expedition 73 gained three crewmates, expanding the International Space Station's complement to 10. Activities continued as the outpost extended beyond 25 years of a continuous human presence.

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