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A dance of galaxies: JWST captures interacting dwarf galaxies

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured two nearby dwarf galaxies interacting with each other in this image released on Dec. 2, 2025.

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NASA's Oxygen-Generating Experiment MOXIE Completes Mars Mission

Riding with the Perseverance rover, the instrument has proved to be a viable technology for astronauts on Mars to produce oxygen for fuel and breathing.

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DUNE experiment prepares for supernova watch

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help astronomers find a supernova right as it begins.

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The chaotic 'Dracula's Chivito': Hubble reveals largest birthplace of planets ever observed

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk is unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent, with wisps of material stretching much farther above and below the…

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Solar wind ‘U-turn’ spotted by Parker Solar Probe

NASA's Parker Solar Probe images have revealed solar material blasted out from the sun returning to our star, rather than escaping as solar wind.
The post Solar wind ‘U-turn’ spotted by Parker Solar Probe first appeared on EarthSky.

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Hubble glimpses galactic gas making getaway

A sideways spiral galaxy shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo (the Maiden), NGC 4388 is a resident of the Virgo galaxy cluster. This enormous cluster of galaxies contains more than a thousand members and is the nea…

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NASA's Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low

Rovers and orbiters will continue collecting limited data during a two-week communications pause due to the position of Earth, the Sun, and the Red Planet.

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NASA's Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars

The mission team is making sure the robotic scientist is staying strong, despite wear and tear from its 11-year journey.

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NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update

Mars Sample Return has been a major long-term goal of international planetary exploration for the past two decades.

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NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search

NASA is working with its international partners to study the ancient Earth as it relates to Mars

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Astronauts successfully return to Earth after ISS command change – video

Three crew members left the International Space Station and landed back on Earth after 245 days in space.The cosmonaut and station commander, Sergey Ryzhikov, handed over a symbolic key to the Nasa astronaut Mike Fincke during a change of command ceremony onboard the station.The spacecraft landed a…

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Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on December 23

See the moon phase expected for December 23, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun

Written by Lucy Thompson, Planetary Scientist and APXS team member, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 As we all prepare for the holiday season here on Earth, we have been planning a few last activities before Curiosity and the team of scientists and engin…

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A dance of galaxies: JWST captures interacting dwarf galaxies

NASA's Oxygen-Generating Experiment MOXIE Completes Mars Mission

DUNE experiment prepares for supernova watch

The chaotic 'Dracula's Chivito': Hubble reveals largest birthplace of planets ever observed

Solar wind ‘U-turn’ spotted by Parker Solar Probe

Hubble glimpses galactic gas making getaway

NASA's Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low

NASA's Curiosity Rover Clocks 4,000 Days on Mars

NASA Invites Media to Mars Sample Return Update

NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars Search

Astronauts successfully return to Earth after ISS command change – video

Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on December 23

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun

Russia's Plans for a Space Station Includes "Recycling" its ISS Modules

20 Years After Landing: How NASA's Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science

Earth from Space: Singing dunes and mysterious lakes

Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander's Legs to the Test

NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures a Martian Day, From Dawn to Dusk

NASA's MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Says Goodbye … for Now