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

Oleg Orlov, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), announced that the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will include the modules that make up the Russian Orbital Segment of ISS.

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Northern lights may be visible in 10 states tonight

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Idaho as incoming speedy solar wind continues to buffet Earth's magnetic field.

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

The final downlink shift by the Ingenuity team was a time to reflect on a highly successful mission — and to prepare the first aircraft on another world for its new role.

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Rock Sampled by NASA's Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came to Mars

The 24th sample taken by the six-wheeled scientist offers new clues about Jezero Crater and the lake it may have once held.

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Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC’s Rubin control room

With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

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Earth from Space: Singing dunes and mysterious lakes

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This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image features part of the Badain Jaran Desert in northwestern China.

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NASA Releases Independent Review's Mars Sample Return Report

The agency established the board in May 2023 to evaluate the technical, cost, and schedule plans prior to confirmation of the mission’s design.

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The universe may be lopsided, new research suggests

The shape of the universe is not something we often think about. My colleagues and I have published a new study that suggests it could be asymmetric or lopsided, meaning not the same in every direction.

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Doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite photographed from orbit

We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite that recently suffered an anomaly in orbit, thanks to Vantor's WorldView-3 spacecraft.

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Starlink in the crosshairs: How Russia could attack Elon Musk's conquering of space

NATO-nation intelligence services believe Russia is developing a weapon to target Starlink satellites