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Every week, Space.com delivers the latest discoveries, launches, and cosmic curiosities from across the universe. From groundbreaking research…

If you have ever heard that Earth will soon start having 25-hour days, it might be right. The…

Welcome to a special holiday edition of the Abstract! It’s been an incredible year for science, from breakthroughs…

Astronomers have made a mind-bending discovery — the largest reservoir of water ever found in the universe. Containing…

Japan’s latest rocket failure has triggered much soul-searching and resurrected a debate about whether the country’s space programme,…

Astronomers have found a compact new cluster of objects inside the Kuiper belt, which is a distant band…

Source: Don Pettit via X (formerly Twitter) A single photograph taken from orbit has managed to make a…

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx), which launched back…

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Fengyun-4 03 satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in…

Russia and Kazakhstan have delayed the first launch under their joint Baiterek space project, pushing back the debut…

Following record-breaking floods in March 2025, the usually brown desert surrounding Cooper Creek transformed into a sprawling green…

The research revolves around zirconium, a rare element found in meteorites, which has provided a surprising clue about…

Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec. 22, 2025: Which NASA observatory just completed its first sky map?