Ursid meteor shower: What to know and how to watch the peak
The Ursid meteor shower, which marks the final celestial event of the year, will peak between Sunday night…
Breakthrough Listen observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
On December 19, 2025, 3I/ATLAS reached its closest distance to Earth, at 1.7 AU (167 million miles). To…
Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on December 19, 2025
In the U.S., the New Moon occurs tonight, Dec. 19, when the Moon is nearly invisible in the…
Water Droplet Science – NASA
NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon.…
Runaway Black Hole Escapes Its Galaxy—and It’s Leaving Baby Stars in Its Wake
A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving…
NASA Just Mapped the Entire Sky in 102 Infrared Colors and Scientists Say it Could Explain How the Universe Began
NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye…
These 2 companies are teaming up to offer insurance for space debris strikes on satellites
A pair of companies are teaming up to provide customers with pioneering insurance for spacecraft specifically to cover…
Rocket Lab wins another defense-related space contract
Rocket Lab has won an $816 million contract — its largest to date — with the U.S. Space…
Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on December 18, 2025
We’re close to the New Moon, which means it’s almost the beginning of a new lunar cycle. The…
A Starlink Satellite Is Tumbling Toward Earth After a Strange Anomaly in Orbit
SpaceX has lost contact with one of its broadband satellites, which is now falling toward Earth due to…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover could break the record for miles driven on another planet
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover may soon set a record for the longest distance driven on another planet. Nearly…
Celestial citrus! Scientists are baffled by a LEMON-shaped planet that ‘defies explanation’
Scientists have been baffled by a bizarre lemon–shaped planet that ‘defies explanation’. The Jupiter–size planet was discovered by…