NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Spinning Helplessly After Signal Lost
Last week, NASA revealed that it had lost the signal from its MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)…
Russia Falls Further Behind in the Space Race as Kazakhstan Turns to China
The bell may be tolling for a long-standing Russian-Kazakh space program following the launch of a “nanosatellite” jointly…
Winter solstice is nearly upon the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s what to know about the shortest day of the year
Yes, the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is…
As above, so below: Earth in the sky photo of the day for Dec. 18, 2025
From Dec. 5 to Dec. 8 of every year, France celebrates the Fetes des Lumieres (Festival of Lights)…
NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles
For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas…
Trump signs sweeping executive order aimed at ‘ensuring American space superiority’
The United States has some new marching orders in the final frontier. On Thursday (Dec. 18), President Donald…
Using Bent Light to Map Complex Planetary Architectures
With new technologies comes new discoveries. Or so Spider Man’s Uncle Ben might have said if he was…
New student teams selected for REXUS/BEXUS
Agency 18/12/2025 212 views 2 likes The Swedish-German REXUS/BEXUS programme has selected a new group of student teams…
‘Crash Clock’ reveals how soon satellite collisions would occur after a severe solar storm — and it’s pretty scary
How long would it take for satellites to begin to collide with space junk and each other if…
Building Mars Cities with Ice? Here’s How Scientists Plan to Do It!
Building a city on Mars using ice might sound far-fetched, but new research published at the American Geophysical…
NASA Lab Completes Engine Checks on New Aircraft
Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine…
Hubble sees asteroids colliding at nearby star for first time
heic2512 — Science Release 18 December 2025 In a historical milestone, catastrophic collisions in a nearby planetary system…