The highlights of spaceflight in 2025 have included missions to explore the Moon, Mars, and the Sun — and more is coming in the New Year.
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Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis, and later passes the Pleiades.
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How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and great cosmic immensities to start finding tonight.
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Astronomers are trying to determine if they've witnessed a complex stellar explosion or a relatively ordinary supernova.
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Waves of recent star formation have made Orion winter's most scintillating constellation. You can see how it all came to be.
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Discovered by amateur astronomers, a mysterious arc of gas might be the ghostly remains of a star shedding its outer layers. However, astronomers haven’t reached a consensus yet.
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We greet the winter solstice. Jupiter nears opposition. Will the two Dog Stars balance for you? And meet the House in the Hyades.
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There could be liquid water trapped under the southern polar cap of Mars. But new observations suggest otherwise.
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Where does the Sun end and the solar wind begin? Scientists have mapped the dynamic magnetic edge that bounds our star.
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NASA is working to restore communications with its MAVEN Mars Orbiter mission.
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Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10 p.m.
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Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest the planet might have a nitrogen-and-methane atmosphere — but more data are needed to rule out a bare rock scenario.
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Two winter stars left their mark long ago on wispy gas clouds near the solar system. Their passage might even have influenced life on Earth.
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Astronomers have discovered one of the largest structures in the universe — and the galaxies within it — spinning like a fairground teacup ride.
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It’s December and that means one of the best celestial events will grace the skies. The Geminid meteor shower should peak between Saturday night and Sunday morning, December 13–14.
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With a retiring crescent Moon in the mix, prospects for the year's richest meteor shower are excellent.
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A new analysis of the Solar Orbiter's unique views of the Sun's poles shows how a "conveyor belt" moves within our nearest star.
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The Moon, waning away from full, groups up with Jupiter, Castor and Pollux on two nights. Later in the week the grand Geminid meteor shower comes into full bloom.
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The groundbreaking mission designed to observe our Sun and its interactions with Earth celebrates three decades in space this week.
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An idea for the stubborn winter stargazer on your holiday list (especially if it's you!)
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Why is the gravitational-wave background — the hum made by supermassive black holes colliding across the universe — stronger than expected?
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