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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.

Liftoff is scheduled for 3:49 a.m. ET on Monday (Dec. 15).

It's one of the 21st century's best sci-fi shows. If only "The Expanse" had found the audience it deserved.

December's faint Ursid meteor shower returns under dark skies, offering a small chance of unexpected activity.

Assuming Google does manage to launch a prototype in 2027, will it simply be a high-stakes technical experiment – or the dawning of a new era?

'No matter what your traditions are, someone is going to break them.'

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. The first stage then made the company's 550th landing.

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.

As 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' rages on, we look back at the previous TV shows to explode out of the Whoniverse.

On Episode 189 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with their favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber.

Dark stars are not exactly stars, and they are certainly not dark.

The Geminid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes through the debris from asteroid (3200) Phaethon

Up to 150 shooting stars may brighten the night sky each hour during the Dec. 13 peak.

A satellite that rode to space Dec. 9 on a Chinese rocket nearly slammed into one of SpaceX's Starlink internet spacecraft, according to the company.

The seven members of the Expedition 74 crew studied stem cells, packed up a cargo ship and maintained their toilet this week aboard the International Space Station.

The inaugural ceremony was held at London's Natural History Museum on Dec. 5.

"This is a real gift for physicists as we confirm predictions made more than a century ago."

Sci-fi adventure Exodus is looking alright, alright, alright.

The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight this weekend. Here's when to look for the most shooting stars — and where to aim your gaze.

This Disney Plus bundle is 45% off and Marvel's Fantastic Four: First Steps is now streaming, as well as the Predator movies with Badlands now in theaters.

Kara Zor-El goes galactic for this wild teaser set to Blondie's '80s anthem, 'Call Me'.