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SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

As he did eight months ago, Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman if Elon Musk was in the room when President Trump first offered him the job of NASA chief. And, once again, Isaacman demurred.

The groundbreaking mission designed to observe our Sun and its interactions with Earth celebrates three decades in space this week.

Levels of potentially dangerous cosmic radiation in Earth's atmosphere rose to a two-decade high in November after a rare solar super-flare pummeled the planet with high-speed particles from the sun.

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

Jupiter has numerous moons, with the four largest being Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. These four, often referred to as the Galilean moons after their discoverer Galileo Galilei, are among the most fascinating objects in the solar system.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the launch of the NROL-57 mission. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing for lunchtime launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Thursday afternoon.

We don't often get a good look at X-class solar flares from ground-based observatories.

Check out the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted stream and see the sci-fi and space games you'll be playing in 2026 and beyond.

A mishap during the successful Nov. 27 launch of three astronauts damaged the only pad that currently supports Russian crewed orbital liftoffs. How long before things are back up and running again?

Image: Comet 3I/ATLAS shows activity in Juice navigation camera teaser

The Geminid meteor shower is active from Dec. 4 and hits its peak on the night of Dec. 13-14.

Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team use a crane to lift and secure NASA’s Orion spacecraft on top of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, for the agency’s Artemis 2 mission. Image: NASA/Kim Shiflett

The four astronauts who are to fly a loop around the Moon next year on the Artemis 2 mission were supposed to board their Orion capsule on Nov. 19 for a launch day rehearsal, but a problem with the spacecraft’s hatch delayed the practice run, NASA told Spaceflight Now.

The EURECA spacecraft flew on the space shuttle Atlantis in 1992.

A new joint analysis from the NOvA and T2K experiments offers the most precise look yet at neutrino behavior, bringing scientists closer to understanding why the universe is made of matter.

An idea for the stubborn winter stargazer on your holiday list (especially if it's you!)