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With the Fallout TV show venturing back out into the Wasteland, what better time to rank every Fallout game from worst to best?

The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close.

NASA is working to restore communications with its MAVEN Mars Orbiter mission.

30% savings on the Canon 18x50 IS UD all-weather binoculars are great for stable stargazing at a high magnification. They are at their cheapest price ahead of the Christmas holidays in this deal from Amazon, for only $11.

"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a million years."

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket stands at the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the Leo Atlas 04 (LA-04) mission. This is the first launch of Amazon’s broadband internet satellites since its rebrand from ‘Project Kuiper’ to ‘Amazon Leo.’ Image: John Pisani / Spaceflight Now

United Launch Alliance is preparing for its final launch of 2025, a predawn flight of an Atlas 5 rocket carrying 27 satellites for Amazon’s recently re-branded Leo broadband internet service.

Scientists have created the first detailed maps of the sun's atmospheric boundary, where solar material breaks free and streams into space.

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2025 was a landmark year for Europe in space. From celebrating 50 years of ESA to new missions, scientific breakthroughs, the year reaffirmed Europe’s leadership in science, exploration, climate action and innovation.

To develop more robust next-generation aerial explorers, NASA's Mars Exploration program is turning to drones.

The Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight on Dec. 13.

Two commercial spacecraft pulled off a surprise rendezvous in Earth orbit recently, showcasing skills that could pave the way for satellite servicing missions down the road.

Anomalous amounts of volatile elements found in the Apollo samples brought back from the moon have been traced back to our own planet's leaky atmosphere.

When 3I/ATLAS is closest to the Earth on Dec. 19, all the features that we are looking for will be easier to detect with our telescopes.

Satellites are emerging as a powerful new tool in the fight to curb emissions of methane. While methane is much shorter-lived in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it is vastly more potent at trapping heat, which makes rapid cuts essential for slowing warming in the short term. The same satellite technology that has transformed methane monitoring in the oil and gas sector is now being turned towards another major source – landfill sites.

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.