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From a crescent moon and a 'Christmas Star' to deep sky delights, the wonders of the holiday night sky are yours to explore.

The South Korean startup Innospace failed during its first orbital launch attempt, which sent five satellites aloft on Dec. 22 from Brazil.

Test your cosmic eye: can you match these dazzling nebula images to their names?

Watch those skies! In 2025, quality television really did come from outer space.

Yuletide season is officially upon us and here's a joyous array of new titles to add to your holiday reading list.

NORAD celebrates its 70th year of tracking Santa Claus as he flies around the world delivering joy this Christmas Eve.

Eileen Collins: Biography and Achievements

Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

An H3 rocket from Mitsubishi Heavy Technologies and JAXA lifts off with the QZS-5 navigation satellite. The rocket suffered a second stage anomaly that prevented a successful deployment at the correct altitude. Image: JAXA

A flight of Japan’s H3 rocket ended in failure on Dec. 22 after the upper stage experienced an anomaly.

Tory Bruno stands between a pair of Vulcan booster at United Launch Alliance’s rocket factory in Decatur, Alabama, on Nov. 4, 2025. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now

United Launch Alliance announced its president and chief executive officer, Tory Bruno, resigned from the company, effective Monday, Dec. 22.

Qingzhou is a lighter and potentially lower-cost alternative to China's Tianzhou freighter.

Waves of recent star formation have made Orion winter's most scintillating constellation. You can see how it all came to be.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Idaho as incoming speedy solar wind continues to buffet Earth's magnetic field.

From space slugs to lunar cemeteries, these movies, games, and books show that the undead can arrive from above, as well as below.

Bitcoin-mining mega data center seen leaking heat into the environment in an image captured from orbit by a thermometer satellite

The first scientific balloon flight happened on Dec. 16, 2025.

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to eventually create a home for us in it."

Image: Euclid image of galaxy NGC 646