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Would you like to live in a house on Mars made with Earth bacteria and Martian rocks?

The microphone on NASA's Perseverance rover unexpectedly heard tiny claps of thunder from sparks caused by colliding dust grains.

Cyber Monday may be over, but there are still bargains to be had. Save over $1000 on the Sony A7R V: "a fantastic all-round camera that can handle most things you throw at it."

This year marks 30 years of SOHO observing our sun, an extraordinary milestone for a mission originally expected to last only about three years.

Move over, Millennium Falcon, the Lego Star Wars UCS Venator starship is amazing value and it's £160 off right now! Hurry before it disappears into hyperspace.

Test your cosmic knowledge with this thrilling Apollo-themed space quiz—where lunar legends and NASA milestones collide!

The Australian company HEO Robotics wants to join efforts to study a rare space event, conducting its own flyby of the asteroid Apophis when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029.

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"These images are not just pretty."

Our astronomy expert, Gemma Lavender, was seriously impressed with the ZWO Seestar S30. It's still $50 off in a Cyber Monday sale, but you'll have to hurry.

Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick to lead NASA, is on board with moving the space shuttle Discovery to Houston, according to one of the senators behind the controversial plan.

On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space – on what was supposed to be a two-year mission. 

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 27 Starlink internet satellites early Tuesday morning (Dec. 2). It was the company's 60th liftoff of 2025 from the Golden State.

File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned liftoff of the Starlink 6-61 mission on Oct. 22, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now

SpaceX is preparing for its third Falcon 9 launch in less than two days. The company is targeting a late afternoon flight from its workhorse pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

An Arianespace Vega-C rocket lifts off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Dec. 1, 2025, carrying South Korea’s KOMPSAT-7 satellite. Image: ESA-CNES-Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG – S. Martin

South Korea’s latest Earth observation satellite was delivered into a Sun-synchronous orbit Monday afternoon following a launch onboard a Vega-C rocket by Arianespace.

"The sizes of these radio jets are not comparable to our solar system or even our galaxy."

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File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position during sunset at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX

Update Dec. 2, 1:40 a.m. EST (0640 UTC): SpaceX confirmed deployment of the 27 Starlink satellites.

Space photography, or astrophotography, is a specialized type of photography that captures images of astronomical objects, celestial events, and large areas of the night sky. It allows us to view the cosmos in ways that the naked eye cannot, often revealing stunning color and detail in distant objects.