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James Webb Space Telescope discovers a lemon-shaped exoplanet unlike anything seen before: 'What the heck is this?'
"This was an absolute surprise. It's extremely different from what we expected."
Best space stocking stuffers: Budget friendly Christmas gifts for stargazers and astrophotographers
Stuck for a small gift for a skywatcher? From compact binoculars to power banks and SD cards, we've rounded up the ideal sub-$100 stocking stuffers.
Could the Star of Bethlehem have actually been a comet?
The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it was hovering over Bethlehem when Jesus was said to have been born.
First image from Sentinel-6B extends sea-level legacy
Copernicus Sentinel-6B, launched last month, has reached its orbit and delivered its first set of data, which show variations in sea level in the North Atlantic Ocean. This data underlines how the mission will continue to strengthen the long-term reference record of sea levels, a key parameter of climate change.
'Fallout' Season 2 review: A stark warning against letting tech billionaires decide humanity's fate
Amazon and Bethesda return to the Wasteland with a second Fallout season that's all about New Vegas and not letting businessmen and fanatics run the world.
Satellite watches volcano spew ash over Middle East | Space photo of the day for Dec. 16, 2025
The ash plume disrupted flights as far away as India.
Strange structures of space: a weird quiz
Think you know your Dyson spheres from your dark blobs? This cosmic crossword dives into the strangest, most mind-bending structures ever spotted — or imagined — in the universe.
Astronomers Snap a Rare Photo of a Super-Jupiter with Two Suns
If you read enough articles about planets in binary star systems, you’ll realize almost all of them make some sort of reference to Tatooine, the fictional home of Luke Skywalker (and Darth Vader) in the Star War saga. Since that obligatory reference is now out of the way, we can talk about the new “super-Jupiter” that researchers from two separate research teams, including one at Northwestern University and one at the University of Exeter, simultaneously found in old data from the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI).
James Webb Space Telescope could illuminate dark matter in a way scientists didn't realize
Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe" is for dark matter.
China's Shenzhou-21's Crew Test New Spacesuits During Spacewalk
Chinese taikonauts have a new set of spacesuits that will enable future missions in orbit and beyond. The suits were recently tested (Tuesday, Dec. 9th) during a series of extravehicular activities (EVAs) aboard China's Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew (Zhang Lu and Wu Fei) donned the newly delivered D and E spacesuits to conduct their inaugural spacewalks. The suits are essentially a second-generation version of the Feitian spacesuits ("flying into space" in Chinese) used for intravehicular activity (IVA), but specifically designed for station EVAs.
Rocket Lab Electron rocket aborts liftoff at engine ignition
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands at Launch Complex 1 ahead of the flight of the ‘Bridging the Swarm’ mission for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Image: Rocket Lab
Update Dec. 16, 1:26 am EST (0626 UTC): Rocket Lab said they aborted the mission on Dec. 15/16 after “one of Electron’s thousands of sensors noticed out-of-family data and called time on lift-off, exactly as it was designed to do. Team is working the straightforward fix now and will select a new launch date shortly.
Private satellites pinpoint methane emissions from oil, gas and coal facilities worldwide
Using high-resolution observations from the GHGSat satellite constellation, researchers have produced the first global, facility-level estimate of methane emissions from the energy sector.
Uranus and Neptune might be rock giants
Although they are technically gas giants, Uranus and Neptune are referred to as "ice giants" due to their composition. This refers to the fact that Uranus and Neptune have more methane, water, and other volatiles than their larger counterparts (Jupiter and Saturn). Given the pressure conditions in the planets' interiors, these elements become solid, essentially becoming "ices." However, new research from the University of Zurich (UZH) and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS is challenging our understanding of these interior regions of these planets.
Ghosts, sharks and Norse mythology: US Space Force unveils new names for satellites and space weapons
The U.S. Space Force unveiled the new naming scheme that it will use for its spacecraft and space-based weaponry, drawing inspiration from mythology and the natural world.
It Didn't Take Long For Earth's Ancient Oceans To Become Oxygenated
Every biologist knows how important the Great Oxygenation Event was. It took the first photosynthetic organisms hundreds of millions of years to enrich Earth's atmosphere with oxygen, leading to complex life like us. But before complex, multi-cellular life could appaer, oxygen had to enter the ocean first.
Fallout games ranked, worst to best
With the Fallout TV show venturing back out into the Wasteland, what better time to rank every Fallout game from worst to best?
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19: Here's what you need to know
The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close.
Mars MAVEN Mission May Be Lost in Space
NASA is working to restore communications with its MAVEN Mars Orbiter mission.
These Canon 18x50 image-stabilized binoculars are my top choice for up-close stargazing — even cheaper than Black Friday
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.
James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st evidence of 'dinosaur-like' stars in the early universe
"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."
