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Enjoy some out-of-this-world fun this Christmas with my selection of the best space board games available right now.

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA's Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon.

A sampling of aging Sun-like stars demonstrates that they likely eat their closest planets.

Over the past 12 months, we saw multiple spaceflight records broken, the debut of a powerful new rocket and the first-ever fully successful private moon landing.

Ursid shooting stars may be visible throughout the night on Dec. 21-22.

Today marks the shortest day and longest night of the year as the sun reaches its lowest point in the Northern Hemisphere sky.

Black Friday offers massive discounts on a host of products, but you don't have to wait until the next one to save big. From Boxing Day to Prime Day 2026, we investigate which is the next best sales event.

You don't have to search the upside down to find the best Stranger Things gifts outside of Hawkins, so celebrate season five's release with these top gifts.

Blue Origin launched wheelchair user Michi Benthaus and her NS-37 five crewmates aboard a New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

On Episode 190 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look back at the past year in space — its ups, its downs, its all-arounds.