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graphic showing comet 3I/ATLAS on a laptop screen against a background of stars

Watch interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS make its closest approach to Earth in free livestream tonight

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

The livestream will begin at 11 p.m. EST Dec. 18 (0400 GMT on Dec. 19), weather permitting.

Comets
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches the "Don't Be Such a Square" mission for the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 18, 2025.

Rocket Lab launches 4 experimental 'DiskSats' for the US military

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab launched four "DiskSats" for the U.S. Space Force just after midnight on Thursday (Dec. 18), adding to the company's busy 2025.

Launches & Spacecraft
Runaway supermassive black hole flees the Cosmic Owl galaxies leaving a trail of stars

James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through 'Cosmic Owl' galaxies at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'

By Robert Lea published

"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous."

Black Holes
A white light of the comet 3I/ATLAS is surrounded by a blue glow against a black background

Latest Comet 3I/ATLAS news: Closest approach to Earth this week

By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic, Anthony Wood last updated

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025: Your daily feed for the holiday flyby of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS by Earth.

Comets

10 years into the Disney 'Star Wars' era: Grading the ups and downs of a galaxy far, far away

By Richard Edwards published

Ten years on from 'The Force Awakens', we look back at what's gone right and what's gone wrong.

Space Movies & Shows
a man with short hair and giant ears smiles as he walks away to the right, in front of his black and white polkadotted jet parked behind him to the left.

US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as new NASA administrator

By Josh Dinner published

More than a year after his initial nomination, the U.S. Senate has voted to confirm billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.

Space Exploration
a white rocket lifts off from a desert launch site into the dawn sky

Watch Blue Origin launch 1st wheelchair user to space today

By Mike Wall published

Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus will become the first wheelchair user ever to reach space today (Dec. 18), and you can watch her historic launch atop a Blue Origin rocket live.

Private Spaceflight
This view of a region called Syrtis Major is from the 100,000th image captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its HiRISE camera. The image was snapped on Oct. 7, 2025. Over nearly 20 years, HiRISE has helped scientists understand how the Red Planet’s surface is constantly changing.

Camera on NASA Mars probe snaps its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet

By Mike Wall published

The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just notched a big milestone, snapping its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet.

Mars

10 years later, 'The Force Awakens' stands as the blueprint for a 'Star Wars' that never was

By Sergio Pereira published

Back in December 2015, the Force awakened in Star Wars, but it quickly went back to sleep.

Space Movies & Shows
a white and black rocket launches into a clear blue sky from its ocean side launch pad

SpaceX launches Starlink missions in dual-coast spaceflight doubleheader (videos)

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets, each carrying Starlink satellites, from Kennedy Space Cener in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Dec. 17, 2025.

Launches & Spacecraft
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