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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."

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.

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.

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.

Watch Blue Origin launch 1st wheelchair user to space on Dec. 18
By Mike Wall published
Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus will become the first wheelchair user ever to reach space on Thursday (Dec. 18), and you can watch her historic launch atop a Blue Origin rocket live.

Watch Rocket Lab launch 4 experimental 'DiskSats' for the US military tonight
By Mike Wall published
Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch four "DiskSats" for the U.S. Space Force at midnight on Thursday (Dec. 18), and you can watch the action live.

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.

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.

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.
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

