Skywatching

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Night sky for Dec. 26: Saturn in Pisces, plus the moon (after dark)

By Jamie Carter last updated

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Stargazing
The moon shines with its right half lit and its left veiled in shadow against a black night sky. Dark plains can be seen marking its surface around the equator, while large craters line the line separating night from day.

See the moon shine with Saturn in the southern sky after sunset Dec. 26

By Anthony Wood published

Don't miss the moon cozy up to Saturn on Dec. 26.

Stargazing

What should I look at with my new telescope?

By Jamie Carter published

From the moon and Jupiter to famous nebulae and galaxies, here’s your beginner-friendly guide to what to point your brand-new telescope at.

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Spaceflight

Artist's illustration of space junk orbiting Earth.

Space debris: will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?

By Lesley Masters, Ian Whittaker published

When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to the problem.

Space Exploration
Four images next to each other, from left to right an image of a green and brown Earthen landscape, a photo of president Trump wearing a red tie and black suit, a photo of a metal ball with wires coming out and a glowing blue light in a deep space image

The 12 biggest space stories of 2025 — according to you

By Monisha Ravisetti published

It's the 12 days of Spacemas, fa la la la la la la la la (sorry).

Space Exploration
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
A group of people wearing dark blue shirts and black pants stand on stage with an American flag behind them and an officer kneeling down with a blue flag for the US Space Force placed in front of them.

Space Force Guardians show off shiny new duds | Space photo of the day for Dec. 26, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

It marks the first time newly commissioned Space Force Guardians have graduated Officer Training School (OTS) wearing this uniform.

Space Exploration
Four astronats in Santa hats inside a space station decorated with space stockings and a Christmas tree.

Astronauts beam home Christmas wishes from International Space Station: 'I think we may be orbiting a little higher than Santa' (video)

By Tariq Malik published

They won't be home for Christmas, but astronauts in space are finding their own way to make the season bright.

International Space Station
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Science & Astronomy

A black and white crossword puzzle sits underneath a blue and white coffee cup with the Space.com black and white logo in the bottom left corner.

Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec. 22, 2025: Which NASA observatory just completed its first sky map?

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.

Astronomy
A bright ball of light shoots red and purple and white sparks in front of a galaxy background with stars, purple, and blue colors on it

Dark matter may be made of pieces of giant, exotic objects — and astronomers think they know how to look for them

By Paul Sutter published

Searches for dark matter particles have come up empty so far, driving theorists to get more creative with their ideas.

Dark Universe
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Entertainment

Lego U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D review

By Ian Stokes published

Boldly going where no Lego set has gone before, the first-ever Star Trek Lego set you can buy and it is awesome!

Space Toys & Lego

The best sci-fi movies of 2025. ranked

By Jeff Spry published

Spike your eggnog and relax with our list of the finest flicks of the year about invasive AI, soaring superheroes, and Lovecraftian horrors.

Space Movies & Shows
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What's Up In Space Today

Search For Life

A man looks at the camera sitting in the audience with other people wearing formal attire while a projector screen in the back is lit up with a grid-like image

We didn't find answers in 2025, but UFO researchers say the search continues

By Leonard David published

"Science doesn't always go as planned. In any case, there's a lot of work to be done."

Search for Life
Saturn's moon Titan looks a bit like Earth, but is, in fact, very different.

Surprise! Saturn's huge moon Titan may not have a buried ocean after all

By Charles Q. Choi published

"We're not certain if having widespread liquid pockets instead of a global ocean makes Titan more or less habitable."

Search for Life
A silhouette of a planet is in front of a giant sun with a small planet to the right of the image

Which exoplanet in the TRAPPIST-1 system could be habitable? Scientists are modeling the star to find out

By Samantha Mathewson published

Frequent flares from the nearby star TRAPPIST-1 could offer new clues in the search for habitable planets beyond Earth.

Search for Life
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Technology

A woman is watching television in a living room, the television is placed above a fire place and she is eating popcorn.

The best streaming device out there: Which one comes out on top — Amazon Fire TV Stick, Roku Ultra, Apple TV and Google TV Streamer?

By Alexander Cox published

Which is the best streaming device out there? We've pitted four of the best models on the market against each other to determine the top option.

Technology
A dark room light up by blue light showing a series of servers and wires

Google's proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti published

As a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem: space debris.

Technology
An illustration of a space station made of two large circular stacked rings connected by metal spires in between floating above Earth

Russia patents space station designed to generate artificial gravity

By Andrew Jones published

According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force.

Technology
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