Rocket Lab launches final mission of 2025, sends Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit (video)
Rocket Lab launched its 21st and final mission of the year over the weekend, sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit.
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Rocket Lab launches final mission of 2025, sends Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit (video)
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Japanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite (video)
A Japanese H3 rocket suffered an anomaly during the launch of a navigation satellite on Sunday night (Dec. 21), resulting in the loss of the spacecraft.
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Japanese H3 rocket fails during launch of navigation satellite (video)
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Sentinels in the Sky: 50 Years of GOES Satellite Observations
Introduction In an era where satellite observations of Earth are commonplace, it’s easy to forget that only a few decades ago, the amount of information available about the state of Earth’s environment was limited; observations were infrequent and data were sparsely located. As far back as the late ...
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Sentinels in the Sky: 50 Years of GOES Satellite Observations
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NASA's SPHEREx telescope completes its 1st cosmic map of the entire sky and it's stunning!
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to eventually create a home for us in it."
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NASA's SPHEREx telescope completes its 1st cosmic map of the entire sky and it's stunning!
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10 times the sky amazed us in 2025
A bevy of comets, a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse and impressive northern lights were just three of the skywatching highlights in 2025. Here's how they unfolded.
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10 times the sky amazed us in 2025
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12 days of space and sci-fi books: Check out these festive holiday titles for your gift list or yourself!
Yuletide season is officially upon us and here's a joyous array of new titles to add to your holiday reading list.
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12 days of space and sci-fi books: Check out these festive holiday titles for your gift list or yourself!
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10 space zombie movies, books, and games to prepare you for the night of the intergalactic dead
From space slugs to lunar cemeteries, these movies, games, and books show that the undead can arrive from above, as well as below.
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10 space zombie movies, books, and games to prepare you for the night of the intergalactic dead
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How to track Santa Claus this Christmas Eve with NORAD's 2025 tracker
NORAD celebrates its 70th year of tracking Santa Claus as he flies around the world delivering joy this Christmas Eve.
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How to track Santa Claus this Christmas Eve with NORAD's 2025 tracker
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Best space board games to play this Christmas
Enjoy some out-of-this-world fun this Christmas with my selection of the best space board games available right now.
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Best space board games to play this Christmas
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Planet-eating stars hint at Earth's ultimate fate
A sampling of aging Sun-like stars demonstrates that they likely eat their closest planets.