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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 188 — A New NASA Leader Rises?

On Episode 188 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut, who took had his second confirmation as NASA's next leader.

Dec 06, 2025

Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec. 1, 2025: What is the name of December's supermoon?

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

Dec 06, 2025

Don't miss Jupiter shining close to the waning gibbous moon on Dec. 7

The waning moon shines close to the king of the planets on Dec. 7.

Dec 06, 2025

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit tonight

Rocket Lab launched a satellite for a "confidential commercial customer" on Thursday morning (Nov. 20), just a few hours after giving notice of the impending liftoff.

Dec 06, 2025

3 astronauts settle into their new life in orbit | On the International Space Station this week Dec. 1-5, 2025

Newly arrived and soon-to-depart members of Expedition 73 prepared for what is to come next during this, their final week all together aboard the International Space Station.

Dec 05, 2025
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NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected?

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and ready to begin launch preparations this summer.

Dec 05, 2025

Every space and sci-fi game at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted 2025

Our friends at PC Gamer hosted a fantastic show looking at the future of video games, and these are our favorite space and sci-fi picks from it.

Dec 05, 2025

NASA spacecraft tracks comet SWAN in incredible 40-day timelapse — and even glimpses interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS (video)

NASA imaged Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) every four minutes for nearly 40 days, marking the longest any comet has been tracked with such frequency.

Dec 05, 2025

Scientists capture 51 images showing exoplanets coming together around other stars: 'This data set is an astronomical treasure'

The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

Dec 05, 2025

'Torchwood: Children of Earth': Why the 2009 mini-series is the greatest thing ever to come out of the 'Doctor Who' universe

Ahead of 'The War Between the Land of the Sea', we look back at a drama that rewrote the rules of the Whoniverse.

Dec 05, 2025

'We have lost a lot of time.' Former NASA chief says US needs to start over with moon landing plans or risk losing to China

Former NASA chief Michael Griffin told the U.S. Congress that while China is making great strides in its plan to reach the moon, the United States has "stuck to a plan that does not make sense."

Dec 05, 2025

Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities

Blue Origin's upcoming NS-37 space tourism launch has special significance: One of the passengers is Michi Benthaus, who will become the first wheelchair user in space.

Dec 05, 2025

Mars orbiter sees 'butterfly' crater spread its wings on the Red Planet

A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings unfurling across the surface like a butterfly in flight.

Dec 05, 2025

The 1st Global Space Awards honors late Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell on Dec. 5

The Global Space Awards will be held at London's Natural History Museum on Dec. 5.

Dec 05, 2025

Seeing a bull's-eye in the desert | Space photo of the day for Dec. 5, 2025

Is this really a crater in the Saharan Desert?

Dec 05, 2025

December's 'Cold Moon' rises: See breathtaking images of the final full moon of 2025

December's "Cold Moon" rose on Dec. 4 as it neared its closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.

Dec 05, 2025

Ancient Chinese texts reveal new clues about the 1st recorded solar eclipse

What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?

Dec 05, 2025

Glowing bridge links dwarf galaxies in stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope

A spectacular new view of two dwarf galaxies caught in the middle of a cosmic collision reveals a glowing gas bridge, streams of newborn stars and the ongoing gravitational tug-of-war reshaping both galaxies.

Dec 04, 2025

'Hubble tension' is back again as a new cosmic map deepens the puzzle

"It means cleaning house, narrowing the viable paths forward, and no longer spending energy on what are evidently dead ends."

Dec 04, 2025

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

Dec 04, 2025

Scientists discover one of our universe's largest spinning structures — a 50-million-light-year-long cosmic thread

The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

Dec 04, 2025

Was Elon Musk in the room where it happened? This senator still wants to know

As he did eight months ago, Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman if Elon Musk was in the room when President Trump first offered him the job of NASA chief. And, once again, Isaacman demurred.

Dec 04, 2025

Rare solar flare caused radiation in Earth's atmosphere to spike to highest levels in nearly 20 years, researchers say

Levels of potentially dangerous cosmic radiation in Earth's atmosphere rose to a two-decade high in November after a rare solar super-flare pummeled the planet with high-speed particles from the sun.

Dec 04, 2025

Mercury is hard to spot, but you can catch it in the morning sky this month

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

Dec 04, 2025

Rare images reveal active sunspots minutes before they unleashed powerful X-flares that caused November 2025's stunning auroras

We don't often get a good look at X-class solar flares from ground-based observatories.

Dec 04, 2025

Watch the 'PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted' for updates on High on Life 2, Remnant Protocol, plus more cool sci-fi & space games

Check out the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted stream and see the sci-fi and space games you'll be playing in 2026 and beyond.

Dec 04, 2025

Damaged launch pad: How long before Russia can send astronauts to the ISS again?

A mishap during the successful Nov. 27 launch of three astronauts damaged the only pad that currently supports Russian crewed orbital liftoffs. How long before things are back up and running again?

Dec 04, 2025

Geminid shooting stars: One of 2025's most exciting meteor showers begins tonight

The Geminid meteor shower is active from Dec. 4 and hits its peak on the night of Dec. 13-14.

Dec 04, 2025

See the metal guts of a satellite in this wild X-ray view | Space photo of the day for Dec. 4, 2025

The EURECA spacecraft flew on the space shuttle Atlantis in 1992.

Dec 04, 2025

Why is the universe made of matter? These 'ghost particle' experiments could help us find out

A new joint analysis from the NOvA and T2K experiments offers the most precise look yet at neutrino behavior, bringing scientists closer to understanding why the universe is made of matter.

Dec 04, 2025

Don't miss the last full moon of 2025 as the 'Cold Supermoon' takes to the autumn sky on Dec. 4

See a stunning supermoon take flight on Dec. 4.

Dec 04, 2025

The US must beat China to moon, Trump pick for NASA chief Jared Isaacman tells Senate: 'If we make a mistake, we may never catch up'

Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman didn't mince words Wednesday (Dec. 3) during his second hearing before the Senate committee considering his nomination for NASA administrator.

Dec 03, 2025

A 'Cold Supermoon' rises this week: Watch it take flight online with these free livestreams (video)

The final full moon of 2025 rises on Dec. 4.

Dec 03, 2025

Next Blue Origin tourist launch will fly wheelchair user to space for 1st time

Blue Origin's next space tourist launch will make history, sending a wheelchair user to the final frontier for the first time.

Dec 03, 2025

Move over Chalamet — The Dune TV miniseries turns 25 today, so we talked to the director of the star-studded show that reached for the stars on a shoestring budget (exclusive)

‘I wanted to elevate it. I didn’t want to do it like the original 'Battlestar Galactica' or 'Babylon 5.''

Dec 03, 2025

Struck by a cosmic ray: Galactic particles may have forced a passenger jet to make an emergency landing

A cosmic ray from a faraway supernova explosion may have sent a packed passenger jet into free fall in late October, forcing an emergency landing.

Dec 03, 2025

Europe picks companies to help build Argonaut moon lander

Europe's plans to develop its "Argonaut" robotic moon lander are moving ahead with the announcement of an Italy-led consortium that will build a key element of the spacecraft.

Dec 03, 2025

China's 1st reusable rocket explodes in dramatic fireball during landing after reaching orbit on debut flight

The first test flight of Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket ended in a fiery explosion after successfully reaching orbit.

Dec 03, 2025

SpaceX can launch its Starship megarocket from Florida pad, Air Force says

The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop SLC-37 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for its Starship megarocket.

Dec 03, 2025

Large Magellanic Cloud bursts with baby stars | Space photo of the day for Dec. 3, 2025

The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.

Dec 03, 2025

A 'super-puff' exoplanet is losing its atmosphere, and the James Webb Space Telescope had a look

Astronomers have spotted a distant world "shedding" its atmosphere into space in real time, creating a giant cloud of helium gas that sweeps across its parent star well before the planet itself.

Dec 03, 2025

Northern lights may be visible in 15 states Dec. 3

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as a speedy solar wind and incoming coronal mass ejection are expected to buffet Earth's magnetic field.

Dec 03, 2025

NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth (video)

Asteroid Bennu samples contain life-friendly sugars, a strange "space-gum," and ancient stardust

Dec 03, 2025

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink broadband internet satellites launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.

Dec 02, 2025

Last-minute camera deals: Grab these final few Cyber Monday camera deals before they're gone

Looking to level up your photography gear? Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us, but if you're fast, you can still save big on these final few camera deals, from Canon, Sony and Nikon.

Dec 02, 2025

Cosmonaut removed from SpaceX's Crew 12 mission for violating national security rules: report

Veteran cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was taken off SpaceX's Crew 12 mission to the International Space Station after violating ITAR regulations, according to the Russian publication The Insider.

Dec 02, 2025

Time travels faster on Mars than on Earth, and here's why

Measuring the time discrepancy between Earth and Mars will help make future navigation and communication systems on the Red Planet more accurate.

Dec 02, 2025

For the 1st time ever, 8 spacecraft are docked to the International Space Station

All eight of the International Space Station's docking ports are currently occupied by visiting spacecraft, marking a milestone for crewed spaceflight.

Dec 02, 2025

Hurry! The best done on the market is still on sale for Cyber Monday, but there are only a few left in stock

It's not too late to get a great Cyber Monday drone deal, as the DJI Mavic 4 Pro is still $500, but there aren't many left, so you'll have to be quick.

Dec 02, 2025

Europe passes record-breaking space budget while NASA hit with deep cuts

The European Space Agency member states have approved a record-breaking budget for the next three years, including increased funding for science exploration.

Dec 02, 2025