Space.com
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- Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Dec. 8, 2025: NASA lost contact with which Mars spacecraft this week?
on 13th December 2025 at 5:00 pmTest your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.
- 'Doctor Who' spin-offs ranked: From K-9 and Daleks! to 'Class', 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' and 'Torchwood'
on 13th December 2025 at 4:00 pmAs 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' rages on, we look back at the previous TV shows to explode out of the Whoniverse.
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 189 — Privatizing Orbit
by info@space.com (Space.com Staff) on 13th December 2025 at 2:18 pmOn Episode 189 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with their favorite Newspace Buccaneer, Jeffrey Manber.
- When darkness shines: How dark stars could illuminate the early universe
on 13th December 2025 at 2:00 pmDark stars are not exactly stars, and they are certainly not dark.
- Watch the Geminid meteor shower peak tonight from the comfort of home with this free livestream
on 13th December 2025 at 1:00 pmThe Geminid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes through the debris from asteroid (3200) Phaethon
NASA.com
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- NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Discuss Eight-Month Space Station Mission
by Jessica Taveau on 12th December 2025 at 8:28 pmNASA astronaut Jonny Kim will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 3:30 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 19, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the news conference live on NASA’s YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including
- NASA’s Webb, Curiosity Named in TIME’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame
on 12th December 2025 at 5:52 pmTwo icons of discovery, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Curiosity rover, have earned places in TIME’s “Best Inventions Hall of Fame,” which recognizes the 25 groundbreaking inventions of the past quarter century that have had the most global impact, since TIME began its annual Best Inventions list in 2000. The inventions are celebrated
- A Rare Gourd
by Gary Daines on 12th December 2025 at 3:18 pmNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an uncommon sight – the death of a low-mass star – in this image of the Calabash Nebula released on Feb. 3, 2017. Here, we can see the star going through a rapid transformation from a red giant to a planetary nebula, during which it blows its outer layers of
Image of the Day
- The Calabash clash
on 12th December 2025 at 3:20 pmThe Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a spectacular example of the death of a low-mass star like the Sun. This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the star going through a rapid transformation from a red giant to a planetary nebula, during which it blows its outer layers of gas and dust out into the surrounding space. The recently ejected material is spat out in opposite directions with immense speed — the gas shown in yellow is moving close to a million kilometres an hour. Astronomers rarely capture a star in this phase of its evolution because it occurs within the blink of an eye — in astronomical terms. Over the next thousand years the nebula is expected to evolve into a fully fledged planetary nebula. The nebula is also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula because it contains a lot of sulphur, an element that, when combined with other elements, smells like a rotten egg — but luckily, it resides over 5000 light-years away in the constellation of Puppis (The Poop deck).
Space Station News
- NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Discuss Eight-Month Space Station Missionby Jessica Taveau on 12th December 2025 at 8:28 pm
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 3:30 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 19, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch the news conference live on NASA’s YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including
- 25 Years of Space Station Technology Driving Exploration
by Linda E. Grimm on 10th December 2025 at 8:50 pmNASA and its partners have supported humans continuously living and working in space since November 2000. After 25 years of habitation, the International Space Station continues to be a proving ground for technology that powers NASA’s Artemis campaign, future lunar missions, and human exploration of Mars. Take a look at key technology advancements made
- City Lights Glow Along Moonlit Waters
on 10th December 2025 at 5:00 amAn astronaut photographed moonglint shimmering across the sea surface and the bright clusters of Florida’s cities at night.
Astronomy Now
Below are some stories from Astronomy News from the Astronomy Now website
- Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14
by Bob King on 12th December 2025 at 2:35 pmGreat news! We'll have dark skies for the year's richest meteor shower. The post Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 12 – 21by Alan MacRobert on 12th December 2025 at 10:06 am
Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10 p.m. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 12 – 21 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Night Sky News from Astronomy Now
- Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14by Bob King on 12th December 2025 at 2:35 pm
Great news! We'll have dark skies for the year's richest meteor shower. The post Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 12 – 21by Alan MacRobert on 12th December 2025 at 10:06 am
Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10 p.m. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 12 – 21 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.