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Strange pillar of light linked to Chinese rocket BBC23:20
People are surprised to learn that the closest planet to Neptune turns out to be Mercury IFLScience23:16
China launches 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites into space CGTN21:01
NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected? Space.com09:08
India, Russia vow to work together for peaceful use of outer space Indian Express08:56
More than 500,000 satellites are set to orbit Earth by 2040. They may end up photobombing the… Smithsonian Magazine05:03
NASA rover hears tiny crackles of thunder and lightning on Mars The Weather Network10:24

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The buzz over an ‘alien’ interstellar comet shows how way-out speculation goes viral GeekWire10:51

Massive magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocks Alaska sending tremors across the continent MailOnline09:23

In the last 8 hours

SpaceX gets approval to build Starship launch complex at Cape Canaveral SpaceNews07:53

Earlier today

Alabama’s out of this world history ABC News05:46

5 Historic US Missions To Space That Weren't NASA BGR05:27

3I/Atlas: Interstellar visitor back again? Hubble image, times to spot – all you need to know Mint04:50

Scientists Impressed by “Fire Amoeba” That Can Survive Incredible Temperatures Futurism04:35

SpaceX Is Now Threatening the Hubble, NASA Warns Futurism04:35

Sugars Essential to Life Discovered on Bennu Space Scout04:30

“Project Athena” by Jared Isaacman NASA Watch04:12

2001: A Space Odyssey Was a New Type of Science Fiction Mind Matters03:57

Human Exploration of Mars: New Report Focuses on a Science Strategy, Preparing for a Sustained… Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)02:16

Welsh researchers welcome renewed UK support for landmark Mars mission Nation.Cymru02:16

PhilSA warns of falling debris from Chinese rocket launch GMA News01:09

An Asteroid Threatening Earth Is Teeming With Ingredients for Life, Scientists Discover 404 Media01:06

Was the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ Really a Comet? Scientific American00:37

Trump does his thing, and NASA does its own Defence2400:12

Don't miss Jupiter shining close to the waning gibbous moon on Dec. 7 Space.com00:05

Yesterday

India International Science Festival kicks off in Panchkula; astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla steals … The Statesman23:51 6-Dec-25

Strange pillar of light linked to Chinese rocket BBC23:20 6-Dec-25

People Are Surprised To Learn That The Closest Planet To Neptune Turns Out To Be Mercury IFLScience23:16 6-Dec-25

Do any foods taste better in space? BBC Science Focus23:12 6-Dec-25

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit tonight Space.com22:02 6-Dec-25

Webb telescope found a Milky Way lookalike 12 billion light-years away Mashable21:15 6-Dec-25

China launches 14th group of low-orbit internet satellites into space CGTN21:01 6-Dec-25

HydroGNSS mission scouts for water cycle variables from orbit eeNews Analog20:29 6-Dec-25

Invention Challenge Brings Student Engineers to NASA JPL NASA (Press Release)13:12 6-Dec-25

James Webb Telescope reveals galaxies forming earlier than expected The Telegraph, Calcutta12:31 6-Dec-25

NASA rover hears tiny crackles of thunder and lightning on Mars The Weather Network10:24 6-Dec-25

Moon Experiments Selected for NASA Artemis-4 Deployment Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)10:18 6-Dec-25

3 astronauts settle into their new life in orbit | On the International Space Station this week … Space.com10:09 6-Dec-25

Astronaut Jonny Kim, 2 cosmonauts scheduled for ISS departure UPI10:01 6-Dec-25

Castelion raises $350 million to scale hypersonic missile production SpaceNews09:29 6-Dec-25

NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected? Space.com09:08 6-Dec-25

India, Russia vow to work together for peaceful use of outer space Indian Express08:56 6-Dec-25

Satellite Photobombing Is Disrupting Space Telescope Astronomy Nautilus08:17 6-Dec-25

SpaceX reportedly in talks for secondary sale at $800B valuation, which would make it America’s … TechCrunch08:09 6-Dec-25

NASA Wins Second Emmy Award for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Broadcast NASA (Press Release)07:40 6-Dec-25

Government of Canada invests $357.7 million to kickstart the Regional Defence Investment… SpaceQ07:28 6-Dec-25

SpaceX gets Environmental Approval for Starship at SLC-37 nasaspaceflight.com07:04 6-Dec-25

NordSpace postpones Taiga suborbital launch until March 2026 SpaceQ06:07 6-Dec-25

James Webb Space Telescope Discovery Reveals the Milky Way Has a Distant Twin That Shouldn’t Exist The Debrief05:46 6-Dec-25

Bursts of Mysterious Signals in Antarctica Are Baffling Scientists Popular Mechanics05:36 6-Dec-25

Europa’s Spider-like Features And The Potential For Life Astrobiology Web05:09 6-Dec-25

More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up Photobombing the… Smithsonian Magazine05:03 6-Dec-25

Interstellar Ices as Carriers of Supernova Material to the Early Solar System Astrobiology Web04:59 6-Dec-25

Machine Learning For Exoplanet Discovery: Validating TESS Candidates and Identifying Planets in the Habitable Zone Astrobiology Web04:59 6-Dec-25

New Research Reveals Chemical Process That May Have Sparked Life On Earth Astrobiology Web04:59 6-Dec-25

Inside Trump’s Golden Dome: High-stakes debate over missile-defense shield The Washington Post04:56 6-Dec-25

Hubble Space Telescope Revisits Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Astrobiology Web04:49 6-Dec-25

A Gigantic Spinning Filament of 14 Galaxies Could Be the Largest Rotating Structure Ever Found ZME Science04:42 6-Dec-25

Two NASA Scientific Balloon Launches Planned From Antarctica NASA (Press Release)04:36 6-Dec-25

First Wheelchair User in Space: Onboard New Shepard’s Upcoming Suborbital Flight Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)04:31 6-Dec-25

NASA LIFE RCN Seminar: Science at NASA Astrobiology Web04:19 6-Dec-25

Comet 3I/Atlas from beyond solar system carries key molecule for life New Scientist04:13 6-Dec-25

NASA Astromaterials Sample Deadlines Approaching Astrobiology Web04:08 6-Dec-25

Seeing stellar explosions in high definition University of Michigan04:07 6-Dec-25

'We have lost a lot of time.' Former NASA chief says US needs to start over with moon landing… Space.com04:04 6-Dec-25

A New Look At TRAPPIST-1e, An Earth-sized, Habitable-zone Exoplanet Astrobiology Web03:58 6-Dec-25

Hubble Space Telescope caught a second glimpse of comet 3I/ATLAS Popular Science03:51 6-Dec-25

Launchers, secure comms, LEO PNT: Spain doubles its ESA investment, moves into 4th place, ahead … Space Intel Report03:39 6-Dec-25

New Boulder City Council sworn in Boulder Daily Camera, Colorado03:23 6-Dec-25

Giant sunspot on par with the one that birthed the Carrington Event has appeared on the sun — and it's pointed right at … Live Science03:16 6-Dec-25

Icy Hot Plasmas: Fluffy, Electrically Charged Ice Grains Reveal New Plasma Dynamics Caltech03:12 6-Dec-25

Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities Space.com03:03 6-Dec-25

How to Pronounce Uranus Without Blushing ZME Science03:00 6-Dec-25

Roscosmos Exploring Rocket Engine Sales to India The Moscow Times02:49 6-Dec-25

Festive light displays Planetary Society02:38 6-Dec-25

Minneapolis was colder than Mars last month MailOnline02:30 6-Dec-25

Closing The GSFC Library NASA Watch02:26 6-Dec-25

Russian Cosmonaut Won’t Take SpaceX Flight to the ISS The National Interest02:09 6-Dec-25

NASA Wins Another Emmy NASA Watch02:06 6-Dec-25

International Space Station prepares for new commander, heads into final five years of planned operations Spaceflight Now01:58 6-Dec-25

ICEYE and General Catalyst partner to redefine space-based intelligence in Europe ICEYE (Press Release)01:46 6-Dec-25

NASA Software Raises Bar for Aircraft Icing Research NASA (Press Release)01:30 6-Dec-25

Growing Number of Satellites Will Leave Streaks on Photos from Space Telescopes Yale Environment 36001:21 6-Dec-25

Week in images: 01-05 December 2025 ESA01:19 6-Dec-25

The 1st Global Space Awards honors late Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell on Dec. 5 Space.com01:01 6-Dec-25

Addressing sustainability and space environmental issues with AI UK Research and Innovation00:41 6-Dec-25

China Could Beat the US to the Moon, Experts Warn Payload00:22 6-Dec-25

Canada Awards MDA Space $45M CAD to Secure Domestic EO Payload00:22 6-Dec-25

Hubble Spots a Storm of New Stars NASA (Press Release)00:01 6-Dec-25

In the last 7 days

Northrop Grumman continues solid rocket motor development and test program SpaceNews23:59 5-Dec-25

Scientists crack the code to making hard-to-produce Cu-64 Tech Explorist23:36 5-Dec-25

Orbex trails other European Launcher Challenge companies as U.K. delays funding decision SpaceNews23:19 5-Dec-25

Pixxel and UP42 announce partnership - bringing hyperspectral data to users worldwide Satellite Evolution23:16 5-Dec-25

Asteroid Bennu Was Missing Just One Ingredient Needed To Kickstart Life – We Just Found It IFLScience23:16 5-Dec-25

China faces temporary emergency launch gap after space station lifeboat crisis SpaceNews23:08 5-Dec-25

Hispasat and NOS sign a multi-year agreement for satellite television distribution Satellite Evolution23:06 5-Dec-25

Mobile networks want to use the satellite airwaves we need to track climate change SpaceNews23:00 5-Dec-25

Book Review: Gemini and Mercury Remastered by Andy Saunders Voice Magazine22:51 5-Dec-25

Stunning NASA Photos Capture Historic Volcanic Eruption Miami Herald22:45 5-Dec-25

These are a few of my favourite sounds: Books in brief Nature.com22:39 5-Dec-25

Beware the vipers: These snakes appear to strike the fastest Student Science22:35 5-Dec-25

What time is it on Mars? The 1st precise answer EarthSky22:26 5-Dec-25

Asteroid Bennu holds clues to how life began: Sugars, organics, and stardust Knowridge Science Report21:56 5-Dec-25

Is life out there? NASA finds essential sugars on ancient asteroid Bennu more than 200 million… MailOnline21:52 5-Dec-25

NGC's SMART Demo Program Delivers 2 Solid Rocket Motors and Achieves Successful Firing in Under 12 Months ASDNews21:19 5-Dec-25

NASA Mars rover captures crackling lightning. Hear the 'thunder' yourself. Mashable21:17 5-Dec-25

Satellite boom is a 'growing threat' to space telescopes: NASA study ABC News21:16 5-Dec-25

This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 5 – 14 Sky & Telescope20:44 5-Dec-25

Life On Arsenic? Why Some Science Just Won’t Die - And Why It Matters For Real Discovery Science 2.020:34 5-Dec-25

Earth from Space: Singing dunes and mysterious lakes ESA20:23 5-Dec-25

Thales and AIO deepen partnership for Egypt’s tech sovereignty SatellitePro ME19:46 5-Dec-25

Say goodbye to blurry nighttime pics with the first-ever smartphone telescope Macworld19:36 5-Dec-25

Inmarsat Maritime announces NexusWave upgrade powered by ViaSat-3 SatellitePro ME18:45 5-Dec-25

Breaking Down Europe’s Launch Funding Payload17:05 5-Dec-25

ESA Keeps the Door Open for More Defense Funding Payload17:05 5-Dec-25

Viasat’s HaloNet: Continuous Near-Earth Communications for Space Ops Payload16:04 5-Dec-25

Getting Back to the Moon Before China No Sure Bet Space Policy Online15:42 5-Dec-25

Salis Seeks Law To Prohibit Use Of Thugs For Elections Leadership, Nigeria15:36 5-Dec-25

‘She’s out after the storm’: Cold Moon shines despite Singapore’s rainy weather The Straits Times13:34 5-Dec-25

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,176 28 November 2025 (Space Life Science Research Results) Astrobiology Web10:49 5-Dec-25

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