The 'Doctor Who' Christmas special 2024 is pure Steven Moffat: Here's why 'Joy' is so important to the world

Space News - 25 December, 2024 - 19:15
An intricately plotted festive tale checks into a hotel that takes guests everywhere in history.

Astronauts on ISS beam holiday cheer to Earth for Christmas (video)

Space News - 25 December, 2024 - 18:27
Surrounded by candy canes and a makeshift snowman made out of stowage bags, the astronauts on the International Space Station gathered together to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone back on Earth.

Piece of Apollo 11 spacecraft 'lands' in moon meteorite-lined wedding ring

Space News - 25 December, 2024 - 17:00
For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft will now be Jon Mesick's to have and to hold for all the days of his life. The tape is the centerpiece of Mesick's wedding band.

What does the NASA administrator do?

Space News - 25 December, 2024 - 16:00
NASA administrators play a vital role in deciding what NASA does and how it does it, and they also help build political support for space exploration.

New thunderstorms wider than Earth are spewing out green lightning on Jupiter — and could make one of the gas giant's massive bands disappear

Space News - 25 December, 2024 - 15:00
A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing massive bolts of green lightning. Some experts think the pale clouds could end up altering the rusty band's color — and potentially even making it "disappear."

Mars opposition 2025: How to see the Red Planet at its biggest and brightest

Space News - 25 December, 2024 - 14:00
Mars is on the cusp of becoming bigger and brighter than at any point since 2022 as it comes into alignment with Earth and the sun.

How 2024 brought us deeper into the world of particle physics

Space News - 25 December, 2024 - 13:00
Dark matter, antimatter, W bosons and neutron lifetimes all feature in our top 10 stories.

ULA wants to upgrade Vulcan Centaur rocket into a 'space interceptor' to defend satellites

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 20:00
United Launch Alliance (ULA) says its new, powerful Vulcan Centaur upper stage rocket could play a key role in defending satellites from potential threats in space.

Mars orbiters witness a 'winter wonderland' on the Red Planet (photos)

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 18:00
Snow dots the Martian landscape in these images from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Black hole paradox that stumped Stephen Hawking may have a solution, new paper claims

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 17:00
As black holes slowly vanish through Hawking radiation, their information may be preserved in subtle space-time ripples, a new theory suggests.

Best sci-fi movies of 2024

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 16:00
Take a look back at the best sci-fi movies of 2024: A journey across sci-fi worlds with these top 8 titles.

Venus, Mars and more: How to see planets in the night sky in 2025

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 16:00
Your guide to viewing the visible planets of the solar system in the night sky of 2025.

Dune: Prophecy' renewed for Season 2 after HBO show's hugely successful debut

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 15:30
HBO's "Dune" prequel spinoff, "Dune: Prophecy," scores a second season

'Dune: Prophecy' Season Finale: Lies unleashed, a lost child, and long live the Emperor

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 15:00
A recap of the "Dune: Prophecy" season finale

Stars get ripped open like Christmas presents to create strange 'JuMBO' worlds

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 14:00
What did you get fot X-mas? Scientists may have been gifted with a solution to the mystery of juMBOs, strange celestial bodies that seem to be neither planets nor stars.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe celebrates Christmas with record smashing 'kiss' of the sun

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 13:00
On Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) NASA's parker Solar Probe made its closest approach to the sun yet, passing through the blisteringly hot outer atmosphere of our star.

24 amazing space images from 2024

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 12:00
Space.com's 24 space images of 2024! The most awe-inspiring space photos of the year from our Space Images of the Day.

Aurora alert: Geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights in upper Midwest skies this Christmas

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 11:39
Aurora chasers are on high alert for minor geomagnetic storm conditions on Dec. 25. Northern lights could be visible over some northern and upper Midwest states.

These 5 particles are so strange, we're not sure they exist

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 07:00
Scientists theorize there could be subatomic particles we have yet to discover. Here are five of the weirdest, rarest hypothetical particles in the universe.

Scientists hope NASA's Parker Solar Probe gets hit by a storm during historic Christmas Eve sun flyby

Space News - 24 December, 2024 - 00:00
If all goes to plan, the sun should give NASA's Parker Solar Probe a hard time.

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