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A view of a partial solar eclipse over St. Petersburg, Russia, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, file)
Partial solar eclipse at the bottom of the world closes out the year’s sun and moon spectacles
The bottom of the world is set to be front and center for a partial solar eclipse. Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of Australia are in prime position as the moon slips between the sun and Earth, obscuring a good portion of our star.
 
This image provided by NASA shows leopard spots on a reddish rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” in Mars’ Jezero Crater discovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover in July 2024. (NASA via AP)
New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life.
 
This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a powerful explosion, orange dot at the center of the image, that repeated several times over the course of a day, The image, taken with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), allowed astronomers to determine that the explosion didn't take place in the Milky Way but in another galaxy. (European Southern Observatory via AP)
Scientists are baffled by a powerful and long-lasting gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy
Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting.
 
This image provided by NASA on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, shows a scene of star birth in Pismis 24, a young star cluster about 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius taken by NASA's Webb Space Telescope. (NASA via AP)
Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope
Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope.
 
The moon shines over Mexico City during a total lunar eclipse, in Mexico City, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Asia will get a prime view of this weekend’s total lunar eclipse
The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos.
 
This image composed from multiple exposures and provided by NSF's NOIRLab shows a comet streaking across a star field above the International Gemini Observatory on Cerro Pachon, near La Serena, Chile. (NSF's NoirLab via AP)
Telescope reveals a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star
Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star. Released Thursday, the pictures taken by the Gemini South telescope in Chile are the best yet of the recently discovered comet.
 
This Dec. 6, 2018 image made available by NASA shows the InSight lander. (NASA via AP)
Marsquakes indicate a solid core for the red planet, just like Earth
It turns out Mars has a solid core just like Earth. A Chinese-led research team reported Wednesday that the heart of Mars, while small, is indeed solid.
 
In this image provided by NASA, SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts, parachutes into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)
Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station
Four astronauts are back on Earth after a five-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast on Saturday, a day after departing the orbiting lab.
 
This image provided by NASA/European Space Agency shows an image captured by Hubble of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. (NASA/European Space Agency via AP)
Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.
 
Astronaut Butch Wilmore is interviewed at Johnson Space Center on March 31, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, file)
Stuck astronaut Butch Wilmore retires from NASA less than 5 months after extended spaceflight
One of NASA’s two previously stuck astronauts has retired. NASA announced Butch Wilmore’s departure from the space agency on Wednesday.
 
This image made from video provided by NASA and SpaceX shows from right in blue, Japan's Kimiya Yui, NASA's Zena Cardman, NASA's Mike Fincke and Russia's Oleg Platonov, with colleagues up there since March at the International Space Station during a welcome ceremony, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (NASA and SpaceX via AP)
SpaceX delivers four astronauts to the International Space Station just 15 hours after launch
SpaceX has delivered a new crew to the International Space Station in just 15 hours. The team, consisting of astronauts from the U.S., Russia, and Japan, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and arrived on Saturday.
 
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a Dragon capsule with a U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A in Cape Canaveral , Fla., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing’s troubled Starliner
Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing’s Starliner trouble and other issues. SpaceX launched the U.S.
 
Astronauts, front row from left, Mike Fincke, of NASA, and Zena Cardman, of NASA, back row from left, Oleg Platonov, of Russia and Kimiya Yui, of Japan waves as they leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A and a planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Cape Canaveral , Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Clouds force last-minute delay for astronaut launch to the International Space Station
It’s a last-minute weather scrub for SpaceX’s latest crew launch for NASA. Clouds rolled in and prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday’s planned liftoff of four astronauts to the International Space Station.
 
The NISAR satellite, a joint mission by NASA and ISRO, lifts off aboard a GSLV-F16 rocket, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/R. Parthibhan)
Radar satellite launched by India and NASA will track minuscule changes to Earth’s land and ice
NASA and India have paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite capable of tracking the slightest changes in land and ice.
 
This image provided by the European Southern Observatory on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, shows jets of silicon monoxide blowing away from the baby star HOPS-315. (ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al. via AP)
Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star.
 
This image made from video provided by SpaceX shows a SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts parachuting into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (SpaceX via AP)
Private spaceflight ends with a Pacific splashdown for astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary are back on Earth. They closed out their private spaceflight Tuesday with a splashdown in the Pacific off the California coast.
 
This photo provided by Axiom Space shows the private crew of four, in dark suits, from left, Axiom mission commander Peggy Whitson, Hungary's Tibor Kapu, India's Shubhanshu Shukla and Poland's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, during a farewell ceremony aboard the International Space Station on Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Axiom Space via AP)
Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary head back to Earth after private space station mission
The International Space Station’s first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary are headed back to Earth.
 
This diagram provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP)
New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and has confirmed it was a comet from another star system.
 
The Milky Way is seen over the Haleakala Observatory and the lights of Kahului, at right, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 at the summit of Haleakala National Park near Kula, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Astronomers track object that may have originated outside the solar system
Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system.
 
This image provided by NASA shows visiting crew in dark blue, Axiom Space's Peggy Whitson, left, Hungary's Tibor Kapu, 2nd left, India's Shubhanshu Shukla, center, and Poland's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, center right, aboard the International Space Station, Thursday June 26, 2025. (NASA via AP)
International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.
 
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four aboard a Dragon Spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on a privately funded trip to the space station
India, Poland and Hungary are back in human spaceflight. SpaceX launched the countries’ first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a chartered flight to the International Space Station.
 
This image provided by NASA shows an annotation indicating the impact site for ispace's Resilience lunar lander, seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on June 11, 2025. (NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University via AP)
Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon
A Japanese company says a laser navigating tool doomed its lunar lander, causing it to crash into the moon.
 
This image provided by NASA shows an annotation indicating the impact site for ispace's Resilience lunar lander, seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on June 11, 2025. (NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University via AP)
NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander
A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander.
 
This handout provided by the European Southern Observatory shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). (ESO via AP)
This photo of the nearby Sculptor galaxy spans 65,000 light years
Astronomers have revealed a nearby spiral galaxy in all its brilliant glory, shining in thousands of colors.
 
This image provided by the European Space Agency shows the Sun's corona captured by the Proba-3 pair of spacecraft on May 23, 2025, in the visible light spectrum, with the hair-like structures revealed using a specialized image processing algorithm. (ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS/WOW algorithm via AP)
A look at the first artificial solar eclipses created by two European satellites
A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.
 
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule stands ready for launch on pad 39A for a mission to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Space station leak concerns will delay visit by astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary’s first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.
 
This image provided by ispace, inc. shows the Resilience lander circling the moon, Wednesday June 4, 2025. (ispace, inc. via AP)
Private lunar lander from Japan crashes into moon in failed mission
A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander on Friday.
 
In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. Bottom: A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision. (NASA/ESA via AP)
Milky Way’s chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50
It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all.
 
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX’s latest out-of-control Starship flight
The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.
 
This image provided by NASA shows X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (represented in blue) that have been combined with infrared data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope (cyan, light blue, teal and orange), and radio from MeerKat (red). An inset shows a more detailed view of the immediate area around this unusual object in X-ray and radio light. (NASA/Chandra/Spitzer/MeerKat via AP)
Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way galaxy. The celestial object is emitting X-rays around the same time it’s shooting out radio waves.
 
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