December is the month that fans of 3I/ATLAS have been waiting for as the interstellar comet makes its closest approach to ...

A different study by scientist Matthew Hopkins at the University of Oxford and colleagues, used a model that focused on the ...

All 88 internationally recognised constellations have European origins. But First Nations astronomy tells older, beautiful ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of spiral galaxy UGC 2890. The "galaxy lies around 30 million light-years ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during December 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

How can star populations help astronomers re-evaluate the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, also called ...

Plus, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and the winter solstice arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m.

Astronomers mapped supernova SN 2024ggi for the first time, revealing an elongated shockwave, challenging old stellar ...

Welcome to the latest astronomy space news for December 1, 2025! This month, we’re looking at how galaxies grow, what the ...

December in the Northern Hemisphere features Jupiter as the “Christmas Star,” the rise of the full Cold Moon — a supermoon — and the return of bright Winter stars.