Mercury is hard to spot, but you can catch it in the morning sky this month  - If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

 Mars orbiter sees 'butterfly' crater spread its wings on the Red Planet  - A new view of Mars showcases a dramatic impact crater on the Red Planet with its debris wings unfurling across the surface like a butterfly in flight.

+3 from  space

 SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)  - SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (Dec. 4), sending 28 of them up from California's central coast.

+5 from  space

 Hubble Spots a Storm of New Stars  - This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a stormy and highly active spiral galaxy named NGC 1792. Located over 50 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Columba (the Dove), the bright glow of the galaxy’s center is offset by…

+19 from  nasa

 December's 'Cold Moon' rises: See breathtaking images of the final full moon of 2025  - December's "Cold Moon" rose on Dec. 4 as it neared its closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.

+1 from  space

 Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will break new ground for people with disabilities  - Blue Origin's upcoming NS-37 space tourism launch has special significance: One of the passengers is Michi Benthaus, who will become the first wheelchair user in space.

+4 from  space