Latest Space Breaking News: ALMA datasets elucidate nearby galaxy NGC 1266's massive molecular outflow Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-alma-datasets-elucidate-nearby-galaxy.html Summary: By analyzing the archival data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has inspected the outflow of a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1266. Results of the new study, presented Dec. 11 on the arXiv pre-print server, could help us better understand the nature of this galaxy.

Latest Space News: Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs Link:

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Lower-cost space missions like NASA

This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it

Summary: This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.

🧑‍🚀 **Astronaut Spotlight** 🌟 **Name**: Buzz Aldrin 🏷️ **Status**: Retired 📖 **Bio**: Buzz Aldrin; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; is an American engineer, former astronaut, and fighter pilot. As Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon. #Astronauts #SpaceHeroes

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Ceres-2 | Demo Flight 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-31T00:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Ceres-2 📖 **Details**: First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 7A | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-30T22:40:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 7A 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4B | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-30T04:10:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4B 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-3 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-29T02:09:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: CSG-3 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-28T13:18:05Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M 📖 **Details**: A pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, with maximum resolution of 1.2 m in panchromatic mode and a swath width of 32 km. 50 small satellites will also be launched as ride-share payloads, including 3 from Iran. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

Latest Space Breaking News: Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ultra-hot-lava-world-thick.html Summary: A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our solar system. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, used NASA's JWST to reveal an alien atmosphere in an unexpected place—an ancient, ultra-hot super-Earth that likely hosts a magma ocean.

Latest Space News: Event horizon hunt: A black hole word search Link:

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Event horizon hunt: A black hole word search

Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe

Summary: Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe's most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons to singularities.

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Ceres-2 | Demo Flight 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-31T00:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Ceres-2 📖 **Details**: First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 7A | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-30T22:40:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 7A 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4B | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-30T04:10:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4B 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-3 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-29T02:09:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Falcon 9 📖 **Details**: CSG-3 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-28T13:18:05Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M 📖 **Details**: A pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, with maximum resolution of 1.2 m in panchromatic mode and a swath width of 32 km. 50 small satellites will also be launched as ride-share payloads, including 3 from Iran. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🧮 **Space Travel Simulator** 🚀 Destination: Mars 🌌 Distance: 78000000.00 km ⏱️ Estimated Travel Time: 65.0 days Let the countdown begin! 🚀 #SpaceTravel #Exploration

Latest Space News: Our favorite Space.com stories of 2025 Link:

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Our favorite Space.com stories of 2025

Before the year ends, you may want to read a few of these.

Summary: We asked our staff to choose their favorite Space.com stories of 2025. Here's what we got.

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Ceres-2 | Demo Flight 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-31T00:00:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Ceres-2 📖 **Details**: First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 7A | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-30T22:40:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 7A 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience

🚀 **Upcoming Space Launch** 🚀 🌌 **Mission Name**: Long March 4B | Unknown Payload 🗓️ **Launch Date**: 2025-12-30T04:10:00Z 🚀 **Rocket**: Long March 4B 📖 **Details**: Details TBD. #SpaceLaunch #RocketScience