Here is a look at just a few of the biggest developments in astronomy that The Debrief has been tracking in 2025.

A new front has opened in the battle over space shuttle Discovery, and the fight has made its way to the Justice Department. The two Texas Senators trying to mandate the relocation of Discovery from ...

It came from outer space. Interstellar space, to be precise. From somewhere beyond the influence of our sun, possibly from one of our Milky Way galaxy's most ancient stars, one that formed long before ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

Even in retirement, the space shuttle Discovery exudes power, seen across a hangar crowded with planes and jets at its museum home in Chantilly, Va. Charred and worn from its record 39 missions to ...

Scientists are constantly pushing the boundaries of knowledge and possibility. Over the last year, research teams around the world have broken ground, experimented, invented, and pushed us a little ...

Citizen scientists discover the farthest and most powerful Odd Radio Circle, composed of two giant intersecting rings of radio light. Credit: RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory (India) illustration The ...

KSA announced that the discovery has been officially verified by the Minor Planet Center in collaboration with international partners, including a NASA-affiliated research group. - Kenya breaking news ...

On October 11, 2012, NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour embarked on its arduous, 12-mile journey from an airplane hangar to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The iconic spacecraft had just ...

ESA’s 2026 space missions will take Europe to new heights. From lunar flybys and asteroid studies to Mercury orbit and advanced satellite launches, this year promises groundbreaking discoveries in ...