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10 times the sky amazed us in 2025

A bevy of comets, a "blood moon" total lunar eclipse and impressive northern lights were just three of the skywatching highlights in 2025. Here's how they unfolded.

Space

3I/ATLAS Update: ESA's Juice Probe Captures Hyperactive 7 Billion Year Old Alien Visitor

ESA's JUICE probe captures the 7-billion-year-old 3I/ATLAS comet.

International Business Times UK

Andrew and Fergie at Christmas: Scandal, humiliation and isolation like no other

Bewildered and humiliated, it will be a festive season like no other for the royal pariahs, writes Tanya Gold

Evening Standard

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What Happened When 3I/ATLAS Approached Earth — Heartbreak Looms For Astronomers

As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS swept past Earth on 19 December 2025, viral theories claimed cosmic indifference or alien intent. Here is what happened and why astronomers were watching so closely.

International Business Times UK

Michael Schumacher Family Fury: 'Mastermind' Bodyguard Jailed Over Private Photo Blackmail

Michael Schumacher's family appeal 'lenient' blackmail sentence after former bodyguard Markus Fritsche avoided jail. Read about the €15m plot and the latest health updates.

International Business Times UK

Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist

In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out:

The Conversation

Planet-eating stars hint at Earth's ultimate fate

A sampling of aging Sun-like stars demonstrates that they likely eat their closest planets.

Space

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Starship success, a private moon landing and more: The top 10 spaceflight stories of 2025

Over the past 12 months, we saw multiple spaceflight records broken, the debut of a powerful new rocket and the first-ever fully successful private moon landing.

Space

Ursid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight: Here's what to expect from the yuletide light show

Ursid shooting stars may be visible throughout the night on Dec. 21-22.

Space

There’s a new space race – will the billionaires win?

The commercialisation of the cosmos is already underway, and our current laws aren’t fit for purpose

The Guardian - UK

Who are the Sea Devils? The classic 'Doctor Who' monsters in 'The War Between the Land and the Sea'

As the veteran 'Who' antagonists get ready for their close-up, we look back at 50 years of underwater history.

Space

Armagh Observatory continues centuries-old winter solstice tradition

The winter solstice, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year, happens just after 3pm on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Winter solstice 2025 marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere today

Today marks the shortest day and longest night of the year as the sun reaches its lowest point in the Northern Hemisphere sky.

Space

Why is Venus so bright?

The "morning star" is bright because of several factors, including having an atmosphere filled with sulfuric acid.

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The Independent UK

Woman becomes first wheelchair user to ever visit space on historic Blue Origin flight

Her goal is to make not only space accessible to the disabled, but to improve accessibility on Earth too

International Business Times UK

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Watch Live Images of The Alien Guest Closing in on Earth

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS passes Earth, sparking debate between ancient comet theories and alien tech.

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30 Most Dangerous Places In The World To Visit Right Now, Ranked

Ranked: 30 Most Dangerous Places In The World To Visit Right Now

International Business Times UK

3I/ATLAS Interstellar Object: Why Its 'Off Scale' Nickel Content Defies Explanation

Harvard's Avi Loeb and physicist Michio Kaku debate the origins of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it passes Earth. Is it an alien probe or an ancient comet?

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Starlink Satellite Explodes in Orbit; SpaceX Confirms It'll Re-Enter Earth

SpaceX confirmed that one Starlink satellite recently exploded in orbit, and it is now tumbling to re-enter the planet.

LiveScience

Scientists spot 'unprecedented celestial event' around the 'Eye of Sauron' star just 25 light-years from Earth

Scientists watching the nearby Fomalhaut star system have directly seen two protoplanets smash together for the first time. Then, they saw it happen again.

International Business Times UK

Comet 3I/ATLAS Flyby: Interstellar Visitor Zooms Past Earth Today Before It Is Gone

Learn how to watch interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it makes its final flyby of Earth today at 153,000mph before disappearing into deep space forever.

Evening Standard

Bad Santa: Who made Sleaford Mods' nice and naughty lists?

Jason Williamson brings the festive cheer - and festive bile - in choosing the people and things he has loved and totally hated this year

Space

2 of Earth's rarest lightning phenomena captured simultaneously in once-in-a-lifetime photo

A photographer in Italy captured an ultra-rare elve and red sprite flashing above the Alps in a single breathtaking moment.

The Conversation

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is an attractive target in the search for life – new research

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system. A new study strengthens the case for Enceladus being a habitable world.

LiveScience

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we 'intercept' it before it leaves us forever?

3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar object.

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