❌Cosmonaut nixed from SpaceX Crew 12 for security breach | 🪐| JWST sees super-puff exoplanet | ??Aurora alert for these 15 states

Asteroid Bennu samples have 'space gum' | China retrieves damaged spacecraft Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com | Web Version   December 3, 2025 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   Something amazing every day SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad SpaceX Crew 12 shakeup SpaceX's Crew 12 mission, slated for February, seems to already be off to a rocky start as Oleg Artemyev, of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, was pulled from SpaceX's next astronaut mission for violating U.S. national security regulations, according to a media report. We have the full story on our website. In other news, if you're in one of these 15 states, you could see the northern lights this evening, time travel seems to be faster on Mars than Earth and NASA has found 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in samples from the asteroid Bennu.  We have all that and more for your daily read.  Keep looking up, Kenna Content Manager, Space.com Cosmonaut pulled from SpaceX crew 12 for security breach "My contacts confirm that a violation occurred and an interdepartmental investigation has been launched." Read More For the 1st time ever, 8 spacecraft are docked to ISS It's the first time all the spacecraft docking ports on the current configuration of the ISS have been occupied. Read More Space quiz! Which spacecraft delivered samples from the asteroid Bennu to Earth? Click here for the answer! OSIRIS-REx Bennubegone Hayabusa 2 Asteroidsampler2000   Skywatching Northern lights may be visible in 15 states tonight Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as a speedy solar wind and incoming coronal mass ejection are expected to buffet Earth's magnetic field. Read More Spaceflight China's damaged spacecraft to return uncrewed A return date has not yet been announced. Read More Europe passes record-breaking space budget Europe has shown its intention to step up amid NASA's funding chaos. Read More Science & Astronomy Time travels faster on Mars than on Earth. Here's why "A three-body problem is extremely complicated. Now we're dealing with four: the sun, Earth, the moon and Mars. The heavy lifting was more challenging than I initially thought." Read More Webb sees super-puff exoplanet lose its atmosphere New observations provide the most detailed evidence yet of atmospheric escape on a distant world. Read More Technology Could astronauts build houses on Mars with bacteria? "Harnessing local materials is the key to unlocking sustainable human presence on Mars." Read More Search for Life NASA finds 'space gum' and sugars in Bennu samples "I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." Read More Today in Space On this day! Dec. 3, 2014: Hayabusa 2 heads for Ryugu On Dec. 3, 2014, Japan launched the Hayabusa2 spacecraft on a mission to fetch a sample from an asteroid. Read More Photo of day: Large Magellanic Cloud with baby stars The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image. Read More Stay up-to-date on all things space science, news, and entertainment by subscribing to our newsletters. Sign Up   Follow SPACE Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036