Tuesday, December 16, 2025

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Space Force unveils new satellite names | Trivia Tuesday quiz: weird structures in space
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December 16, 2025
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The Launchpad
 
More Amazon satellites enter Earth's orbit
United Launch Alliance (ULA) sent another batch of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit early this morning (Dec. 16). Amazon Leo, previously known as Project Kuiper, is Amazon's planned satellite-internet megaconstellation in low Earth orbit (LEO).

Other stories for today include the James Webb Space Telescope looking at dark matter in a new way, a review of 'Fallout' Season 2 as a cautionary tale against tech billionaires and private satellites pinpointing emissions from fossil fuel sites. 

For Trivia Tuesday we have a weird structures in space quiz. Think you know your Dyson spheres from your dark blobs? This cosmic crossword dives into the strangest, most mind-bending structures ever spotted — or imagined — in the universe. Try it out now. 

We have all that and more for your daily read. 
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Webb telescope uncovers earliest 'dinosaur-like' stars
Webb telescope uncovers earliest 'dinosaur-like' stars
"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth -- they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a million years."
 
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Atlas V rocket launches 27 Amazon satellites to orbit
Atlas V rocket launches 27 Amazon satellites to orbit
Liftoff occurred at 3:28 a.m. ET on Tuesday (Dec. 16).
 
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Besides carbon dioxide, what is the second-largest contributor to human-caused global warming?
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Space deal of the day
 
Canon 18x50 binoculars: top stargazing pick on sale
Canon 18x50 binoculars: top stargazing pick on sale
They are at their cheapest price ahead of the Christmas holidays in this deal from Amazon, for only $11.
 
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Skywatching
 
What to know about 3I/ATLAS' closest pass to Earth
What to know about 3I/ATLAS' closest pass to Earth
The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth on Dec. 19, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close.
 
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Spaceflight
 
US Space Force gives satellites ghostly, mythic names
US Space Force gives satellites ghostly, mythic names
"These symbols conjure the character of the systems, the importance of their mission, and the identity of the Guardians who employ them."
 
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Science & Astronomy
 
Webb telescope could shed fresh light on dark matter
Webb telescope could shed fresh light on dark matter
Smooth filaments stretching for many light-years, seen by the powerful space telescope, could indicate what the right "recipe" is for dark matter.
 
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Sun's atmospheric edge mapped in detail for 1st time
Sun's atmospheric edge mapped in detail for 1st time
"This work shows without a doubt that Parker Solar Probe is diving deep with every orbit into the region where the solar wind is born."
 
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Technology
 
Satellites spot emissions from fossil fuel facilities
Satellites spot emissions from fossil fuel facilities
"The countries where we measure the largest oil and gas methane emissions are Turkmenistan, the U.S., Russia, Mexico and Kazakhstan."
 
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Entertainment
 
Fallout' S2 review: tech billionaires and our future
Fallout' S2 review: tech billionaires and our future
Amazon and Bethesda return to the Wasteland with a second Fallout season that's all about New Vegas and not letting businessmen and fanatics run the world.
 
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Trivia Tuesday: Quiz of the week
 
Strange structures of space: a weird quiz
Strange structures of space: a weird quiz
Think you know your Dyson spheres from your dark blobs? This cosmic crossword dives into the strangest, most mind-bending structures ever spotted -- or imagined -- in the universe.
 
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Today in Space
 
On this day: Dec. 16, 1962: NASA launches Explorer 16
On this day: Dec. 16, 1962: NASA launches Explorer 16
On Dec. 16, 1962, NASA launched the Explorer 16 spacecraft to study micrometeoroids near Earth.
 
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Photo of day: Satellite watches volcano spew ash
Photo of day: Satellite watches volcano spew ash
The ash plume disrupted flights as far away as India.
 
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