Top news for December 21, 2008

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Astronomers see fireworks from violent collisions around nearby star

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth tonight: Here's what you need to know

Watch interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS make its closest approach to Earth in free livestream on Dec. 19 after rain delay

M.I.T. Professor Nuno Loureiro Is Fatally Shot in His Brookline Home

National Center for Atmospheric Research to Be Dismantled, Trump Administration Says

Rocket Lab launches 4 experimental 'DiskSats' for the US military

Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back (video)

Jared Isaacman Confirmed to Run NASA as Space Program Is in Peril

James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through home galaxy at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'