Notable Space Stories Of 2025

Notable Space Stories of 2025 In 2025, several remarkable space stories captivated the world’s attention, inspiring a sense of wonder and awe. One of the most significant events was the discovery of Comet 3I → ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor to the solar system. On July 1, 2025, the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile detected the comet, which was subsequently tracked by astronomers as it traversed the solar system (Knight et al., 2025) [1]. The comet’s close approach to Earth on December 19, 2025, at a distance of approximately 270 million kilometers, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to study its composition and behavior (Jewitt et al., 2025) [2]. ## Astronomical Discoveries The star Betelgeuse, a red supergiant located in the constellation Orion, has long been suspected to be part of a binary system.

Recent studies have provided indirect evidence of a companion star, which orbits Betelgeuse every 2,000 days (Draveh et al., 2024) [3]. In July 2025, astronomers released an image of a faint blue smudge near the bright supergiant, which may be the companion ← →