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The year in space: Here are the top space stories of 2025

The Parker Solar Probe, NASA's solar mission, sent back record-close images of solar wind about 3.8 million miles from the Sun after a December 2024 pass at 430,000 mph.
The summer of 2024 debut of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, NSF-backed in Chile, showed about 10 million galaxies and spotted 2,104 new asteroids.
Private firms expanded space tourism with reusable rockets like New Shepherd, including milestones such as the first paraplegic passenger and multi-day polar trips, in 2025.
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy earlier this year proposed a lunar nuclear reactor to power Artemis III, while China and Russia announced a joint reactor venture on the Moon.
Scientists note more testing is needed while sample-return plans are on hold as Perseverance rover's summer of 2024 'leopard spots' samples may suggest microbial life, and Webb found new Uranus moon S/2025 U1.

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