JWST peers through dusty curtain to catch young star making baby planets Observations of HOPS-315 align with theories of how our own solar system began to take shape Science16 Jul 2025 | 5
Starlink says SpaceX targeting 2026 for launch of Starship-ready terabit satellites Network update reports median 25 ms latency – in the US – as capacity rockets upwards Networks16 Jul 2025 | 37
Apollo-Soyuz at 50: The Cold War space hug that nearly ended in gasping horror First US-Soviet joint mission showed détente in action, but astronauts had a close call on return home Science14 Jul 2025 | 20
Please don't cut funds for space traffic control, industry begs Congress TraCSS is like an FAA for space, and it's slated for the chopping block Public Sector10 Jul 2025 | 7
ESA backs five rockets in Launcher Challenge – only some have exploded Comment Oodles of euros on offer for not accidentally blowing up stuff Science09 Jul 2025 | 13
Mars was once a desert with intermittent oases, Curiosity data suggests New modeling of carbon cycle shows unsteady but habitable history before liquid water disappeared Science04 Jul 2025 | 42
MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with Earth Methane monitoring satellite managed just over a year in orbit before its sudden demise Science02 Jul 2025 | 27
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill bankrolls $85M Space Shuttle shuffle NASA science might be cut, but cash can be found to move a 'space vehicle' from museum to museum Science02 Jul 2025 | 98
NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets Mysterious ‘Alloy 30’ gets smaller when heated, which could help stabilize super-sensitive space telescopes Science02 Jul 2025 | 28
Northrop Grumman shows SpaceX doesn't have a monopoly on explosions video NASA's future Artemis booster sputters during test Science30 Jun 2025 | 11
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter learns new trick at the age of 19: ‘very large rolls’ Now play dead, like a lot of NASA science programs if the White House gets its way Science27 Jun 2025 | 15
There's no international protocol on what to do if an asteroid strikes Earth Or so hear members of Parliament in the UK Science27 Jun 2025 | 99
NICER science not so nice as ISS telescope pauses operations Cosmic research on hold while engineers investigate a problematic motor Science26 Jun 2025 | 2
Don't look up: NASA is struggling to execute its planetary defense plan Audit finds budget uncertainties and tiny staff make it hard to mount a fight against killer space rocks Science25 Jun 2025 | 28
World's largest camera shows galaxy in 3,200 megapixel glory as Rubin telescope goes online 20TB of galactic shots a day, backed by Microsofties Science24 Jun 2025 | 26
ESA's XMM-Newton finds huge filament of missing matter Veteran X-ray telescope discovery shows that... phew, current model of the cosmos still works Science19 Jun 2025 | 20
Space manufacturing company Varda gets clearance to launch more uncrewed capsules UPDATED Startup has already shown how to make drugs in space Science19 Jun 2025 | 2
Brit space sector struggles to compete with £90K graduate banking salaries UK needs skills task force to get slice of $1.8 trillion pie, Lords told Science18 Jun 2025 | 116
Japan set to join the re-usable rocket club after Honda sticks a landing France announced its own effort to build re-usable engines on the same day Science18 Jun 2025 | 31
Falcon 9 leaks keep Axiom private astronaut mission on the ground Weather and propulsion system problems conspire to keep astronauts away from the ISS Science12 Jun 2025 | 3
1.5 TB of James Webb Space Telescope data just hit the internet Online catalog gives open science access to data from early universe Science09 Jun 2025 | 15
China's asteroid-and-comet hunter probe unfurls a 'solar wing' Asia in brief Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more! Science09 Jun 2025 | 4
Japan's latest Moon landing written off as a failure after ispace probe goes dark UPDATED Rangefinder broke during descent so lander didn't slow down Science05 Jun 2025 | 51
60 years ago the US took its first walk in space with Gemini 4 Four years later, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon Science04 Jun 2025 | 14
NASA boss-to-be gets spaced as proposed budget cuts detailed White House withdraws Isaacman pick amid potential $6B funding drop Science02 Jun 2025 | 28
Odd homage to '2001: A Space Odyssey' sees 'Blue Danube' waltz beamed at Voyager 1 Birthdays for ESA (50) and Johann Strauss (200) marked with music of the spheres Science02 Jun 2025 | 73
Astroboffins analyzed old data and found a candidate dwarf planet in the Oort cloud Thank whoever decided to make the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey public for this discovery Science30 May 2025 | 23
China to visit Earth’s ‘quasi-moon’ and bring a chunk of it back home Tianwen 2 probe launched Thursday and will also get up close with a comet Science29 May 2025 | 14
SpaceX resets 'Days Since Last Starship Explosion' counter to zero, again Musk’s rocket co fails to deploy any dummy satellites either Science28 May 2025 | 79
Space Force tech mission threatened by staff and funding black hole Budget slashing has 'outsized impact' on us, says commander who fears branch not ready for orbital war Public Sector22 May 2025 | 17
China finds a previously unknown microbe on its space station Don’t panic! It's related to an earthly bug, eats gelatin, not astronauts, and may have adapted to life in space Science22 May 2025 | 17
NASA was eyeing ISS crew cutbacks before Trump's budget landed Will the US President take credit for that one as well? Science21 May 2025 | 3
UK 'extremely dependent' on US for space security After 60 years+ cooperation on space and military ops, worrying 'rhetoric' from Team Trump has Brits examining options Security21 May 2025 | 108
China launches an AI cloud into orbit. 12 sats for now, 2,800 in coming years Asia In Brief PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more AI + ML19 May 2025 | 14
NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix Failure could've triggered a small explosion Science15 May 2025 | 80
Intuitive Machines blames dim lighting and dodgy data for second lunar faceplant Touchdown with no topple? Company aims for third time lucky Science14 May 2025 | 23
After more than half a century, the voyage of Kosmos 482 is over The Soviet Union aimed for Venus, but hit the Indian Ocean instead Science13 May 2025 | 25
VIPER rover banished to storage as moonshot plan sputters NASA cancels solicitation to get a partner to launch, land, and operate the bot for free Science09 May 2025 | 12
NASA JPL boss bails for 'personal reasons' as budget cuts bite Updated Laurie Leshin to leave in June Science08 May 2025 | 16
Soviet probe from 1972 set to return to Earth ... in May 2025 Not, it's not the plot of a sci-fi disaster movie Science03 May 2025 | 108
Trump wants to fire quarter of NASA budget into black hole – and not in a good way Proposed cuts would mean: No Lunar Gateway, Artemis hardware to retire, ISS toast in 2030 Science02 May 2025 | 121
Satellite slinger AST reckons newer birds won't outshine stars in night sky As astronomers gripe about sats screwing observations Science28 Apr 2025 | 8
Hubble Space Telescope is still producing science at 35 Remember when NASA was laser focused on that? Science25 Apr 2025 | 33
Europe fires up beefier booster for Ariane 6 and Vega-C Successful qualification run for P160C solid-fuel motor in South American spaceport Science25 Apr 2025 | 5
Commercial space station outfit plans two Orbital Data Center nodes by the end of 2025 Yep. It's Axiom's datacenters in SPAAAAACE Systems09 Apr 2025 | 13
Boffins turn Moon dirt into glass for solar panels, eye future lunar base power Lugging a solar furnace to melt it could slash the need to launch bulky power gear from Earth Science08 Apr 2025 | 32
Isar’s first orbital rocket crashes into sea – CEO calls it a 'great success' Comment What counts as failure in New Space? Science01 Apr 2025 | 44
European Gaia mapping satellite is retired but proves very tough to kill I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that Science31 Mar 2025 | 27
50 years ago the last Saturn rocket rolled out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building Half a century later, there's a Moon rocket behind those same doors Science26 Mar 2025 | 40
Jeff Bezos can now taunt Elon Musk: I'm building a moon rover for NASA, when can Tesla do that? Firefly Aerospace choses Amazon boss's Honeybee Robotics to supply vehicle for 2028 mission Science26 Mar 2025 | 50
Boeing's Starliner future uncertain as NASA weighs next steps Comment Fix testing to stretch into the summer. When will aerospace giant decide enough is enough? Science20 Mar 2025 | 71
US Space Force warns Chinese satellites are 'dogfighting' in space Begun, preparation for orbital wars has Science20 Mar 2025 | 50
Los Alamos boffins whip up a speedometer for satellites First license plates, now a way to calculate pace in orbit. Speeding tickets next? Science17 Mar 2025 | 23
Bubble trouble in hydraulics blamed for NASA and SpaceX Crew-10 scrub Trapped gas isn't just a party foul – it's a launch-stopper Science14 Mar 2025 | 20
Saturn runs rings around Jupiter Ratification of 128 additional moons puts the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count Science14 Mar 2025 | 18
Starliner astronauts' stay drags on as Crew-10 launch scrubs Updated Hydraulic problems stop the countdown clock at T-44 minutes Science13 Mar 2025 | 35
Is NASA's science budget heading for a black hole? COMMENT Dare mighty things ... as long as we can afford it Science11 Mar 2025 | 111
Earth's atmosphere is shrinking and thinning, which is bad news for Starlink and other LEO Sats The thermosphere usually drags space junk to its doom. As it thins, ruined orbits are a possibility Science11 Mar 2025 | 72
SpaceX's 'Days Since Starship Exploded' counter made it to 48. It's back to zero again now 'Energetic event' did for Flight 8 after a few minutes. Super Heavy Booster recovered again, so there's that Science07 Mar 2025 | 111
UK must give more to ESA to get benefits of space industry boom, says Brian Cox Physicist and media darling argues partnership with NASA too prone to political whim Science06 Mar 2025 | 85
Satnav systems built for Earth used by Blue Ghost lander as it approached the Moon No, your car can't navigate in space. But perhaps colonies can find their way without dedicated lunar GPS Science06 Mar 2025 | 39