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NASA seeks commercial ideas to service Hubble or manage its reentry

Two gamma-ray bursts of different types erupt four minutes apart

Cowboy Space unveils Big Iron medium-lift rocket

30 Oct· 2 sources

India prepares satellite launch to strengthen its GPS alternative

Hubble and Webb reveal new views of Cat's Head Nebula

29 Oct· 2 sources

Virgin Galactic unveils Apeiron, expects first commercial flight in early Q2 2027

29 Oct· 4 sources

One of oldest Mars meteorites discovered in Sahara offers glimpse of ancient crust and water

NASA publishes 368-page ISAM State of Play for in-space servicing industry

Hubble captures barred galaxy and gravitational lens in preparation for Roman Space Telescope

Study challenges prevailing view of solar spicules as individual plasma jets

Dead star's twin-ring debris disk hints at our solar system's far future

SpaceX No Longer Needs NASA, a Problem for the Space Agency

Stanbacks’ $27.5 million in gifts expands aerospace research at Caltech and JPL

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman named JPL deputy director

29 Oct· 2 sources

ULA targets Vulcan return to flight for November 13 after SRB anomaly

29 Oct· 4 sources

Artemis III SLS core stage integrated with boosters at Kennedy Space Center

NASA selects 19 citizen science proposals, from rogue planets to lunar iron

Comet seeding of life on Earth may be a one-off fluke, simulations suggest

28 Oct· 2 sources

Rubin Observatory's first dwarf planet candidate traced across a decade of images

28 Oct· 4 sources

Webb telescope captures turbulent star nursery in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Artemis I radiation data reveals surprising cosmic ray levels near the Moon

NASA Systems Engineering team details architecture concepts for Habitable Worlds Observatory

Clear image of China's Shenlong spaceplane reveals X-37B-like design in DIA report

27 Oct· 4 sources

NASA Commits to 2031 Launch of Caltech-Led UVEX Mission to Map Ultraviolet Sky

NASA's Artemis III mission recast as orbital docking test, Launch planned for summer 2027

27 Oct· 2 sources

Perseverance finds Mars dust small enough to enter astronauts' bloodstreams

Swift observatory ends 22-year mission and will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in coming weeks

26 Oct· 2 sources

Astranis upgrades Falcon 9 launch to dedicated mission for Block 4 satellites

Astronomers reveal a dead star glowing an eerie shade of green

US Air Force drops survival kit from orbit in first-of-its-kind test

Astronomers find three active black holes in one ancient galaxy

Astronomers may have discovered the first moon beyond our Solar System

Bennu samples reveal Jupiter's role in shaping the early Solar System

Mars’ 1,000-mile cloud may be driven by physics never seen in nature

24 Oct· 2 sources

NASA names crew and details 2027 Artemis III Earth orbit rehearsal for Moon landings

23 Oct· 2 sources

NASA's Swift Observatory ends science mission after 22 years

NASA Confirms 2028 Moon Landing, Lander Showdown in Orbit Set for Next Year

23 Oct· 4 sources

Pentagon seeks third heavy-lift spaceport, aiming for 2030

23 Oct· 3 sources

Saudi Arabia's AlUla joins global search for alien signals as LaserSETI expands to Asia

Elon Musk disputes NASA safety panel's estimate of lunar Starship launches

SpaceX declines military launch contracts; NASA panel warns Starship may require up to 22 refuelings for Moon landing

JWST reveals first lopsided exoplanet as WASP-17 b's evening atmosphere balloons

Report: 22 Starship launches may be needed for Artemis Moon landing

Australia submits final bid for first astronaut mission under Australian flag

22 Oct· 10 sources

Mysterious radio signal in the Milky Way brightens and fades over decades, baffling astronomers

Statistical study finds evidence for recoiling supermassive black holes in quasar population

22 Oct· 2 sources

Hubble Maps Path for Roman Telescope with Gravitational Lenses

Space Force faces launch crunch as SpaceX retires Falcon 9

NASA's Lucy mission nears Jupiter's Trojan asteroids after five years of discoveries

Astronomers point to a first 'green star': white dwarf WD J1330+6435

JWST detects unexpected trove of heavy metals near Milky Way's supermassive black hole

NASA tests Artemis engine at 111% power, validates new thermal protection

21 Oct· 2 sources

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Marks 90 Years of Space Exploration, Unveils Upcoming Missions

Perseverance sets record for longest drive on another world, reaching 28 miles on Mars

Perseverance rover sets new off-world driving record, explores ancient Martian terrain

21 Oct· 2 sources

Mars's mysterious cloud may form by 'flash-freezing' without dust particles

First known green star confirmed as white dwarf study reveals surprising colors

NASA sets 2028 launch target for nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars

Ancient rains may have carried life's building blocks across Mars, new map suggests

SpaceX shifts to AI compute business, aims to catch Starship next month

20 Oct· 3 sources

JAXA launches Martian Moons eXploration mission to retrieve first samples from Mars system

NASA advances development of fission-powered SR-1 Freedom spacecraft for Mars mission

Magnetar birth from neutron star mergers seen in supercomputer simulations

Webb telescope captures one of the most distant supernovas ever observed

James Webb Space Telescope unveils over 130 hidden newborn stars in stellar nursery NGC 7129

20 Oct· 2 sources

HPE's Spaceborne Computer 4 to Run AI on the Moon Aboard Astrolab Rover

20 Oct· 2 sources

NASA solves mystery of asteroid Bennu's rapid heat loss: boulders are riddled with cracks

JWST confirms water ice clouds on coldest known brown dwarf

Japan launches mission to retrieve samples from Mars moon Phobos

Japan's MMX mission clears critical phase, spacecraft locked in for journey to Mars moon Phobos

19 Oct· 11 sources

Euclid space telescope discovers first comet in surprise find

19 Oct· 2 sources

Russian satellite stalks commercial imaging spacecraft in 'extreme proximity' maneuver

19 Oct· 4 sources

NASA's simulated Mars crew marks one year inside habitat

Astronomers find first known white dwarf that would look green

Chinese rocket debris falls over US Midwest, lands in farmer's cornfield

19 Oct· 2 sources

Japan's MMX spacecraft launches on mission to retrieve sample from Mars moon Phobos

19 Oct· 5 sources

Sharpest image yet of 850-year-old 'guest star' supernova reveals filaments made of tiny knots

Astronomers Find Universal Rule Governing Black Hole Jets

White dwarf stars can be purple, pink and even green, surprising new study finds

Webb telescope discovers surprisingly organized weather on brown dwarf 20 light-years away

JWST Reveals Alien Planet's Atmosphere Has a Warped, Asymmetrical Shape

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Exceeds Image Quality Expectations by Nearly 30%

NASA Names Stephen Cash as Director of Marshall Space Flight Center

Reflect Orbital buys two Skyroot launches; Japan's MMX Mars moons mission set for Monday

16 Oct· 2 sources

Blue Origin Doubles Down on New Glenn with Major Florida Expansion

16 Oct· 4 sources

Rocket Lab pushes Neutron's first launch to 2027 after carbon composite manufacturing issue

16 Oct· 3 sources

NASA completes rollout of next-generation solar arrays to boost power on the International Space Station

NASA moon base engineer discusses path to lunar outpost in new podcast

Artemis II heat shield passes rigorous NASA analysis, validating reentry change

15 Oct· 2 sources

Chandra study traces 'Treble Clef' radio formation to black hole outburst and cluster collision

15 Oct· 2 sources

NASA's Venus missions back on track with launches set for early 2030s

14 Oct· 3 sources

NASA to Brief on Artemis Acceleration, Lunar Landing Plans by 2028

NASA développe des batteries solides pour affronter le froid lunaire

NASA's Perseverance Rover Sets New Driving Record on Mars

14 Oct· 3 sources

NASA Astronaut Christina Koch Named Acting Deputy Chief Engineer

Voyager Technologies' Griffin-1 lander clears NASA tests ahead of Moon launch