November 06, 2025

Trump again taps Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to head NASA, again tapping the close associate of Elon Musk to lead the US space agency. ... more

Universe Expansion Now Enters Phase of Slowing According to New Research London, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 A new study led by scientists from Yonsei University suggests the universe has begun to slow its expansion, contradicting the widely held belief that this rate has been accelerating. Their research ... more

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Closest-ever view of planet-forming disk captured around distant star Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory have observed the innermost zones where planets begin to take shape, using the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRC2) on Maunakea, Hawaii. Their study targeted HD 342 ... more

Ageing stars found to destroy nearby giant planets London, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Astronomers from University College London and the University of Warwick have discovered that ageing stars may be responsible for destroying giant planets in close orbits. When stars similar to the ... more

Ariane 6 successfully lifts off from French Guiana Kourou (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 A European Ariane 6 rocket blasted off from France's Kourou space base in French Guiana on Tuesday night, carrying a new environmental monitoring satellite, an AFP correspondent said. ... more

Florida Space Coast doubleader: SpaceX launches, ULA scrubbed Washington DC (UPI) Nov 5, 2025 One of two planned launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station lifted off Wednesday night. ... more

Starlab selects Leidos to oversee assembly and testing for new space station Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Starlab Space LLC has appointed Leidos to direct U.S.-based assembly, integration, and testing activities for its new commercial space station. Leidos will assemble and integrate station modules, en ... more

Electron Launch Expands iQPS Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Network Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Rocket Lab has completed its 74th Electron mission, launching a synthetic aperture radar satellite, QPS-SAR-14 (YACHIHOKO-I), for Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). This marks the s ... more

NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars - twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold - will launch in early November Berkeley, CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaver ... more Black hole shadow studies to reveal new physics beyond Einstein Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Black holes are considered cosmic gluttons, from which not even light can escape. That is also why the images of black holes at the center of the galaxy M87 and our Milky Way, published a few years ... more New study revises our picture of the most common planets in the galaxy Chicago, IL (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Research led by UChicago's Eliza Kempton finds some 'mini-Neptunes' likely have solid surfaces rather than molten interiors A new study finds that many "mini-Neptunes" - perhaps the most commo ... more First comprehensive altitude mapping of blue aurora at 200 kilometers using hyperspectral imaging Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Researchers at the National Institutes of Natural Sciences have established a new method to determine the altitude distribution of blue aurora using a single hyperspectral camera. Inspired by labora ... more Solar Orbiter reveals rapid polar magnetic field drift on the Sun Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 Data from ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft, collected during its unique vantage over the solar south pole, demonstrate that the Sun's magnetic field is carried towards the pole at speeds faster than p ... more China's Mars orbiter captures detailed images of interstellar object 3I ATLAS Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 The Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter operated by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) completed a close-range observation of the interstellar object designated 3I/ATLAS using its high-resolution cam ... more New Zealand plans space mission, satellite fleet: minister Wellington (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 New Zealand is planning a national space mission which could see a small fleet of state-owned satellites launched into the skies over the Pacific nation, a minister told AFP on Wednesday. ... more Suspected debris strike delays Chinese spaceship's return Beijing (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 A suspected strike by "tiny space debris" has delayed the return of the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou-20 and three astronauts, Beijing's space agency said on Wednesday. ... more Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers New York (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race. ... more Space debris postpones Shenzhou XX astronauts Earth return Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 06, 2025 The scheduled return of the Shenzhou XX astronauts from China's Tiangong space station has been halted for safety reasons following a probable impact with space debris, according to the China Manned ... more