US plans maneuverable defense satellite amid China space gains
Defense technology company Anduril Industries and propulsion startup Impulse Space announced on September 16 that they will jointly…
Scientists crack a 50-year solar mystery with a scorching discovery
New research from the University of St Andrews has proposed that particles in solar flares are 6.5 times…
Meet Toktar Aubakirov, Kazakhstan’s first cosmonaut who brought his nation into space history
By Tomiris Bilyal Published on 17/09/2025 – 15:00 GMT+2 •Updated 15:17 ADVERTISEMENT In October 1991, Toktar Aubakirov became Kazakhstan’s…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence
Brown, P. G. et al. A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors. Nature…
Rare Einstein cross with extra image reveals hidden dark matter
When Rutgers theoretical astrophysicist Charles Keeton first saw an unusual picture shared by his colleague, he was intrigued.…
Webb Spots a Massive Stellar Jet in the Outer Milky Way
In a recent discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected a massive stellar eruption measuring eight light-years…
Skyscraper-sized asteroid to race past Earth at high speed
Meteorite spotted in the Southern sky Dashcam footage captures a large fireball in the sky over Lexington, South…
A Black Hole Where It Shouldn’t Be? Astronomers Find Rogue Giant Just 230 Million Light-Years Away
A team of astronomers has discovered a rare “wandering” black hole inside a dwarf galaxy located about 230…
Redwire’s global strategy from space to security
In this week’s special CEO Series edition of Space Minds, we’re at the World Space Business Week in…
Ceres once habitable according to new NASA study
This image of Ceres approximates how the dwarf planet’s colors would appear to the eye. This view of…
Three days with America’s rocket chasers
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this…
Space Station Science – NASA
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman processes bone cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Aug.…