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The Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission, which launched on Nov. 2, sent 18 payloads to orbit and, like most SpaceX launches, featured a rocket landing.

AST SpaceMobile has registered plans with international regulators via Germany for a sovereign, space-based network that would provide broadband directly to devices across Europe, the U.S.-based satellite operator said N...

Shift toward commercial first buying could benefit fast-moving space and tech firms The post Hegseth pledges sweeping overhaul of Pentagon procurement appeared first on SpaceNews.

While media outlets have reported that curious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has changed color, the scientists behind a recent study say that isn't actually the case.

Space memorial company Celestis has opened reservations for its "Mars300" spaceflight that aims to send human remains to orbit around the Red Planet.

We're only starting to awaken to the passage of interstellar objects through our inner Solar System. So far we know of three, but there are bound to be many more. Do they pose an impact threat to Earth?

NASA's Juno spacecraft has revealed that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter than scientists thought.

In space, no one can hear you screamwith joy as you play one of the best sci-fi board games of all time.

Excess heat detected at Saturn moon Enceladus' north pole helps to account for a finely balanced energy budget that keeps the moon's ocean liquefied. What could this mean in the search for life?

The molecules are building blocks of the chemical precursors of things such as RNA.

The planets in our Solar System host hundreds of moons, so it seems likely that planets in other solar systems do, too. New research examines the likelihood of rocky planets around M dwarfs having exomoons, and it doesn&...

Video: 00:03:39 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time) on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europes Spaceport i...

The storm hit earlier than predicted, surprising skywatchers with a delightful aurora show.

Week in images: 03-07 November 2025 Discover our week through the lens

Amateur astronomers with backyard telescopes can now catch a glimpse of Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

A new study led by researchers from Oxford University, Southwest Research Institute and the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona has provided the first evidence of significant heat flow at Enceladus's north...

For half a century, satellites have chased the same prize: ever sharper pictures of Earth. Each advance brought more pixels and greater clarity, but only in terms of how things looked. Now, a different kind of technology...

NASA's first dual-satellite mission to another planet, ESCAPADE, will study Mars' magnetic field and atmosphere in 3D to uncover how it lost its water and air.

SAN FRANCISCO - GHGSat announced plans Nov. 7 to send two additional satellites into its greenhouse-gas-monitoring constellation. Ahead of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on ...

The Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) is borrowing playbooks from the commercial tech world. The post Space is key to the Armys long march to a connected force appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Federal Aviation Administration will temporarily limit the hours that commercial space launches can take place, citing strains on the air traffic control system during the government shutdown. The post FAA to restric...

Imagine trying to spot an object just 30 centimeters wide from hundreds of kilometers above Earth. Years ago, I remember when satellite view meant blurry green blobs on a screen. Now, we can see individual trees, cars an...