The Latest Breaking News on Space

SpaceX launches 100th Starlink mission of 2025 (video)

SpaceX launched its 100th Starlink mission of the year on Friday (Oct. 31), from a foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California.

Space · Oct 30, 2025

Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead

Japan declared its Akatsuki spacecraft dead on Tuesday (Oct. 28), more than a year after the Venus climate probe failed to respond to calls from mission control.

Space · Oct 29, 2025

Could these mysterious flashes of light in 1950s photos be UFOs? Some researchers think so

Researchers claim flashes of light seen in sky surveys could have been UFOs drawn to Earth by nuclear tests, but more mundane explanations should be explored first.

Space · Oct 29, 2025

Sun's far side erupts in satellite image | Space photo of the day for Oct. 29, 2025

A massive coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun's far side late on Oct. 21, 2025 and was captured by a NOAA coronagraph.

Space · Oct 29, 2025

3I/ATLAS and the 'Zoo Hypothesis'—Could Aliens Be Quietly Watching Humanity?

The Zoo Hypothesis suggests that aliens may deliberately avoid contact with Earth, observing the planet instead.

International Business Times UK · Oct 28, 2025

Spacewalking Russian cosmonauts install experiments on the International Space Station

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky completed a 6 hour and 54 minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

Space · Oct 28, 2025

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of private Griffin moon lander delayed to 2026

The mission had previously targeted a launch at the end of 2025.

Space · Oct 28, 2025

3I/ATLAS Moves Like No Asteroid—Kaku Says Extra Energy Could 'Clinch' Alien Theory

Physicist Michio Kaku says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may reveal signs of intelligent life if it gains energy near the Sun. Its unusual speed and trajectory have scientists divided.

International Business Times UK · Oct 28, 2025

NASA spots a spooky face glowing on the sun just in time for Halloween (photo)

A haunting grin appeared on the sun as bright active regions and dark coronal holes combined to create a jack-o'-lantern face just in time for Halloween.

Space · Oct 28, 2025

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight (photos)

NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet took off on its first-ever flight on Oct. 28, flying from Palmdale, California to its new home at Edwards Air Force Base.

Space · Oct 28, 2025