The Latest Breaking News on Space

Two possible 'water world' exoplanets discovered by NASA's Hubble and Spitzer telescopes

Two planets outside the Solar System could feature Earth-like oceans, researchers say, though they may not be like anything humans are used to.

ABC News · Dec 16, 2022

Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak - official

A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused by a tiny meteoroid strike, a senior Russian space official said Thursday.

Reuters · Dec 15, 2022

Aussies play key role in new space mission

Australian experts will have a key role in commissioning a new satellite that will change what scientists know about pretty much all water on the planet.

AAP · Dec 15, 2022

Russian space capsule leak likely caused by micrometeorite

A Russian space official says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

It’s been a tumultuous 12 months - we look back on 2022’s major moments

From bidding farewell to our beloved Queen to the Ukraine war, the revolving door at Number 10 and all kinds of coming-together events that once seemed obsolete... Richard Godwin reviews 2022

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022

Webb captures 13.5 billion-year-old galaxies in a swath of northern sky

The data will help astronomers understand how the universe's oldest galaxies formed.

Inverse · Dec 15, 2022

Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russians' International Space Station spacewalk

A routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station is called off after flight controllers notice a stream of liquid spewing from a docked spacecraft.

ABC News · Dec 15, 2022

Meteoroid hit suspected after major leak from Soyuz capsule

Nasa footage showed a torrent of snowflake-like particles spraying from the rear section of the Soyuz MS-22 capsule

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

Cosmonauts' spacewalk canceled at space station due to leak

NASA and Russia’s space agency canceled a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts just as they were preparing to exit the International Space Station

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russian ISS spacewalk

A routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) was called off as it was about to begin after flight controllers noticed a stream of liquid spewing from a docked Soyuz spacecraft, a NASA webcast showed.

Reuters · Dec 15, 2022