The Latest Breaking News on Space

Japan extends participation in International Space Station to 2030

Japan will extend its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) programme to 2030, education and science minister Keiko Nagaoka said on Friday, following the footsteps of ally the United States.

Reuters · Nov 17, 2022

NASA forges a new plan to protect the JWST from (tiny) existential threats

After a major micrometeoroid strike in May, and subsequent micro-strikes since, NASA needed a new plan to keep its flagship telescope safe.

Inverse · Nov 17, 2022

Webb Space Telescope spots early galaxies hidden from Hubble

NASA's new Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now have been hidden from view

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Brit astronomer Tom Marsh missing in Chilean desert confirmed dead after body found

Warwick University Professor Tom Marsh, 60, went missing on September 16 while working at La Silla observatory, in Chile's Atacama Desert

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

Leonid meteor shower to light up skies over Britain

This year the best time to see the spectacle above Britain will be between midnight and before dawn on Friday.

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Twitter user gets account back after ban for ‘intimate’ image of meteor

Oxfordshire astronomer was locked out for three months after apparent automated moderation error

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

Welcome to the new Moon age

Things are about to get very exciting.

Axios · Nov 17, 2022

Artemis 1 is off – and we’re a step closer to using Moon dirt for construction in space

NASA has just launched its first rocket in the Artemis program, which will, among other things, take scientific experiments to produce metal on the Moon.

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2022

NASA releases new, 'fiery hourglass' protostar photo taken by James Webb Space Telescope

NASA says its James Webb Space Telescope photo lifts the veil on what our Sun and its solar system may have looked like "in their infancy".

ABC News · Nov 16, 2022

Discovery Reveals Earth Began Forming Much Earlier Than Scientists Thought

Does planet formation start early, when the parent star is still growing, or millions of years later?

Zenger · Nov 16, 2022