The Latest Breaking News on Space

Starwatch: moon draws close to Jupiter in retrograde

Planet is shining brightly and travelling westward – a backward motion that will be reversed on 23 November

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2022

Australia's first Binar spacecraft just came down to Earth as a fireball. Here's what we learned

This weekend marked a milestone for Western Australia’s Binar Space Program as its first satellite Binar-1 lived up to its name.

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2022

This Australian-designed spacesuit could help NASA take humans to Mars

Leaving Earth's gravity does weird things to the body. An Australian-designed spacesuit could be the key to taking humans to Mars — and making sure they can actually climb out of the space craft when they arrive.

ABC News · Oct 2, 2022

Elon Musk, Ron DeSantis partner to put satellites in areas struck by Hurricane Ian

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has struck a partnership with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to provide satellite service for areas of Southwest Florida still without internet connectivity after Hurricane Ian.

Tribune News Service · Oct 1, 2022

Elon Musk hints at a first Starship orbital flight date — and its quite soon

Musk has a long-standing reputation of being very active and open on his Twitter account regarding his aspirations for making humanity a multiplanetary species someday.

Inverse · Oct 1, 2022

NASA experts left baffled after spotting bizarre object stuck to Mars helicopter

The small piece of “foreign object debris” was spotted by the Mars helicopter’s navigation camera

Irish Mirror · Oct 1, 2022

Extreme heat is messing with astronomy — here’s how scientists are adapting

Climate change may affect the quality of data collected by observatories around the world, but improved climate models could help researchers plan future sites.

Inverse · Oct 1, 2022

Tim Peake's Darlington show postponed last-minute after taking ill as fans devastated

Astronaut Tim Peake is forced to call off his talk show just a few hours before its start due to being 'taken suddenly unwell'

Chronicle Live · Oct 1, 2022

NASA Crew-5 launch: Timeline, how to watch this historic ISS mission

On October 5, SpaceX will launch Crew-5 to the ISS, where astronauts will conduct groundbreaking above-Earth experiments.

Inverse · Oct 1, 2022

Huge Gas Bubble Swirling Around Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

A huge gas bubble is swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole at almost a third of the speed of light, reveals a new study. As big as the planet Mercury, it completes a full circle in just 70 minutes – over 200 million miles an hour.

Zenger · Oct 1, 2022