The Latest Breaking News on Space

Russia Wants a Nuclear Power Plant On The Moon by 2036 With China

Russia plans to establish a nuclear power plant on the moon in a decade to support its lunar exploration and create a joint research station with China.

International Business Times · Dec 26, 2025

The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025

New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown.

Space · Dec 26, 2025

Russia Wants a Nuclear Power Plant On The Moon by 2036 With China

Russia plans to establish a nuclear power plant on the moon in a decade to support its lunar exploration and create a joint research station with China.

International Business Times UK · Dec 25, 2025

60,000 feet above Earth, NASA is hunting for the minerals that power phones, EVs and clean energy

The microwave-sized sensor detects 'spectral fingerprints' of important minerals.

Space · Dec 24, 2025

Record launches, reusable rockets and a rescue: China made big strides in space in 2025

China overcomes human spaceflight emergency and makes leaps with lunar hardware tests

Space · Dec 24, 2025

'Dracula's Chivito' looks stunning in this tasty Christmas photo from the Hubble Telescope

Using the Hubble space telescope, astronomers have imaged "'Dracula’s Chivito" the largest site of planetary birth ever seen.

Space · Dec 24, 2025

NASA's Apollo 8 moonshot saved 1968. Could Artemis 2 do the same in 2026?

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

Space · Dec 24, 2025

The biggest black hole breakthroughs of 2025

2025 was another big year for black holes, and here's our pick of the top black hole stories from the last twelve months.

Space · Dec 24, 2025

Trump administration weighing new South Texas land exchange with Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Federal officials are considering swapping 775 acres of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge with the aerospace company, according to The New York Times.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 24, 2025

Bolivia lifts restrictions on satellite companies like Starlink to upgrade its internet connectivity

Bolivia’s new government has issued a decree that will allow global satellite internet companies such as Starlink or Kuiper to provide internet access across the Andean nation as it tries to upgrade its technology and speed up its notoriously slow connectivity rates

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025