The Latest Breaking News on Space

Avi Loeb Says 3I/ATLAS' Sunward Jet Defies Physics After 16° Gravitational Twist

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb highlights 3I/ATLAS' baffling sunward jet after a 16° gravitational twist, defying known comet physics.

International Business Times UK · Dec 18, 2025

4 ways to track 3I/ATLAS without a telescope as it makes its closest approach to Earth tonight

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is travelling away from the sun on its way back to interstellar space.

Space · Dec 18, 2025

'Crash Clock' reveals how soon satellite collisions would occur after a severe solar storm — and it's pretty scary

Satellites would likely begin colliding with each other or space junk in less than three days if they were to lose the ability to maneuver, for example due to an intense solar storm.

Space · Dec 18, 2025

US Senate confirms billionaire Musk ally Jared Isaacman as Nasa chief

Vote on Isaacman, private astronaut and Mars missions advocate, passes 67-30 for him to be agency’s 15th leader

The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2025

James Webb Space Telescope confirms 1st 'runaway' supermassive black hole rocketing through 'Cosmic Owl' galaxies at 2.2 million mph: 'It boggles the mind!'

"The forces that are needed to dislodge such a massive black hole from its home are enormous."

Space · Dec 17, 2025

US Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as new NASA administrator

More than a year after his initial nomination, the U.S. Senate has voted to confirm billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.

Space · Dec 17, 2025

Blue Origin launches 1st wheelchair user to space and back (video)

Blue Origin launched wheelchair user Michi Benthaus and her NS-37 five crewmates aboard a New Shepard rocket from West Texas on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

Space · Dec 17, 2025

Rocket Lab launches 4 experimental 'DiskSats' for the US military

Rocket Lab launched four "DiskSats" for the U.S. Space Force just after midnight on Thursday (Dec. 18), adding to the company's busy 2025.

Space · Dec 17, 2025

Camera on NASA Mars probe snaps its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet

The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just notched a big milestone, snapping its 100,000th photo of the Red Planet.

Space · Dec 17, 2025

The Odds Are 1 in 40,000: Avi Loeb Explains 3I/ATLAS' Impossible Alignment

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says the odds of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS aligning its rotation axis toward the Sun are just 1 in 40,000, raising fresh questions about whether standard comet physics is enough to explain its behaviour.

International Business Times UK · Dec 17, 2025