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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 182 — The Dream is Alive

On Episode 182 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Terry Hart to discuss his career from a fighter jet pilot to a NASA astronaut.

Space

Are We Being Prepped for 'Fake' Alien Invasion? New World Order Theory Gains Traction After Marco Rubio's UFO Confession

High-ranking officials admit to seeing 'non-human craft' in a new documentary, fuelling theories that a fake alien invasion is being planned as a government psy-op.

International Business Times UK

Orionids 2025: Meteor shower caused by Halley's Comet peaks as two new comets cross the sky

Comets Lemmon and SWAN will be at their brightest just as the annual Orionid meteor shower produced by Halley's Comet reaches its peak.

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Orionids Meteor Shower Happening Next Week: Where and When To Catch the October Light Show's Peak

Skywatchers are in luck: the Orionids peak on 22 October, coinciding with a new moon for perfect viewing conditions.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk Ally Jared Isaacman Back In Running For NASA Administrator Role Under Trump: Report

SpaceX and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's close aide, Jared Isaacman, who was earlier nominated and then snubbed for the NASA administrator job by President Donald Trump over previous political ties, is reportedly a top candidate for the job after meeting with key White House officials, including Trump.

Benzinga

Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky worked outside the International Space Station on Tuesday (Oct. 16), conducting a spacewalk to install, retrieve and jettison equipment.

Space

Watch SpaceX's Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)

SpaceX video from Starship's Oct. 13 launch shows the rocket's Super Heavy booster hovering over the gulf before its dive into the deep.

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Vast gearing up to launch its Haven-1 private space station in 2026

Vast's Haven-1 is poised to become the first privately built space station, marking a turning point in the post-International Space Station era.

Space

'Most pristine' star ever seen discovered at the Milky Way's edge — and could be a direct descendant of the universe's first stars

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in a star. It is likely a direct descendant of one of the universe's first stars.

LiveScience

Alien Invasion 2025: Why NASA's Calm Response to 3I/ATLAS Has Conspiracy Theorists Suspicious

Conspiracy theorists and amateur astronomers claim November 2025 marks a historic alien invasion (64 days away). They point to unexplained space signals and objects defying gravity near Earth.

International Business Times UK

Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the International Space Station today

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy will conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS today (Oct. 16), and you can watch it live.

Space

Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago just flew by Earth closer than the moon

A small asteroid, called 2025 TP5, safely flew by our planet on Oct. 15 at about a quarter of the distance to the moon.

Space

Aliens may have stopped trying to contact humans because they simply got bored, Nasa scientist claims

Astrophysicist suggests ‘radical mundanity’ is answer to the ‘great silence’ in the galaxy

The Independent UK

A new private moon lander rises: Impulse Space throws its hat into the lunar ring

Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's second-ever employee — just announced that it plans to build a robotic moon lander to help open the lunar frontier.

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65 Movies Based On True Stories That Feel Impossible To Believe

Explore 65 incredible movies based on true stories that seem impossible! These picks help history come alive with unbelievable experiences.

The Guardian - UK

Space Live: the new TV channel streaming absolutely spellbinding footage of Earth … forever

ITVX’s perpetual real-time broadcast from the International Space Station is awe-inspiring … until it gets boring. But even though it’s hard to watch for long, it’s a humbling reminder of who we are

LiveScience

We were wrong about how the moon's largest and oldest crater formed — and that's great news for NASA's next lunar landing

A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning astronauts on NASA's future Artemis III mission may be able to collect valuable samples of ancient radioactive material, known as KREEP.

Space

Did a NASA exoplanet-hunting balloon really 'crash' in Texas? Not according to the scientist behind the flight

NASA launched an exoplanet-hunting experiment Oct. 1 despite the government shutdown. After the mission's end on Oct. 2, news reports got a little confused.

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Euronews

Could NASA really put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030? |Euronews Tech Talks

NASA’s plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon has raised questions about the US space strategy and renewed curiosity about the use of nuclear energy beyond Earth. Euronews Tech Talks hosted nuclear energy experts to discuss.

Space

NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce

NASA has announced a new wave of layoffs at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as the agency undergoes a sweeping "realignment" of its workforce.

Space

Aurora alert! Several coronal mass ejections are racing toward Earth and could spark impressive northern lights this week

Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across northern North America.

The Independent UK

He’s been to space, ran NASA and can do 40 pushups at IHOP. Here’s why Bill Nelson thinks Musk must rethink his Mars plan

The former NASA astronaut and the agency’s 14th administrator says it’s not a matter of if we go to the Red Planet — but when

We Got This Covered

Trump admin to conquer moon, Sean Duffy says moonbase construction begins in 2027

I can't pay no doctor bills / but Trumpy's on the moon.

Space

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-imaging satellite to orbit (video)

Rocket Lab launched a radar satellite for Synspective today (Oct. 14), the seventh spacecraft it has lofted for the Japanese Earth-observation company.

Euronews

SpaceX successfully launches 11th test flight of giant Starship rocket

Starship carried up eight mock satellites mimicking SpaceX’s Starlinks. The entire flight lasted just over an hour, originating from Starbase near the Mexican border.

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