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Europe Needs Reusable Rockets To Catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA Chief

Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview.

International Business Times

She saw a car-sized object above a Texas farm and found a wayward hunk of NASA equipment

A West Texas woman saw something unusual on a recent morning, a massive parachute drifting slowly across the sky

The Independent UK

Cosmic baboon rampages through deep space in gorgeous new nebula photo

We're not the only ones who see a baboon in this nebula photo, right?

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SpaceX moves giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship Flight 11 launch (photos)

SpaceX moved its Super Heavy booster to the pad recently to gear up for Flight 11 of its Starship megarocket, which is scheduled for Oct. 13.

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Watch SpaceX launch 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites on Monday after delay

SpaceX plans to launch 24 of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites Monday (Oct. 13), bringing the total number of spacecraft lofted for the nascent broadband megaconstellation to 153.

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Rocket Lab (RKLB) Stock Hits A New All-Time High: What's Going On?

Shares of Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ:RKLB) hit a new 52-week high Thursday morning, fueled by a series of contract wins that have bolstered investor confidence. Here’s what investors need to know.

Benzinga

Concerns grow after spate of social media posts showing SpaceX Starlink satellites burning in the sky — we are currently seeing a ‘couple of satellite re-entries a day,’ says respected astrophysicist

An astrophysicist interview underlines the growing risk of satellites, from the increasingly crowded skies, falling to Earth.

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FCC announces 'Space Month' push to streamline space regulations

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will work to streamline space regulations, a push just announced in the newly christened "Space Month" of October 2025.

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A new rocket, sea launches and more: Chinese company CAS Space is thinking big

CAS Space is preparing to launch its first liquid propellant rocket, the Kinetica 2, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft — the latest sign of China's accelerating commercial launch sector.

Space

South Texas students have a new chance to taste the race for space

In the shadow of SpaceX, Rio Grande Valley students will have a chance to build their own rockets and launch them 11,000 feet in the air, under a program that hopes to spark interest in aerospace jobs.

The Texas Tribune

Blue Origin rolls out powerful New Glenn rocket for testing ahead of Mars launch (video)

Blue Origin rolled the first stage of its powerful New Glenn rocket to the pad Wednesday (Oct. 8) for testing ahead of a planned launch of two NASA Mars probes.

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Not all alphas: Mars crews should be a mix of personality types, study suggests

A new study indicates that crews with a wider range of personalities perform better under pressure, possibly informing how NASA selects and trains its astronauts for future missions to Mars.

Space

Australian nanosatellite snaps 1st selfie in space before tracking cosmic gamma-ray bursts (photo)

Australia's SpIRIT nanosatellite has snapped its first "selfie" from space, marking a successful start to its mission.

Space

1,000 Mars dust devils! European orbiters track Red Planet's tiny tornadoes

Two decades of spacecraft images reveal more than 1,000 dust devils whipping across Mars at unexpected speeds, offering fresh insight into how wind and dust shape the Red Planet.

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New comet Lemmon could shine bright enough to be seen with the naked eye this October

This newly discovered comet could soon glow bright enough for the naked eye as it sweeps through October's morning and evening skies.

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Blue Origin launches 6 'Space Nomads,' including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight (video)

Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism mission today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier.

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The moon meets up with the Seven Sisters tonight. Here's how to see it

On the evening of Oct. 9, a waning gibbous moon visits the famous Pleiades Star Cluster — the Seven Sisters — in the Taurus constellation.

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JWST spots dust-cloaked 'red supergiant' star just before it went supernova

Astronomers using JWST have captured the clearest view yet of a doomed red supergiant star just before it exploded, solving a decades-old mystery about why such stars rarely appear to go supernova.

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Near-Earth asteroid zooms past Antarctica | Space photo of the day for Oct. 8, 2025

A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 TF, skimmed past Earth closer than many satellites and was photographed by the Catalina Sky Survey and ESA's planetary defense programs.

The Guardian - UK

3/I Atlas: a rare comet from beyond our solar system is being closely tracked – what can it teach us?

Only the third interstellar comet ever to be seen contains material from other star systems that can be observed close up

Space

6,000 and counting: The next 30 years in the search for exoplanets

After marking the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the first exoplanet around a sun-like star, we now look forward to what the next 30 years might offer.

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European Mars orbiter spies interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming past Red Planet (photos)

A European Mars probe witnessed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS' Red Planet flyby on Oct. 3, snapping imagery of the interloper from just 19 million miles (30 million kilometers) away.

Space

The search for life on Venus just took another turn, thanks to JWST's brown dwarf discovery

JWST's detection of phosphine on a brown dwarf, also known as a "failed star," could have repercussions for the claimed detection of the molecule on Venus.

Benzinga

Rocket Lab Shares Are Reaching New Highs: What's Going On?

Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ:RKLB) shares are hitting all-time highs on Tuesday. Here’s a look at what’s fueling the rally.

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The Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight: Here's what to expect

The Draconid meteor shower peaks on Oct. 8, as a waning gibbous moon graces the night sky.

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