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Sunday, November 8, 2026 (UTC) · No. 40
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Every story this paper is running, newest first, in one list · 106 pieces
Sunday, November 8, 20263 pieces
Launch UpdatesBlue Origin adds third stage to New Glenn, reclassifies rocket as super heavy liftYara Castellanos · 9h
Friday, November 6, 20261 piece
Thursday, November 5, 20261 piece
Launch UpdatesVarda Space claims first simultaneous launch of multiple commercial re-entry vehiclesYara Castellanos · 3d
Wednesday, November 4, 20261 piece
Asteroid NewsEight asteroids listed on NASA Sentry impact risk register for 4 November 2026Dana Whitfield · 3d
Monday, November 2, 20269 pieces
Asteroid NewsVera C. Rubin Observatory discovers its first dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138Dana Whitfield · 6d
99942 Apophis On the News!127 weeks to Apophis 2029: No impact risk remains confirmedDana Whitfield · 6d
Asteroid NewsNASA confirms Swift space telescope will reenter Earth atmosphere uncontrolled within weeksDana Whitfield · 6d
Asteroid NewsStudy finds asteroids, not comets, likely delivered intact organic molecules to early EarthDana Whitfield · 6d
Asteroid NewsComets were an unlikely way to bring life's building blocks to Earth, simulations suggestIngrid Solberg · 6d
Asteroid NewsMartian meteorite Teghaza 001 formed at least 4.1 billion years ago, NASA team findsIngrid Solberg · 6d
Launch UpdatesISRO puts NVS-03 in orbit, returning NavIC to the four satellites it needsYara Castellanos · 6d
Saturday, October 31, 20263 pieces
Space AwarenessAfrica's satellites: 69 launched by 18 countries, with ownership concentrated in a fewMarcus Adeyemi · 8d
Space Economy & ResourcesUS warns EU of retaliation over plan to reserve satellite spectrum for European operatorsYara Castellanos · 8d
99942 Apophis On the News!Apophis countdown, 128 weeks to go: a Chinese student team wants a front-row seatDana Whitfield · 8d
Thursday, October 29, 202619 pieces
Launch UpdatesBlue Origin commits $330M to Cape Canaveral launch expansion for weekly New Glenn flightsYara Castellanos · 10d
Space AwarenessVoyager Technologies completes acceptance testing for Griffin-1 lunar landerRhea Castellanos · 10d
Asteroid NewsAstronomers publish extended perihelion observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLASIngrid Solberg · 10d
Space AwarenessVera C. Rubin Observatory releases ComCam image on second test anniversaryMarcus Adeyemi · 10d
Launch UpdatesNASA releases progress update for commercial lunar rovers for Moon Base programYara Castellanos · 10d
Launch UpdatesPakistan confirms first astronaut will launch to Tiangong station November 25Yara Castellanos · 10d
Asteroid NewsNations vote to establish official international lunar reference time scaleIngrid Solberg · 10d
Launch UpdatesPuerto Rico student team wins $50,000 lunar tech grant; NASA opens collaboration talksYara Castellanos · 10d
Space Economy & ResourcesHimera and GomSpace confirm Ukraine’s Obria Nano satellite operational in orbitHenrik Vass · 10d
Asteroid NewsAstronomers discover unique double debris disk around white dwarf J1328−1450Ingrid Solberg · 10d
Asteroid NewsSouth Korea plans at least one Nuri launch a year through 2032, with military satellites in 2031Ingrid Solberg · 10d
Launch UpdatesSpace Force says it needs a third launch range by 2030 as US launch traffic climbsYara Castellanos · 10d
Launch UpdatesCowboy Space unveils Big Iron, the rocket meant to build a 20,000-satellite constellationYara Castellanos · 10d
Launch UpdatesISRO outlines 2029 launch pad target, SSLV complex and joint Chandrayaan-5 missionYara Castellanos · 10d
Launch UpdatesESA awards Airbus contract for two additional second-generation Galileo satellitesYara Castellanos · 10d
Asteroid NewsNASA details NEO Surveyor, the asteroid hunter for objects in the Sun's glare, and the Habitable Worlds ObservatoryDana Whitfield · 10d
Launch UpdatesNASA's new Artemis plan: a 2027 test in Earth orbit, then a 2028 Moon landingYara Castellanos · 10d
Saturday, October 24, 20268 pieces
Space AwarenessWho slowed Ukraine's Starshield? The conflicting accounts, and how service came backIngrid Solberg · 2w
Missions & ScienceNational Academies picks four Moon sites beyond the south pole for future astronautsDana Whitfield · 2w
Launch UpdatesJapan's MMX launches toward Mars' moons to bring a piece of Phobos to EarthYara Castellanos · 2w
Space AwarenessRussian military satellite Kosmos 2612 shadows a US-operated radar satellite in low orbitDana Whitfield · 2w
99942 Apophis On the News!Apophis countdown, 129 weeks to go: yes, Ramses was 'activated', but only on the groundDana Whitfield · 2w
Launch UpdatesSpaceX launches Bandwagon-5 Falcon 9 mission with 32 payloads from Cape CanaveralYara Castellanos · 2w
Asteroid NewsLivermore simulations test a nuclear option for disrupting a 160-metre asteroidIngrid Solberg · 2w
Monday, October 19, 20264 pieces
Space AwarenessJames Webb identifies host galaxy for fast radio burst FRB 20240304BMarcus Adeyemi · 2w
Space AwarenessINPE Prodes satellite system records 3,335 sq km Amazon deforestation over 12 monthsMarcus Adeyemi · 2w
Missions & ScienceResearchers release radial velocity measurements for 70 Oph AB star systemDana Whitfield · 2w
Friday, October 16, 202613 pieces
Missions & ScienceX-ray telescopes confirm the 'Treble Clef' sits in a hidden galaxy clusterMarcus Adeyemi · 3w
Space AwarenessMusk says US government, not SpaceX, sets Starshield limits in UkraineIngrid Solberg · 3w
Missions & SciencePerseverance breaks Opportunity's record for distance driven on another worldIngrid Solberg · 3w
Launch UpdatesSpaceX's CRS-35 delivers the space station's last roll-out solar arraysDana Whitfield · 3w
Launch UpdatesKorea's NEONSAT satellites send first images after Nuri's record launchYara Castellanos · 3w
Asteroid NewsVera Rubin data reveals the largest ultra-fast spinning asteroid yet foundIngrid Solberg · 3w
Apophis WatchMoscow State University begins work on a Russian mission to asteroid ApophisIngrid Solberg · 3w
Space AwarenessDead Soviet weather satellite Meteor 2-7 breaks apart in orbit, againMarcus Adeyemi · 3w
Monday, October 12, 202625 pieces
International NewsKeith Cowing Publishes 5 Questions On NASA Astrobiology Program ChangesHenrik Vass · 3w
International NewsWorld Space Week 2026 Celebrates Global Rocket Revolution ThemeIngrid Solberg · 3w
Sky This WeekOrionid meteor shower peaks 21-22 October, a week after the Southern TauridsDana Whitfield · 3w
Space AwarenessA week of solar storms brings a shockwave, a G2 watch and auroras over southern EnglandRhea Castellanos · 3w
International NewsChina launches its 27th batch of Guowang internet satellites as the mega-constellation growsHenrik Vass · 3w
International NewsSouth Africa and Türkiye sign space pact as the International Astronautical Congress opens in AntalyaHenrik Vass · 3w
Launch UpdatesCrew-12's spacewalk tally, an ESA endurance record and a Colombian teen's NASA selectionYara Castellanos · 3w
Launch UpdatesSpaceX lofts 21 military satellites and plans a Florida gas pipeline for Starship as rivals slipYara Castellanos · 3w
Space AwarenessPentagon's Project Meridian puts outer space among the domains in a push for autonomous warfareMarcus Adeyemi · 3w
Missions & ScienceWebb watches water clouds shift on a nearby cold world and images a stellar nurseryIngrid Solberg · 3w
Asteroid NewsUAE sets March 2028 launch for its asteroid-belt mission as a new study sizes up asteroid strengthDana Whitfield · 3w
Missions & ScienceNASA picks science payloads for its Moon Base as plans for a south-pole outpost take shapeHenrik Vass · 3w
Missions & ScienceMars round-up: NASA eases contamination rules, Curiosity returns to science and China plans a full mapIngrid Solberg · 3w
Asteroid NewsFrancis Halzen awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube observatory workIngrid Solberg · 3w
Space AwarenessNASA publishes Hubble image of galaxy cluster resembling a smiling faceRhea Castellanos · 3w
Asteroid NewsJames Webb traces most distant fast radio burst to early universe galaxyDana Whitfield · 3w
Launch UpdatesMusk calls criticism of Starlink's India entry hypocritical as launch stays blockedYara Castellanos · 3w
Space AwarenessJames Webb Space Telescope used for nebula imaging and high redshift universe surveyMarcus Adeyemi · 3w
Space AwarenessResearch team secures three years of James Webb Space Telescope observing timeRhea Castellanos · 3w
Launch UpdatesNASA selects three lunar science projects ahead of planned permanent baseYara Castellanos · 3w
Asteroid NewsNASA SSPICY mission to use Starfish Space craft for orbital object approach trialsDana Whitfield · 3w
Asteroid NewsNASA releases 800GB Artemis II lunar science dataset to public archiveIngrid Solberg · 3w
Sunday, October 11, 20266 pieces
International NewsNASA and Energy Department sign pact to speed up space nuclear powerHenrik Vass · 3w
Asteroid NewsSmall asteroid CERNQ52 hits atmosphere over Indian Ocean on 6 SeptemberDana Whitfield · 3w
Missions & ScienceMars's giant Arsia Mons cloud may form by a process never seen in a planetary atmospherePlanetary Defense Daily Desk · 3w
Saturday, October 10, 20266 pieces
Missions & ScienceNASA SPHEREx telescope publishes brown dwarf atmosphere observationsIngrid Solberg · 4w
Missions & ScienceJames Webb locates host galaxy for fast radio burst FRB 20240304BRhea Castellanos · 4w
Missions & ScienceHubble data indicates white dwarf HS 0209+0832 may host second-generation planetDana Whitfield · 4w
Launch UpdatesCrew-12 astronauts return safely to Earth after eight month ISS missionIngrid Solberg · 4w
Asteroid NewsESA Hera to conduct braking manoeuvre ahead of Didymos asteroid rendezvousIngrid Solberg · 4w
Thursday, October 8, 20266 pieces
Asteroid NewsHanwha Aerospace led 5th Nuri rocket mission which deployed all 15 payload satellitesDana Whitfield · 4w
Launch UpdatesSpaceX targets Sept. 22 for Starship's first orbital launch attemptYara Castellanos · 4w
99942 Apophis On the News!Introducing 99942 Apophis On the News! - tracking truth for 2029Dana Whitfield · 4w
Tuesday, September 29, 20261 piece