China’s year-end space sprint
On this episode of Space Minds, SpaceNews China correspondent Andrew Jones joins host Mike Gruss to unpack China’s year‑end sprint...
New space debris shield? Satellites and astronauts could suit up in novel ‘Space Armor’
Humanity has a new tool in the fight against space junk — "Space Armor," a multi-functional composite that could protect...
‘Space Armor’ to challenge traditional metal shielding on satellites
The composite shielding designed to protect spacecraft from debris impact was developed by Atomic-6 under a U.S. Space Force Small...
Where the ridge meets the river | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2025
From above Earth, LandSat 9's keen eye captures a stunning Y-shaped meeting of ridge and river in China's Tarim Basin.
Northern lights may be visible in 15 US states tonight
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for tonight.
‘Star Wars,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ and ‘The Thing’ poster artist Drew Struzan dies at 78
Struzan's signature artwork defined an entire generation of Hollywood filmmaking.
China launches 12th group of Guowang broadband satellites as rocket milestone highlights accelerating launch rate
HELSINKI — China added to its Guowang national broadband megaconstellation Wednesday with the 600th Long March rocket launch, marking a...
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...
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 130th Falcon 9 flight of the year
SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday morning (Oct. 16), sending them up from Florida's Space...
Blocks of dry ice carve gullies on Martian dunes through explosive sublimation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Mysterious gullies carved into Martian sand dunes have long puzzled planetary scientists. Now, new...