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Spotlight highlights recent groundbreaking scientific studies and discoveries in space science. It covers innovative research, key findings, and their implications for our understanding of the universe.
Issue 76 | Breaking Space News: Nov 09 - 16, 2025
Massive Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun, Triggered Geomagnetic Turbulence, Auroras and Disruption in the Space Industry. This Week in Space News — The Fall of Icarus, Scars from a Martian Ice Age, Volcanic Plumes, Food from Thin Air in Spaceflight, Soft‐Robotic Exosuits, and Planets Generating Their Own Water. Also: Amazon’s Project Kuiper Rebrand, China’s Launch Record, Orbital Manufacturing, Dream Chaser Updates, and More.
Issue 74 | Breaking Space News: Oct 26 - Nov 01, 2025
Earth is on the Brink as Pace of Climate Change Outstrips Mitigation Efforts. This Week in Space News: Behold the Eye of Melissa and the Red Spider Nebula. First 3D Exoplanet Atmosphere Map, 3I/ATLAS Updates and the End of Human Activity at Venus. Plus: SpaceX and Cards Against Humanity Settle Trespassing Lawsuit, and More.
Issue 73 | Breaking Space News: Oct 19 - 25, 2025
In Militarization of Space, Apex, a US Defense Contractor, Wants to Demonstrate Storage and Deployment of Missiles in Orbit. This Week in Space News: Beautiful, Haunting Images of Glacier Retreat in Chile, Smoking Space Debris in Australia and the Largest Galaxy Cluster Catalog Yet. Risks of Orbital Mirrors and Sunlight Dimming. Plus: NASA Wants to Rethink SpaceX's Artemis III Contract, Impossible Chemistry on Titan, and More.
Issue 72 | Breaking Space News: Oct 12 - 18, 2025
Low Earth Orbit Nears Satellite Congestion Tipping Point (Unsurprisingly). New Space Armor Promises Protection Against Debris at 17,000 MPH. This Week in Space: Dark Object Photographed, Record Ocean Swells, Expanding Magnetic Weak Spots, and Indian Citizen Scientists Spot a Massive ORC. Plus JPL Layoffs, EU and US Defense Updates, Impulse’s New Lander, and More.
Issue 69 | Breaking Space News: Sept 21 - 27, 2025
The Largest-Ever Simulation of the Universe Contains 3.4 Billion Galaxies — This Week in Space News: Glimpse of an Eclipse from Space, Space-Based Tsunami Detection, Deep Space Laser Links Across 218 Million Miles, Russia's "Noah's Ark" Capsule and US Concerns Over China's Growth in Space. Plus: Liquid Uranium Propulsion and Nuclear Batteries, a Space‐Based Semiconductor Supply Chain and the Nearest ET Intelligence May be 33,000 Light Years Away.
Issue 68 | Breaking Space News: Sept 14 - 20, 2025
A New AI Tool That Models the Universe on a Laptop, and a New Way to Knock Space Junk Out of Orbit. This Week in Space: Space Travel Accelerates Aging, a 3D Map of Our Cosmic Neighborhood, Rising Exoplanet Counts, and Hayabusa’s 2031 Sojourn to a Tiny Asteroid. Plus: Ukraine Destroys Russia-Controlled Telescope, US–UK Satellite Maneuver, Axiom’s On-Orbit Datacenters, Maxar–Ecopia Mapping, VIPER’s Revival, and More.
Issue 67 | Breaking Space News: Sept 07 - 13, 2025
Most Compelling Evidence of Past Life on Mars and Earth's AI-Driven Digital Twin. This Week in Space: China’s Apophis Mission, Water on Ryugu, Black Hole Recoil, NASA Protests, and Kazakhstan Space Updates. Plus: Anduril's Defense Role, Rocket Cargo Delivery, Hypersonic Tracking, Mixed Reality Military Gear, Boeing's 3D Printed Solar Array Substrate, Apex Space's Unicorn Status, Retrofitting OneWeb, D2D Updates, Intense Solar Flares, and More.
Issue 66 | Breaking Space News: Aug 31 - Sept 06, 2025
We Now Have a Simpler Way to Make Oxygen in Space. This Week in Space: A Rectangular Telescope, 3I/ATLAS’ Growing Tail, ISRO’s Parachute Test, New NASA Administrator, and the US-China Lunar Race. Plus: Starship Launch Concerns in Florida, Space Force’s AI and Smallsat Strategy, China’s Military Parade, Kuiper’s First Airline Client, ExxonMobil’s Methane Monitoring, and More.
Issue 65 | Breaking Space News: Aug 24 - 30, 2025
White House Removes Labor Protections for NASA Workforce; Harassment Crisis Unfolds in Antarctica. This Week in Space: A Newborn Planet, Solar Flares Imaging, and NASA-IBM's AI Model to Predict Space Weather. Plus: Ryugu’s Ancient Chemistry, Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS, and a New Dark Matter Detector. Mouse Stem Cells Survive Spaceflight and Birth Healthy Pups. China’s Guangdong Unveils Bold Space Plans; AFWERX and DoD Expand Funding. Also: Starship’s Milestone Flight, Belgian Aerspacelab’s IRIS2 Bid, Rocket Lab’s U.S. Expansion, Hypervelocity White Dwarfs, Collapsing Exoplanets, and More.
Issue 64 | Breaking Space News: Aug 17 - 23, 2025
A Comet May be Responsible Earth’s Water & Starlink to Help Cut Astronomy Interference — This Week in Space: Sun‐Synchronous Orbits, Sinus Issues on the ISS, Uranus’s New Moon; Russian Biosatellite Launch, Korean Cubesat on Artemis 2, Mexican ThumbSat on China’s CAS Space Launch. Plus: Portuguese Spaceport; NASA to Reduce Focus on Climate Science; Schriever Wargames Updates, X‐37B Launch, Space Cotan‐Firefly MoU, Platinum Equity‐Anuvu Takeover, Ancient Starburst Galaxy, Mysterious Radio Bursts & More.
Issue 62 | Breaking Space News: Aug 03 - 09, 2025
The Most Massive Black Hole Ever Detected Weighs 36 Billion Suns — This Week in Space: A 70-Year Probe to a Black Hole, Solar Mirrors for Asteroid Detection, Spectral Contamination Repurposed, China's Lunar Lander Test & Mars Sample Return, Moon Reactor Plans, & Golden Dome Updates. Plus: Commercial Space Stations, Astroscale’s Patent, NASA’s OTV Contracts, Skyrora’s UK License, Global Bluetooth Network & More.
Issue 61 | Breaking Space News: July 27 - Aug 02, 2025
Unprecedented Widespread Freshwater Decline Is Impacting 75% of the Global Population, & Prebiotic Chemistry Is Detected in Space — This Week in Space: Explore the GEO Belt, Exploding Glaciers, Blazars, Starlink’s Astronomical Impact, Super Earth K2-18 Updates, & the NASA–Roscosmos Meeting. Plus: X-37B’s New Mission, Slingshot’s Autonomous AI Agent, Launch Updates from iSpace & Gilmour, a Reinvented Double-Slit Experiment, & More.