New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he wants NASA to move faster on programs such as Artemis but acknowledged he needs time to get up to speed on NASA’s activities.

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Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting year for the company.

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The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better.

Blue Origin flew its final New Shepard suborbital mission of the year Dec. 20, carrying six people, including the first person who uses a wheelchair to travel to space.

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Learn more about the death rituals seen throughout the animal kingdom and whether or not animals grieve the same way humans do.

The administration’s pro-industry tilt—across three executive agencies—is feeding the MAHA movement’s growing discontent.

NASA’s safety advisers are recommending that the agency reconsider its Artemis lunar landing architecture as well as how it handles incidents such as the flawed Starliner test flight.

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Learn how drone-based sampling is opening a new window into whale health in remote Arctic regions.

Learn how ants traded individual protection for collective power — and what it reveals about how complex societies evolve.

L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites

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Hungarian communications provider 4iG has agreed to invest $100 million in U.S.-based space station developer Axiom Space, broadening its footprint in the space industry amid a broader push toward vertically integrated capabilities in the industry.

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DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth and volcanic worlds like Mars.

Learn how you can say farewell to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by Earth on Dec. 19, 2025, and what we have learned during its brief visit near Earth.

The European Space Agency expects to decide in February how to address a 20% funding shortfall in its exploration program.

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Sophisticated bots risk contaminating surveys, games, and other approaches designed to shed light on human behavior

In a game of visual telephone, models converge on ecstatic sports wins, romantic nights in Paris, and other cultural chestnuts

Benefactors agree to help support next-generation particle accelerator, but billions more are needed

Rand Paul has blasted government science officials and scientists over COVID-19’s origin

Eindhoven University of Technology’s success sets example for other institutions to follow, researchers say

Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup that seeks to read brain activity using ultrasound, is being spun out of Forest Neurotech, a Los Angeles nonprofit.

Paris, December 2025 — The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology of the Sultanate of Oman (MTCIT) and Novaspace announce the second Edition of the Middle East Space Conference […]

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Billionaire-backed Episteme aims to free research from bureaucracy. History shows that’s a tall task

Grassroots efforts explore what works—and where the tensions lie

The modern space economy is increasingly powered by dual-use satellites that support both civilian services and national security needs. These assets deliver critical capabilities, from communications to Earth observation, but they also face growing risks. Protecting them, along with the intellectual property they carry, requires an integrated end-to-end approach that connects logistics, compliance and mission […]

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