Space and cosmos

SpaceX scrubs major test launch of giant starship rocket

This screen grab from a SpaceX live webcast shows the Starship rocket just as the launch from Starbase was aborted in South Padre Island, Texas, on July 16.

SpaceX to launch giant starship rocket in first flight since IPO

The launch marks the second flight of the latest iteration of the rocket, dubbed Version 3 or V3.

Space start-up funding holds near record highs as SpaceX IPO draws new investors

Space companies raised about US$7.5 billion across 141 venture funding deals in the second quarter.

India to launch first private orbital rocket after decades of state-run programme

Skyroot co-founders Naga Bharat Deka (left) and Pawan Kumar Chandana have developed India’s first private orbital rocket.

Japan and Singapore take bilateral ties into orbit with new space pact

National Space Agency of Singapore chief executive Ngiam Le Na (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency president Hiroshi Yamakawa sign a memorandum of cooperation in Tokyo on July 6.

Japan releases snowman-like asteroid image after fly-by

A view of the asteroid Torifune during a fly-by of the Hayabusa2 space probe.

Oldest quasars ever discovered add to ‘perplexing’ space mystery

More powerful telescopes allow astronomers to see further back in time.

Chinese space probe reaches asteroid for first sample collection

The Chinese space agency CNSA published a photo of the asteroid, a rugged and grey rocky mass named “2016 HO3“ that contrasts sharply with the black background of space.

Planned 1.7 million satellites ‘devastating’ for astronomy: Study

A SpaceX rocket lifting off at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 8. The mission will deploy 29 Starlink satellites into orbit.

NASA gives more lunar lander contracts to three US companies

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, with acting Associate Administrator Lori Glaze and Moon Base Program Executive Carlos Garcia-Galan, holds a news conference on updated plans for the agency’s Moon Base initiative for a long-term lunar presence, at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 26, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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