Wall Street Journal
• Aylin Woodward
For the first time, astronomers using a NASA telescope obtained direct images of two objects colliding in the debris disk around a bright star 25 light‑years away, giving a real‑time view of high‑velocity planetesimal impacts that shape early planetary systems and disk evolution.
Space.com
• Chris McMullen
By Space.com: Here's our review of the Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Is it up there with the best Lego space sets available? Read on to find out.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: LA PLATA, Maryland — Indra Group of Spain has closed its acquisition of Spanish commercial satellite….
spaceinafrica.com
• Mustapha Iderawumi
By spaceinafrica.com: Türkiye has completed feasibility and design work for a spaceport in Somalia, and the first phase of construction has begun.
Payload
• Payload Staff
By Payload: The space industry is growing and growing—and today we’re looking at some of the companies that threw their hat in the ring in 2025.
CNBC
• Samantha Subin
By CNBC: Satellite stocks have benefitted this year from renewed interest in space exploration and military reindustrialization efforts.
SpaceNews.com
• Andrew Jones
By SpaceNews.com: China to debut reusable Long March 10-derived rocket in first half of 2026 China is aiming for a first launch of a reusable, cargo-optimized variant of its new crew launch vehicle in the first half of the year.
Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
By Universe Today: A female mouse that spent two weeks aboard China’s space station has successfully given birth to healthy pups after returning to Earth. This marks the first time offspring have been born from mammals that have traveled in space.
Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg; Brian McGill
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
NASA Spaceflight
• Eleanor Day
