Space.com
• Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
A new ISS study finds bacteriophages remain active in microgravity but evolve differently aboard the station, with evidence microgravity can increase viral potency and drive evolutionary changes in phage genomes. The results reveal unexpected biological dynamics of virus–host interactions in space.
Space.com
• Robert Lea
By Space.com: "It points to a slow starvation rather than a single dramatic death blow.".
Payload
• Jacqueline Feldscher
By Payload: With Mars Sample Return canceled, the question is no longer how to bring samples home—but how far existing space law can stretch before its gaps become consequential.
Universe Today
• Evan Gough
By Universe Today: Mars Was Half Covered by an Ocean susannakohler33808 Mon, 01/12/2026 - 12:00 Mars Was Half Covered by an Ocean https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2026/media_releases_2026/mars_was_half_covered_by_an_ocean/index_eng.html.
NBC News
• Denise Chow
By NBC News: The research has implications for NASA’s goals to build a base on the moon and eventually conduct crewed missions to Mars.
SpaceNews.com
• Brad Tousley
By SpaceNews.com: There’s no end in sight for a space 'nuclear renaissance'.
Payload
• Douglas Gorman
By Payload: Despite ISRO's PSLV failing during launch, Orbital Paradigm's KID reentry vehicle survived long enough to transmit valuable data.
SpaceNews.com
• Sandra Erwin
By SpaceNews.com: Space Force wants competition. Satellite makers want stability.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
Reuters
• Cassell Bryan-Low, Parisa Hafezi, Supantha Mukherjee
European Spaceflight
• Andrew Parsonson
SpaceWatch Global
• Blaine Curcio
