Universe Today
• Mark Thompson
ESA's Gaia has measured the tiny gravitational wobbles of unseen companions inside protoplanetary disks, revealing candidate planets, brown dwarfs and stellar companions in 31 of 98 young systems surveyed. The result shows astrometry can probe dust‑shrouded, embedded formation stages previously considered nearly unobservable.
Space.com
• Sharmila Kuthunur
By Space.com: "It's really not a question of robotic exploration or human exploration," Ehlmann said. "It is an 'and' — it's robotic and human exploration and how we do these best together.".
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Two NASA heliophysics missions launched together in September are performing well, while a third mission launched earlier this year deals with issues.
New York Times
• Eric Niiler
By New York Times: Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.
GeekWire
• Alan Boyle
By GeekWire: The coming year's space highlights include a NASA mission that will send astronauts around the moon and a Blue Origin lunar lander mission.
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….
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.
Wall Street Journal
• Aylin Woodward
By Wall Street Journal: In a cosmic fireworks display, scientists have observed two objects colliding around a bright star 25 light-years from Earth.
SpaceNews.com
• Jason Rainbow
Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg; Brian McGill
NASA Spaceflight
• Haygen Warren