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The latest space and Nasa news, including updates on the Lunar Mission, planets and astronomy

A diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, which is to make its closest approach to the Sun in October. Photo: Nasa / JPL-Caltech

Nasa discovers interstellar comet travelling through solar system

UAEJuly 03, 2025

Shubhanshu Shukla aboard the International Space Station. Photo: Axiom Space

Indian astronaut grows mung beans and fenugreek in space

SpaceJune 30, 2025

UK Space Command. Thomas Harding / The National

UK Space Command rises to meet the challenges beyond planet Earth

UKJune 27, 2025

The image of the exoplanet named TWA 7b, a planet outside of the solar system, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: JWST / European Space Agency

James Webb Space Telescope's first 'alien world' discovery unlocks new era of planet-hunting

SpaceJune 27, 2025

A rendering of the two-stage rocket that Aspire will develop in the UAE. Photo: Aspire

Plan for UAE-built rockets primed to boost standing in global space race

SpaceJune 26, 2025

Scientists monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid say it has a 4.3 per cent chance of hitting the Moon. Reuters

Asteroid once feared to be hitting Earth now more likely to strike Moon

SpaceJune 23, 2025

Several solar flares have erupted from the Sun in recent days. photo: Nasa

Sun unleashes powerful flares as it approaches its most active phase

SpaceJune 21, 2025

SpaceX chief Elon Musk says parts of the International Space Station are 'simply getting too old'. Photo: Nasa

Scrutiny renewed by new air leak on ageing International Space Station

SpaceJune 16, 2025

China's Tianwen-2 probe, on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, lifts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, in the south-western province of Sichuan. EPA / Xinhua

China's asteroid mission aims to uncover Solar System's oldest secrets

SpaceJune 14, 2025

A model of the Resilience lunar lander, built by Japanese company ispace. AFP

Japan's ispace sets sights on two Moon missions in 2027

SpaceJune 09, 2025

A rendering of the Resilience landing vehicle orbiting the Moon. Photo: ispace

Japanese company to make second Moon landing attempt

SpaceJune 05, 2025

The two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed, dating back to only 300 million years after the Big Bang, have been discovered using Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: JWST / Nasa

Earliest galaxies ever seen reveal clues to universe’s first moments

SpaceMay 31, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in 2022 carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a commercial mission managed by Axiom Space at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP

Indian astronaut among private crew launching to space on June 8

SpaceMay 23, 2025

Announcements about a new satellite manufacturing plant in Abu Dhabi and plans to build sub-orbital platforms were made at this week's Make it in the Emirates. Antonie Robertson / The National

For a glimpse of the "new space" race, look to the UAE

EditorialMay 23, 2025

A rendering of Firefly's Blue Ghost 2 mission. Photo: Firefly Aerospace

Sheikh Hamdan says UAE aims to land on far side of the Moon

SpaceMay 22, 2025

The UAE's Etihad-SAT takes off on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in California in March. Photo: SpaceX

Earth observation satellite manufacturing centre announced for Abu Dhabi

UAEMay 21, 2025

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