🔭 Comet 3I/ATLAS spotted by Jupiter probe? | 🚀 Discovery may be taken apart for Texas move | 💣 'Doom at 20'

China's reusable rocket makes debut | Titan's chemistry stranger than expected Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com | Web Version   October 22, 2025 FOLLOW US FOLLOW US   Something amazing every day SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Happy Wednesday space fans! Our newsroom is bustling with excitement as NASA's Jupiter probe may get showered with ions from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Could this reveal more about the unknown object and will the government shutdown affect this? Only the story on our website can answer these questions.  Other headlines for today include the space shuttle Discovery under threat of being chopped up to get it to Texas, China debuts its first reusable rocket and Neil DeGrasse Tyson warns about defunding science in his new book.  We have all that and more for your daily read. Keep looking up, Kenna Content Manager, Space.com Comet 3I/ATLAS may blast NASA's Jupiter probe "We study cometary bodies because they act as time capsules, sealing in material from their formation billions of years ago." Read More Smithsonian may have to cut up Discovery to ship it "You'd be doing irreparable damage." Read More Space quiz! Why does a comet's ion tail always point away from the sun? Click here for the answer! It's driven by unknown forces It's driven by solar wind It's driven by dark matter The magnetic fields around the sun repel the ions Spaceflight China's 1st reusable rocket fires up for debut Zhuque-3 looks a lot like SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9. Read More Science & Astronomy Mars volcanoes may have left ice at equator "Explosive volcanism could repeatedly seed low latitudes with ice and ash, producing buried or insulated ice deposits that help explain the excess hydrogen signals measured near the equator." Read More Titan's chemistry is weirder than expected The discovery that molecules of methane and ethane can worm their way into the crystal lattice of frozen hydrogen cyanide has big implications for the chemistry on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Read More SpaceX SpaceX launches record 133rd Falcon 9 today Liftoff is scheduled for 10:16 a.m. EDT today (Oct. 22). Read More Entertainment Tyson warns of defunding science in new book Merlin returns for a second volume of 200 cosmic questions and answers. Read More 'Doom' at 20: Still dead on arrival Not even The People's Champion can save you from this Martian disaster. Read More Today in Space On this day: Oct. 22 1992: Roddenberry's ashes in space On Oct. 22, 1992, the space shuttle Columbia launched into space with the ashes of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of "Star Trek." Read More Space photo of day: Satellites watch glaciers melting Glaciers San Rafael and San Quintin have retreated significantly since 1987, showing the impact of global warming on Earth's frozen frontiers. Read More Stay up-to-date on all things space science, news, and entertainment by subscribing to our newsletters. Sign Up   Follow SPACE Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036