This Week in Space: New Frontiers, Private Astronauts, and the Next Era of Observation / Updated: 2025-06-28 08:00
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the first direct image of exoplanet TWA 7b, a Saturn-mass world 110 light-years away. China launched the Zhongxing-9C satellite, completing localization of its broadcast satellites. Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4.3% chance of hitting the Moon in 2031–2032. SpaceX added 27 Starlink satellites, raising the active constellation to nearly 8,000.