Space News Roundup: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 2nd, 00:00 CET
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images from Chile and will issue 10 million alerts nightly with its large digital camera. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope directly imaged a Saturn-mass exoplanet. MethaneSAT, launched in March 2024, lost power and is likely unrecoverable. Maxar imagery shows ongoing repairs and construction at Iran’s Fordow nuclear site after US strikes, with IAEA warning enrichment could resume within months.