Nasa spacecraft receives laser signal from 290 million miles away
The Independent — 3:45 am ET (0745 GMT)

Hera spacecraft on its way to study asteroid rammed in NASA's save-the-Earth test
Australian Broadcasting Corporation — 3:45 am ET (0745 GMT)

Against the Odds, Hera Lifts Off on Its Planetary Defense Mission
SpacePolicyOnline.com — 3:44 am ET (0744 GMT)

SpaceX Confirms Next Starship Test Will Try to Catch the Booster
SpacePolicyOnline.com — 3:44 am ET (0744 GMT)

The Space Brain Hack Challenge is Back for its Third Year
SpaceQ — 3:43 am ET (0743 GMT)

US House panel probes FCC decision to deny Starlink nearly $900 million
Reuters — 3:41 am ET (0741 GMT)

SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of Hurricane Milton
Ars Technica — 3:40 am ET (0740 GMT)

Planetary defence mission Hera heading for deflected asteroid
ESA — 3:38 am ET (0738 GMT)

UTSA to lead multimillion-dollar project to advance interplanetary space exploration
Univ. of Texas San Antonio — 3:37 am ET (0737 GMT)

Space oddity: Most distant rotating disc galaxy found
ESO — 3:37 am ET (0737 GMT)

New Study Eases Concerns Over Possible “Doomsday” Asteroid Swarm
Univ. of Maryland — 3:36 am ET (0736 GMT)

A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid
NPR — 3:35 am ET (0735 GMT)

Space-made next-gen optic fibres touch back down to Earth
Cosmos Magazine — 3:33 am ET (0733 GMT)

Space rock alert: Researchers seek unknown dangers
Cosmos Magazine — 3:33 am ET (0733 GMT)

China's in-orbit satellite performs AI large-model tests
Xinhua — 3:32 am ET (0732 GMT)

ESA’s Hera mission has launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight
NasaSpaceFlight.com — 3:31 am ET (0731 GMT)

European Space Mission Launches to Investigate an Asteroid Crash Site
New York Times — 3:29 am ET (0729 GMT)

SpaceX launches European asteroid probe as hurricane weather closes in
CBS — 3:28 am ET (0728 GMT)

ESA’s Hera spacecraft launches on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida
Spaceflight Now — 3:27 am ET (0727 GMT)

Looking to the next four years: strengthening America’s space leadership
Space News — 3:26 am ET (0726 GMT)

Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission
Space News — 3:26 am ET (0726 GMT)

Seraphim chooses 11 startups for 14th space accelerator
Space News — 3:25 am ET (0725 GMT)

Smallsats offer lessons for big science missions
Space News — 3:25 am ET (0725 GMT)

James Webb Space Telescope studies dusty 'pancakes' feeding baby stars and birthing planets
SPACE.com — 3:24 am ET (0724 GMT)

Scrubbed spacewalks, Starliner stay-overs and more: NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson discusses her eventful 6 months in orbit
SPACE.com — 3:23 am ET (0723 GMT)