Space News for Tuesday, December 30, 2025

The Gist: Space News · Dec 30, 2025 · 3m

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) NASA Shutters ‘The Earth Observer’ Publication; EOS Flagships Face 2026 Retirement – SatNews(00:50) Brian Cox Addresses Interstellar Comet Signal Claims Amid MAVEN Silence – SatNews(01:26) LIG Nex1 Weighs ‘Defense & Aerospace’ Rebrand Ahead of 50th Anniversary – SatNews(01:57) SpaceRISE Consortium Initiates IRIS² Procurement Phase – SatNews(02:25) SPHEREx produces first all-sky map, highlights entire universe in infrared light