{"id":798627,"date":"2025-10-03T22:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T03:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=798627"},"modified":"2025-10-13T00:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:38:23","slug":"this-week-in-space-september-28-october-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=798627","title":{"rendered":"SpaceWeekly News Summary October 3, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<html lang=\"en\"><br \/>\n<body><\/p>\n<h1>This Week in Space &#8211; September 28 &#8211; October 3, 2025<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<h2>\ud83d\udcfb Amateur Radio in Space<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=798602\">ISS Slow Scan TV Event Begins October 3-9<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A special ARISS-Russia Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event launches on the International Space Station featuring 6 images celebrating the 1957 launch of the first artificial Earth satellite. Amateur radio enthusiasts can receive transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM through October 9, with brief breaks for ARISS school contacts.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83c\udf0c Deep Space Discoveries<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/\">Webb Brings Cosmic Lenses into Focus<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The NASA\/ESA\/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided stunning examples of gravitational lensing, showcasing the universe&#8217;s natural magnifying glasses that reveal distant galaxies and cosmic phenomena in unprecedented detail.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/\">Do Black Holes Exist? New Questions Emerge<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Cosmologists explore fundamental questions about the universe, including whether black holes truly exist as we understand them, raising intriguing possibilities about what we&#8217;ve been observing all along.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83d\udd2d Telescope Highlights<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/\">Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning imagery of the nebula LMC N44C, adding to our understanding of stellar nurseries and the dynamic processes shaping our galaxy&#8217;s neighbors.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2600\ufe0f Space Weather Alert<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/\">G3 Strong Geomagnetic Storm on September 30<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A strong geomagnetic storm struck Earth on September 30, bringing enhanced auroral displays to higher latitudes and reminding us of the Sun&#8217;s powerful influence on our planet&#8217;s magnetic field as we approach solar maximum.<\/p>\n<h2>\ud83c\udf0d International Space Cooperation<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/\">IAC 2025 Opening Ceremony<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The 76th International Astronautical Congress opened with presentations from global space agency leaders, including ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, highlighting international collaboration and the future of space exploration.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Stay Connected with SpaceWeekly<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss next week&#8217;s space news roundup! Get the latest updates on missions, discoveries, and space technology developments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\">Visit SpaceWeekly.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Week Preview:<\/strong> Watch for updates on the continuing ISS SSTV event, Webb telescope discoveries, and developments from the International Astronautical Congress.<\/p>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Week in Space &#8211; September 28 &#8211; October 3, 2025 \ud83d\udcfb Amateur Radio in Space ISS Slow Scan TV Event Begins October 3-9 A special ARISS-Russia Slow Scan TV&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":796813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-798627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-summary","tag-this-week-in-space-september-28-october-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=798627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":798629,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798627\/revisions\/798629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/796813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=798627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=798627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=798627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}