Chinese navigation system enters new phase with successful launch
Spaceflight Now — 5:31 am ET (0931 GMT)

A steady stream of comet dust may have 'painted' Mercury black
Los Angeles Times — 5:26 am ET (0926 GMT)

Scientists find the ‘invisible paint’ that makes Mercury darker than dark
Washington Post — 5:24 am ET (0924 GMT)

Ants in space grapple well with zero-g
BBC — 5:22 am ET (0922 GMT)

Coming Soon: Interplanetary Broadband
Air & Space — 8:56 pm ET (0056 GMT)

Sen. Richard Shelby in Rocket City, talks NASA and military funding
WHNT-TV — 8:56 pm ET (0056 GMT)

Earthlike ‘Star Wars’ Tatooines may be common
Univ. of Utah — 8:54 pm ET (0054 GMT)

More Star Wars ‘Tatooine’-style planets with two suns possible, University of Utah study says
Salt Lake Tribune — 8:53 pm ET (0053 GMT)

Saturn Spacecraft Returns to the Realm of Icy Moons
NASA/JPL — 8:52 pm ET (0052 GMT)

Bolden Says New Roscosmos Chief May Want To Cooperate With China
Aviation Week — 8:50 pm ET (0050 GMT)

ESA’s IXV spaceplane test flight a complete success, says the spacecraft operations manager
SpaceFlight Insider — 8:46 pm ET (0046 GMT)

Two Earth-Sized Exoplanets May Exist in Closest Star System, Hubble Observations Reveal
AmericaSpace — 8:45 pm ET (0045 GMT)

Ongoing Research and New Crew Arrival Highlight Busy Week on Orbit for Expedition 43
AmericaSpace — 8:45 pm ET (0045 GMT)

NASA Says Webb Telescope on Budget and On Track for 2018 Launch, GAO Not So Sure
AmericaSpace — 8:44 pm ET (0044 GMT)

Comet dust: Planet Mercury’s ‘invisible paint’
Brown Univ. — 8:42 pm ET (0042 GMT)

As Stars Form, Magnetic Fields Influence Regions Big and Small
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics — 8:42 pm ET (0042 GMT)

China launches upgraded satellite for independent SatNav system
Xinhua — 8:39 pm ET (0039 GMT)

Will Space Play in the 2016 US Election?
Universe Today — 8:39 pm ET (0039 GMT)

Why is Mercury so dark?
Science — 8:36 pm ET (0036 GMT)

Long March 3C in secretive launch with new Upper Stage
NasaSpaceFlight.com — 8:35 pm ET (0035 GMT)

Northrop Grumman Expands Focus on Airborne and Space ISR Business
PR Newswire — 8:34 pm ET (0034 GMT)

Warm or cold? Mars’ history takes a watery new twist
Astrobiology Magazine — 8:28 pm ET (0028 GMT)

Mysterious mini spaceplane the next Atlas 5 payload
Spaceflight Now — 8:26 pm ET (0026 GMT)

Op-ed | Why the U.S. Gave Up on the Moon
Space News — 8:25 pm ET (0025 GMT)

Better-buying Initiative for Satcom Capacity Struggles for Traction
Space News — 8:24 pm ET (0024 GMT)