November 2026

Gama Raises €15M Seed to Boost Europe’s Solar Array Supply Chain

Europe continues to stack the building blocks for a more robust space economy.

The Sky This Week from November 13 to 20: The Leonids peak

Friday, November 20The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 12:50 P.M. EST.

APOD: 2026 November 13 – NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda

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A Global Rebound for Mangroves

After decades of decline, this ecologically significant type of forest is making a comeback.

Senate Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Proposes $24.9 Billion for NASA in FY2027

The Senate Appropriations Committee released five more FY2027 bills this evening, including the Commerce-Justice-Science bill that funds NASA.

Starship Flight 15 to attempt first catch of both stages

After 14 full-stack flights, SpaceX is set to attempt something no one in spaceflight history… The post Starship…

Automated assembly in space is the future and NOM4D is showing the way

If we want big things in space, we'll have to build and assemble them there.

The moon is not the Wild West: Experts call for a pause on lunar industrialization

As the major powers and the private companies go full tilt with their plans to develop infrastructure and…

NASA Looking for New Ways to Return Perseverance Samples From Mars

In January, NASA will begin assessing new strategies to return the samples now being collected by the Mars…

AST SpaceMobile presses case for developing own launch vehicle

AST SpaceMobile executives expressed confidence in the company’s ability to field a new reusable launch vehicle in just…

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Euclid's First Data Release: A Stepping Stone to its 3D Map of the Sky

The ESA's Euclid Space Telescope has released its first huge batch of data.

Crew Packs Dragon with Science and Cleans Spacesuits

Expedition 75 had a busy shift on Thursday primarily focusing on packing a U.S.

A Brief-ish History of METI. Part III: The Legacy of Frank Drake & Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan and Frank Drake were pivotal to the development of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and…

HIP 105707 b

HIP 105707 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a -type star. Its mass is 24.

TIC 220432308 b

TIC 220432308 b is a Neptune-like exoplanet that orbits a -type star. Its mass is 5.

NSF NOIRLab-operated Facilities Capture Brightening Nearby Supernova

Newly discovered supernova SN 2026ahvu in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 1433 bedazzles new images from the Dark…

Hubble offers cosmic sampler of targets for Roman

A gallery of gravitational lenses captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showcases the diversity of this cosmic phenomenon…

Asteroid Bennu's Sample Delivers Another Surprise

Researchers compared the samples from asteroid Bennu with the Murchison meteorite and measured the amino acid β-alanine in…

Space telescope Euclid sets the new standard for cosmology

On July 1, 2023, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Euclid space telescope into space.

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I Am Artemis Katie Spicer

For Katie Spicer, embracing opportunity and challenge has led to giant leaps during her time at NASA.

UARX Space Marks a Milestone for Spain’s Space Industry with the Maiden Flight of OSSIE-D, Featuring a Complete Power Subsystem Supplied by DHV Technology

Nigrán, Spain | November 12 2026 – UARX Space has achieved a major milestone for Spain’s space industry…

What role does industry play in Europe’s space sovereignty push?

In this episode, SpaceNews’ Jason Rainbow interviews Atle Woello, the CEO and senior vice president of the space…

Heart in the Sky at NASA Kennedy

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds create a heart-shaped smoke trail during a flight maneuver near NASA’s Vehicle Assembly…

Solving the Space Junk Crisis Isn't Just About Counting Trash—It’s About Control and Economics

If people ever think about cleaning up space debris, they typically think of something equivalent to a giant…

Space dust particles point to ancient heavy-oxygen water reservoir in the Kuiper belt

Way out past the asteroid belt, another belt encircles the planets in our solar system.

Building a rocket is hard. AST SpaceMobile thinks it's "simple."

"We're not doing this thing because we like rockets."

A rare star system emits radio signals every 8 minutes

Scientists at the Curtin University node at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have linked mysterious…

NASA Ames Stars of the Month: November 2026

The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Alyssa Villanueva, Steve Howell…

ULA’s Vulcan set to return to flight with first Amazon Leo payload

United Launch Alliance’s current flagship launch vehicle, Vulcan, is scheduled to return to flight after… The post ULA’s…

A new view of the gamma-ray gap: 14 years of Fermi data reveal around 450 sources in a largely unexplored energy range

The universe is filled with light at many different energies.

A suspected black hole turns out to be a rapidly spinning star

Sometimes massive stars can mimic the behavior of a black hole and trick astronomers into misinterpreting their nature.

Astrophysicists Want to Forecast When a Black Hole Launches Its Jets

Astrophysical jets are enormously powerful and energetic phenomena. Black holes launch them from their poles and they can…

Simulated collisions reveal how Phobos could preserve rocks blasted off Mars

Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, but their origins remain uncertain.

Flyby-Induced Second Accretion as a Pathway to Giant Planets Around M Dwarfs

Shunjing Zhao et al 2026 ApJL 1008 L27 It’s not yet clear how M-dwarf stars come to host…

Cross Sections Science Analysis Group (XS SAG)

The Cross Section for Cosmic Rays Science Analysis Group (XS SAG)

LISA Stories

All the latest LISA news from NASA

Euclid offers best-ever 3D map of the universe to date

The Euclid Consortium and the European Space Agency (ESA) have released the first major batch of data from…

NASA is betting on cheaper missions as a way to sustain science. We built a database to check whether it works.

Our new Science Mission Impact study and dashboard examine 143 NASA science missions and 148,534 peer-reviewed papers.

Exclusive: Spaceium Opens License for Refueling Hardware

Spaceium’s goal is to launch gas stations into orbit. The first step? Making sure spacecraft builders have access…

Nov. 12, 2014: The Philae lander touches down on a comet

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission launched March 2, 2004, on a 4-billion-mile (6.

How ESA astronauts return from space

From the ESA Blogs.

ESA astronaut reserve celebrates completion of training

From the ESA Blogs.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell on Graham Farmelo’s new biography of Stephen Hawking

Jocelyn Bell Burnell reviews Hawking: His Life and Work by Graham Farmelo

2026 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and…

NASA’s Hubble Offers Cosmic Sampler of Targets for Roman

A gallery of gravitational lenses captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases the diversity of this cosmic phenomenon…

Visible planets and night sky guide for November

Visible planets and night sky guide: Look west shortly after sunset to see earthshine on the crescent moon.

Through NASA’s Lens: Capturing Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Move to LA

As a new exhibit opens showcasing NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour, NASA photographers look back at the final mission.

NeuralSat Raises €2.9M to Build Orbital Data Relay Network

The Autobahn is coming for in-space data traffic.

‘Rosetta Stone for Mars:’ Martian meteorite hints at ancient life

A rare 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite, Teghaza 001, provides new clues about Mars' ancient and more habitable past.

OwlO Cloud Emerges from Stealth to Build European Orbital Cloud Network

OwlO Cloud is planning to have at least 10 spacecraft—orbital cloud nodes (OCN)—operational by 2030.

NASA’s Perseverance confirms a key ingredient for life hidden in ancient Mars rocks

NASA's Perseverance rover has confirmed complex organic carbon just beneath the surface of ancient Martian rocks, raising intriguing…

ESA’s Euclid mission unveils treasure trove of cosmic data

The release comprises 13 months of observations, capturing the light of more than a billion objects

Is there a North Star for Mars?

Is there a North Star for Mars ... a guide star for future explorers? Not in any satisfying…

Sun news: When the sun helped Philae phone home

Sun news November 12, 2026: 12 years ago today, Philae landed on a comet and fell into shadow.

ESA Explains Delay in Signing MaiaSpace Launcher Challenge Contract

The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that MaiaSpace’s decision to pursue a different funding arrangement from its…

Europe's Hera spacecraft begins close inspections of an asteroid rammed by NASA in a 2022 test

A European spacecraft has begun close inspections of an asteroid rammed by NASA four years ago in a…

The Sky Today on Thursday, November 12: An open cluster in Perseus

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Earth's fiery birth may have created hundreds of oceans' worth of water

Earth's water may have been born in the planet's fiery atmosphere rather than delivered by icy comets or…

APOD: 2026 November 12 – Moon, Venus and Spica Meet

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Scotland’s Flow Country

Blanket bogs in the Scottish Highlands store vast amounts of carbon.

A massive new simulation reveals how the universe emerged from darkness

A groundbreaking new supercomputer simulation is revealing how the universe escaped its cosmic dark age and transformed into…

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe discovers a hidden pattern in the Sun’s chaotic magnetic fields

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has revealed a surprising secret hidden within the chaos of space: turbulent magnetic fields…

STRIVE

The STRIVE (Stratosphere Troposphere Response using Infrared Vertically-resolved light Explorer) mission doesn’t merely replace existing observations—it fills a…

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5063-5069 Rocks and Chips

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Nov.

Senate committee takes up nominees for NASA chief financial officer and inspector general

A Senate committee is set to advance nominations for NASA’s chief financial officer and inspector general.

Independent technique validates landmark M87* image

The 2019 Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) image was the work of hundreds of scientists and captured the first…

The Ice Giants' Magnetic Fields are Very Strange Compared to Earth's

Uranus and Neptune, the Solar System's ice giants, have interiors unlike the other planets.

NASA takes an all-hands-on-deck approach in its return to the Moon

"The pace that's occurring, and the nature of the procurements, is unprecedented."

ZWO introduces the Seestar S30 Plus

ZWO has added a new entry point to its smart telescope lineup.

Centaurus A in the spotlight: Plasma simulations reproduce black hole jets' mysterious bright edges

Around 12 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole of the galaxy Centaurus A is hurling two enormous…

Taula eclipse

Josh Dury, taken from Menorca, Spain The Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse sets over Talatí de Dalt…

Argon on Uranus and Neptune may reveal more about their origins than their interiors

Measurements of an argon isotope could help scientists understand whether the interiors of Uranus and Neptune, our solar…

Asteroid Mining Will Crash the Platinum Market, But That’s Good News for Earth

Science fiction authors have been dreaming of robotic spacecraft harvesting fortunes from asteroids for decades.

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory Unmasks a Supernova Impostor

Some stars, called Luminous Blue Variables, can be confused with supernovae explosions.

Moog Marks 25 Years Since ESPA Design Milestone: Innovating Space Rideshare

East Aurora, N.Y. — Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B) marks 25 years since the Evolved Secondary Payload…

Bennu asteroid analysis suggests unexpected origins for organics in space

Samples from the Bennu asteroid, which is currently more than 200 million miles (322 million kilometers) from Earth…

Honoring NASA’s X-59 Test Pilots on Veterans Day

Seasoned pilots, aerospace engineers, and U.S. military veterans, NASA’s X-59 test pilots bring decades of service, technical expertise…

Nov. 11, 1875: The birth of V.M. Slipher

Vesto Melvin Slipher was born on a farm in Mulberry, Indiana, on Nov. 11, 1875.

Planets Don't Just Disappear, But They Can Wobble Out of Sight if Their Neighbour is Close Enough

TESS watched an exoplanet about 1,000 light years away as it repeatedly transited in front of its star…

Horizon Microtechnologies Targets Constellation-Scale Production As Esa Phi-Lab Selection Strengthens Industrialisation Push

(Karlsruhe, Germany, September 29th 2026) Horizon Microtechnologies is accelerating industrialisation of its metallised polymer micro-additive manufacturing platform through…

This active asteroid has grown a tail! What happened?

Active asteroid 1995 BJ4 has grown a cometlike tail, leaving astronomers wondering what’s happening.

White dwarf star glows an eerie green

Pink, purple and blue white dwarfs also exist, upending common ideas about these end-of-life stellar remnants

A runaway star speeds in an unusual direction

A runaway star moves faster and in a different direction from the general stream of stars in our…

The Sky Today on Wednesday, November 11: Venus comes to a halt

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Taurid meteors in 2026: All you need to know

You might see Taurid meteors from late October to early November.

Fire Damage Delays Installation of Simulated Lunar Greenhouse in Germany

A fire at an external contractor’s facility has delayed the installation of a containerised greenhouse designed to simulate…

A radical theory says the universe is twice as old as we thought

A provocative new cosmological model suggests the Universe could be 26.

APOD: 2026 November 11 – NGC 4449: Small Galaxy, Big Impact

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Water Surges Into Navajo Reservoir

Rounds of heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest flooded rivers and rapidly raised New Mexico’s second-largest reservoir.

Isaacman lays out SLS path to the 2030s

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has further explained the decision to standardize the Space Launch System… The post Isaacman…

How ripples in space-time can reveal new exoplanets

The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatory, now in development, will detect gravitational waves, the tiny ripples in…

Astronomers discover hidden alien planet in James Webb images

A breakthrough in telescope imaging could reveal countless alien worlds that have been hiding in plain sight.

Germany's Isar Aerospace eyes overtaking Elon Musk's SpaceX

The head of Germany's Isar Aerospace voiced hope Tuesday that the company could one day overtake Elon Musk's…

How the cosmic environment depletes galaxies of their gas

An international team of researchers, led by Jonathan Freundlich (University of Strasbourg, Astronomical Observatory), has revealed how a…

Celebrate as Voyager 1 reaches 1 light-day from Earth! Here’s how

The Voyager 1 spacecraft - launched from Earth in 1977 - will become the 1st human-made object to…

Earth's 'core carbon' may have come from the far reaches of the solar system

A new study suggests that most of Earth's carbon originated in the outer solar system and didn't arrive…

AI/ML STIG Lecture Series, 16 Nov 2026

Multi-Agent Systems and Orchestration. Speaker: Boris Bolliet, University of Cambridge

AGN SIG Spotlight Series, 17 Nov 2026

Our Spotlight Series highlights recent advances in AGN science, with a strong emphasis on participation from early-career researchers…

IR STIG Seminar, 8 Dec 2026

Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector Arrays for Time-Resolved Imaging and Infrared Detection. Speaker: Matthew Shaw, JPL

Cosmic Origins at AAS 249, Jan 2026

The 249th AAS meeting (joint with the Historical Astronomy Division) will be held 10–14 January 2027 in Salt…

IR STIG Seminar, 10 Nov 2026

Towards Population-Level Exo-Geology: Characterizing the Surfaces, Atmospheres, and Reflective Properties of Hot Rocky Exoplanets.

Webb's controversial 'little red dots' may finally have an explanation

Astronomers may have solved one of the biggest mysteries uncovered by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), using…

Gravitational waves hint at black holes born from failed supernovae

When the most massive stars in the universe die, they often detonate in fiery supernovae, dramatically blasting most…

Automated Assembly in Space is the Future and NOM4D is Showing the Way

The ability to build large structures in space is maturing. The ISS, Mir, and Tiangong were built in…

ALMA Reveals a Jet of Cool Gas from a Microquasar

There's a strange gamma-ray emitter in the Large Magellanic Cloud that has astronomers stumped about its source.

Microbiology, Spacesuits, and Cargo Mission Preps Keep Crew Busy

Microbiology and spacesuit maintenance kept the Expedition 75 crew busy aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday.

NASA Invites Media, Public to Join Voyager 1 One-Light Day Activities

Launched nearly 50 years ago in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 on Wednesday, Nov.

First Direct Measurement of Cosmic Hydrogen Could Change How We Map the Universe

The MeerKLASS international collaboration achieves the first direct measurement of the large-scale clustering of cosmic hydrogen in the…

Rep. Mike Haridopolos on NASA’s Future After the Blue Wave

Rep. Mike Haridopolos survived the Blue Wave—and he’s optimistic bipartisan support for NASA’s Artemis program means the program…

NASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston

NASA will welcome home the Expedition 74 crew during a public event at Space Center Houston following their…

Astronomers Discover Nāpōwawāʻenakaulua, the Oldest Compact Quasar Pair in the Universe

The oldest pair of compact quasars ever observed has been found only 900 million years after the Big…

Tiny solar whirlpools may hold the secret to the sun's blistering corona

For the second time in a few weeks, we're writing about research into the temperature gap between the…

Why Aging Stars Suffer A Sudden Luminosity Dip

When low-mass stars like our Sun age, they leave the main sequence and follow the Red Giant Branch.

The Debris Disk Host β Piscis Austrinus is a Rapidly Rotating Star Seen Nearly Pole-On

Colin J. Kane et al 2026 ApJ 1006 228 A new analysis method shows promise for using spectroscopy…

Early Supermassive Black Holes Aren’t All Monsters

Astrobites reports on a search for hidden supermassive black holes in the early universe.

X-ray observations uncover possible jet warning signs in black hole systems

Black hole jet ejections are powerful outbursts of high-energy photons and particles that provide insights into extreme astrophysical…

One space station company sues another for copying its work

"NASA advised that Vast’s submission in some locations substituted 'the PAM Provider' for Axiom"

NASA Scientists Show How Gravitational Waves Can Reveal New Worlds

The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatory, now in development, will detect gravitational waves, the tiny ripples in…

DLR to Purchase 80 Red Kite Sounding Rocket Motors

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is preparing to purchase 80 Red Kite solid rocket motors from German defence…

CHAPEA Crew Leaves a Mark

The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mission 2 crew arranged photos around a boot print in…

Simulations cast doubt on unusual asteroid's 'dark comet' status

In 2031, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft will arrive at the near-Earth asteroid 1998 KY26: a tiny body that is…

Tiny Solar Whirlpools May Hold the Secret to the Sun’s Blistering Corona

For the second time in a few weeks, we’re writing about research into the temperature gap between the…

Kratos and Seagate Space Partner to Advance Mobile Offshore Launch Capabilities for National Security Missions

SAN DIEGO, CA, November 10, 2026 – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

Exclusive: Lyra Systems Emerges from Stealth to Solve the Valley of Death

Lyra Systems announced an agreement with the DoD aimed at helping early-stage technologies traverse unscathed across the Valley…

Nov. 10, 1861: The birth of Robert Innes

Born Nov. 10, 1861, in Scotland, Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes would reshape our understanding of our cosmic neighborhood…

Rocket Lab Ups Neutron Launch Price Ahead of ‘27 Debut

The cost of launch is on the rise.

A mysterious 93-billion-mile cosmic structure may be the wreckage of colliding worlds

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed surprising new details about a mysterious, 93-billion-mile-long cloud of dark, fluffy dust…

Atmosphere of lava planet: ‘A cloudy, reflective sunscreen’

New observations of super-Earth TOI-561 b by the Webb telescope show again that the atmosphere of lava planet…

See the Summer Triangle in the northern autumn sky

Look west in the evening to see the Summer Triangle in autumn.

Comets may have destroyed life's ingredients instead of delivering them to Earth

A century-old theory about the origins of life on Earth may be wrong.

The Sky Today on Tuesday, November 10: Seek Saturn’s two-toned moon

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ESCAPADE on its way to Mars after Earth flybys

Two NASA smallsats are headed toward Mars after completing flybys of Earth nearly a year after their launch.

Isar Aerospace Could Launch Third Spectrum Rocket as Early as 26 November

German launch company Isar Aerospace could attempt the third flight of its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport in…

APOD: 2026 November 10 – Saturn Behind the Moon

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NASA’s CHAPEA Mars crew finally emerges after more than a year in isolation

After more than a year of simulated life on Mars, four NASA volunteers have finally emerged from isolation…

Autumn Mornings Bring Valley Fog

Low clouds trace the branching valleys of the Appalachian Plateau and the Cumberland River, then burn off by…

NASA Shares Moon Base Progress, Contract Awards

NASA provided another update on the Moon Base project this weekend in conjunction with the MAX POWER airshow…

NASA offers $500,000 to develop next-generation electric rocket engines

NASA is putting $500,000 on the line in a new competition to accelerate the development of advanced electric…

AAS Meeting 249, Jan 2027

AAS Meeting Joint with the Historical Astronomy Division, Salt Lake City, Utah 10-14 Jan 2027

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5056-5062: Charging Back Up!

By Remington Free, Operations Systems Engineer, NASA-JPL Earth planning date: Friday, Oct.

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5050-5055: It’s Nazca, Our 49th Drill Hole

Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday…

The ELT can probe ultra-diffuse galaxies and their dark matter mysteries

We've been waiting a long time for the Extremely Large Telescope's first light, scheduled for March 2029.

Launch Preview: Starship, Vulcan, and Electron launches scheduled for busy week

Seven rockets from four countries are set to launch this week.

Rubies on Mars?

Written by Roger C. Wiens, SuperCam Principal Investigator for NASA’s Perseverance rover at Purdue University Nov.

Newest Sample, Oldest Rock?

Written by Tasha Coelho, Mastcam-Z Student Collaborator at Arizona State University Nov.

Subaru Telescope reveals the shape and temperature of Comet Encke's nucleus

Mid-infrared observations with the Subaru Telescope have revealed the shape and surface temperature of the nucleus of Comet…

Using Vibrations and AI, Future Robotic Missions Could Handle Buried Rocks Autonomously

Mechanical engineering assistant professor Erik Komendera developed a method that combines vibrations and AI to determine how deeply…

Mars' Molten Heart is Long Gone, but Some Magma Chambers May Persist

Mars may be more volcanically active than we thought, according to new research.

First known 'disappearing planet' has a neighbor that makes it wobble like a top

UCLA-led astronomers have discovered the first known "disappearing planet" about 1,000 light-years away.

Our sun's undiscovered stellar nemesis is still out there, says physicist

Long-period, high-inclination comets of the sort that can cause extinction-level impacts here on Earth have long been thought…

SpaceX goes for a Starship double catch

Rocket launches this week On Monday, Nov. 9, SpaceX is targeting 10:03 p.m.

A Perseverance Experiment Could Help Astronauts Prepare for Dust Storms on Mars

Researchers at Washington University examined how dust interacts with the spacesuit swatches on the Perseverance Rover.

Our increasingly cluttered skies

In the 2013 movie Gravity, Russia destroys its own spy satellite with a missile, creating a cloud of…

La NASA busca a la próxima generación de astronautas

Read this release in English here.La NASA busca a los exploradores que ayudarán a escribir el próximo capítulo…

Long-lived mineral grains can be invaluable for reconstructing impact events, but the stories are complex

Reconstructing impact events on Earth and other planetary bodies, including the moon, is crucial for understanding how the…

After LINK mission failure, Swift reenters atmosphere

Editor’s note: This story was originally published Aug. 24, 2026. Swift reentered Earth’s atmosphere Nov.

NASA’s Chandra Finds Source of Star’s Mysterious Outbursts

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered what is triggering repeated outbursts from a giant, unstable star.

An Artificial CORTEX to Guide Satellite Rescue Missions

Thousands of so-called zombie satellites orbit Earth in the critical Low-Earth Orbit regime.

Upcoming SIG and SAG Activities, 9 – 16 Nov 2026

Upcoming Science Interest Group & Science Analysis Group Activities, 28 Oct - 6 Nov 2026

The enormous oarfish could inspire new ways to explore the ocean

The giant oarfish has a remarkable fin that could inspire quieter underwater robots and open new possibilities for…

NASA Advanced Mid-Power Electric Rocket Challenge

Mid-power (3-7 kW) Hall effect thruster systems have been identified by government and industry stakeholders as critical capabilities…

Two nearby rocky worlds could offer alien astronomers views of planets appearing to reverse course

Aliens have long been a staple of science fiction. Yet the possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth is…

La NASA destina un millón de dólares al reto estudiantil Base Lunar

Read this release in English here.El domingo 8 de noviembre de 2026, la NASA anunció la convocatoria del…

A Common Food Emulsifier Could Solve One of Rocketry’s Oldest Fuel Problems

In propulsion system design, engineers have long faced a trade-off between solid and liquid rocket fuels.

THIS FRIDAY: ASD Community Meeting

This two-hour community meeting will be hosted virtually and is open to all Astrophysics community members, academia, and…

Exploring Coronal Mass Ejections with Synthetic Spacecraft

New research shows how the path a spacecraft takes through a coronal mass ejection influences our understanding of…

The Low-α Splash Population in the Milky Way

Lais Borbolato et al 2026 ApJL 1008 L23 Modeling suggests that an early clumpy phase in the Milky…

Astronauts Across Generations Share the Stage

On Nov. 6, 2026, Purpose Entertainment hosted the Artemis Celebration Gala at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex…

ROSES-25 Opportunity: Astrophysics Theory Program

ROSES-2025 Amendment 81 releases D.10 ATP as a new opportunity in ROSES-25.

AAAC Meeting, 23 November 2026

The AAAC will be holding its next meeting on Monday 23 November 2026, from 10a to 4p Eastern…

MAX POWER: NASA’s Inaugural Aerospace Expo Ignites America’s Future

Thousands gathered over several days in early November to experience MAX POWER – NASA’s first exhibition of America’s…

NASA’s ESCAPADE Completes Powered Earth Flybys, Now En Route to Mars

NASA’s two ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft have each successfully completed a powered Earth…

Celestron Origin’s Mosaic Mode brings wide-field astrophotography to the biggest smart telescope

Almost any galaxy or nebula that the Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory can find will fit in its…

Hot gas in Cygnus

Egidio Vergani, taken from Campo Cecina, Carrara, Italy LBN 182, a nebula in Cygnus, surrounds the Wolf-Rayet star…

SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says

"Grok analyzing the same video is 99.9 percent perfect."

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, making a 10-year time-lapse of the night sky

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a ground-based telescope that is creating a 10-year time-lapse video of the…

Mysterious gas on Mars suggests magma below

Something is leaking from the ground near one of Mars’ largest volcanoes, and scientists think it’s a sign…

A Stellar Odd Couple at an Unusual Stage of Evolution

Millisecond pulsars are fascinating objects that serve as natural clocks in the Universe.

UK Government Investment Secures More Than 25% Stake in SaxaVord

The UK Government has secured a stake of more than 25% in SaxaVord Spaceport following the completion of…

CCIA Report Highlights Satellite Connectivity’s Potential to Expand Internet Access and Drive Economic Growth

Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association today released Connecting the World: Unlocking the Potential of Satellite…

What would happen if a planet crashed into the Sun?

What would happen if a planet crashed into the Sun? Lindsay WhiteRio Rancho, New Mexico This is a…

Nov. 9, 1939: The birth of Carl Sagan

Nobody did more to popularize astronomy than American astronomer Carl Sagan, who was born Nov.

Apollo and Artemis Astronauts Share the Stage at Gala

Twenty-eight astronauts—including two Apollo veterans—and one very large Saturn V shared a room at Kennedy Space Center for…

Canada’s Medium-Lift Rocket Ambitions Confirmed In Budget

Canada will upgrade its rockets as part of its Launch the North initiative, which is aiming to support…

CHAPEA Mission 2 Crew Reflects After 378 Days on Simulated Mars

After 378 days without windows, the sounds of the outside world, or real-time calls with family and friends…

Hera closes in on the asteroid DART impacted

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Hera spacecraft has returned its first close-up view of the Didymos asteroid system…

Caltech robot makes history by building a structure in space

For the first time, a robot has autonomously built part of a structure in space, demonstrating a breakthrough…

NASA reveals bold new plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2028

NASA has revealed an accelerated plan to land astronauts on the Moon in 2028, with SpaceX and Blue…

Carl Sagan born 92 years ago today

Carl Sagan was born on November 9, 1934. He contributed to science and helped millions around the globe…

The Sky Today on Monday, November 9: Chase Comet 161P/Hartley-IRAS

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Nearby Dwarf Galaxies Show Surprising Lack Of Oxygen, Says Paper

A new study of more than three dozen dwarf galaxies has surprised researchers with just how little oxygen…

RFA Confirms Inaugural RFA ONE Launch Has Slipped to 2027

German launch company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has confirmed that it is now targeting 2027 for the inaugural…

APOD: 2026 November 9 – Rigel and the Witch Head Nebula

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Ozone Hole Reaches Its 2026 Maximum

The ozone hole ranked seventh largest by area in 48 years of monitoring, but it was not as…

What’s Happening in Space Policy November 8-14, 2026

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of November 8-14, 2026 and any insight…

Einstein's equations reveal how gravity could break, reconnect, and release energy

More than a century after Einstein revolutionized our understanding of gravity, scientists have uncovered a surprising new phenomenon…

JWST tracks more than 100 magnified stellar events in the Dragon galaxy

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of astronomers identified 104 magnified stellar events in a…

How space weather powers auroras in the sky and threatens power grids on the ground

An aurora is one of nature's most spectacular light shows: It looks like green or red curtains rippling…

Gemini North reveals Twin Spirits in Pegasus

Three high school students in the Project Hōkūlani internship at Gemini North on Maunakea, Hawaii, chose this pair…

NASA Unveils Moon Base Awards at MAX POWER

NASA rolled out a stack of Moon Base awards Saturday during MAX POWER, ranging from new lander contracts…

Game theory helps SETI search for alien civilizations

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is mostly concerned with where to look for technosignatures from another civilization.

NASA Announces $1 Million to Students for Moon Base Challenge

On Sunday, NASA announced the opening of its $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge during a MAX POWER…

'Stupendously large' primordial black holes ruled out as a dark matter source

Primordial black holes are hypothetical objects that could have formed directly from dense clumps of matter in the…

Nov. 8, 1656: The birth of Edmond Halley

It’s been said that the general public knows three astronomical objects: the Moon, the rings of Saturn, and…

Backward world? Rubin finds a retrograde object past Neptune

The Rubin Observatory in Chile has discovered a retrograde object in our solar system.

Want to fly to the moon? NASA is looking for new astronauts to help grow its Artemis program

Want to fly to the moon and help build a permanent lunar base? NASA is accepting applications for…

A nuclear blast could save Earth from an asteroid, but there's a catch

A nuclear explosion might save Earth from a deadly asteroid, but new research suggests that hitting the wrong…

The Sky Today on Sunday, November 8: Io and Callisto race across Jupiter

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Do we all see the same moon phase from Earth?

No matter where you are on Earth, we all see the same moon phase.

APOD: 2026 November 8 – Major Fireball Meteor

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 8 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About…

NASA’s Moon Base plan gains a PROMISE

As part of a wide-ranging update, NASA has booked PROMISE a ride to the lunar… The post NASA’s…

NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects

NASA announced a suite of awards and mission updates on Saturday to expand the agency’s Moon Base exploration…

PROMISE

Explore the PROMISE Lunar Rover’s Payload The PROMISE Payload The PROMISE rover will carry an extensive payload of…

NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps

NASA is looking for the explorers who will help write the next chapter of human spaceflight.

NASA announces search for new astronauts

For the first time in two years, NASA is opening applications for its next astronaut… The post NASA…

Earth's gravity may have kept the early moon's volcanic heart beating

We typically think of the moon as a static, floating object that has remained the same for basically…

Theory predicting an older universe without dark matter or dark energy passes key cosmological tests

An alternative model in which the universe is 26.7 billion years old and needs neither dark matter nor…

Nov. 7, 1882: A Great Comet transforms astrophotography

In early September 1882, a comet was sighted from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

Pakistani astronaut to board Shenzhou 24 and become the first foreigner on China's space station

A Pakistani astronaut will join the crew of China's Shenzhou 24 spacecraft on a mission that would make…

Rubin Observatory discovers two hidden companions of the Milky Way. Hundreds more may be waiting

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary…

The Sky Today on Saturday, November 7: Venus meets the Moon

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Our Sun’s Undiscovered Stellar Nemesis Is Still Out There, Says Physicist

The decades old idea that our solar system’s Oort Cloud is continually perturbed by a heretofore undetected low…

APOD: 2026 November 7 – De Gerlache-Kocher Massif

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 7 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About…

AST SpaceMobile unveils $1.3 billion engine deal with Firefly Aerospace to power new heavy-lift rocket

The company behind the Bluebird direct-to-cell satellite constellation said the addition of its own heavy-lift rocket is the…

Untangling the patterns of the cosmic microwave background to better understand the early universe

A figure in red trudges across a blanket of white. Snow squeaks under the scientist's feet, too dry…

Mysterious gas leaks suggest Mars may still be volcanically alive

Mysterious gas emissions and fresh volcanic fissures suggest that Mars may not be geologically dead after all, with…

A dead star's mysterious rings reveal what could happen when our Sun dies

Astronomers have discovered a strange double ring of planetary wreckage around a dead star, revealing a possible preview…

GR SIG Seminar, 6 Nov 2026

Gamma Ray SIG Seminar 12:00pm ET

AI/ML STIG Lecture Series, 9 Nov 2026

AI Tool Use for Astronomy, and MCP for Data Archives. Speakers: Dan Gause, Adele Plunkett (NRAO)

Falcon 9 launches from California on classified mission for U.S. Space Force

Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 4:48 p.m. PST (7:48 p.m.

Stoke Space evaluating expansion of Cape site for second Nova pad

Stoke Space has been granted Right of Entry by Space Launch Delta 45 to property… The post Stoke…

The ELT Can Probe Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies and Their Dark Matter Mysteries

Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies are strange because they're as large as the Milky Way, but have far fewer stars.

AST SpaceMobile is so desperate for launch they're building their own rocket

"The Blacklift rocket is the springboard to significantly expand our total addressable market."

Spacewalk Cleanup, Biomedical Science, and Maintenance Wrap Up Week

The seven Expedition 75 crew members cleaned up after a spacewalk, conducted biomedical assessments, and maintained orbital systems…

Vibrating mirrors of light create analog of a black hole event horizon

Optical cavities are pairs of light-trapping mirrors and underpin the operation of lasers, atomic clocks and many types…

One Cluster, Two Clusters, No Cluster? The Curious Case of HSC 2686 and Lynga 3

Andreas Ritter et al 2026 AJ 172 176 The Gaia satellite has identified thousands of possible new open…

New Modeling Attempts to Reconcile Modified Gravity with the Bullet Cluster

Modified gravity theories typically struggle to explain the Bullet Cluster, but new research shows that a variant of…

NASA's Twin Spacecraft Will Execute Powered Slingshot Maneuvers on Their Way to Mars

NASA's ESCAPADE mission features a pair of identical spacecraft on their way to Mars.

M30’s Sparkling Stars

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released Nov. 5, 2026, provides a lesson in galactic history.

Robot successfully builds space structure in first autonomous construction demo

A robotic truss builder that was conceived, designed and built by Caltech researchers has successfully built a structure…

Supercomputing Tech Demo Schedule

Supercomputing 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth #4038) for presentations by NASA experts.

Starship Flight 15, a dual catch attempt, awaits FAA green light

Booster 22 and Ship 42 are in final checkouts for a no-earlier-than 13 November launch… The post Starship…

CERES Radiation Validation Experiment (CRAVE) Program Related Links

Granite Island Light Station, Lake Superior EOS Satellites with CERES Instruments Some CERES Projects Langley Links Other Links

Politics, cool space photos, and more politics

What the U.S. election means for space policy and NASA science, voting for the coolest space images, and…

AST SpaceMobile To Build New Blacklift Rocket

Amid a growing launch crunch, AST SpaceMobile ($ASTS) is building its own ride to space.

Earth's Gravity May Have Kept the Early Moon's Volcanic Heart Beating

We typically think of the Moon as a static, floating object that has remained the same for basically…

The Gunslingers of White Sands

NASA’s Houston We Have a Podcast kicks off a new series in collaboration with White Sands Test Facility…

Wacky magnetic fields of ice giants may stem from conductivity changes in their deep interiors

When NASA's Voyager 2 robotic probe flew by Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s, it uncovered an anomaly…

Nov. 6, 1919: Einstein is right

The earliest test of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity took place just four years after he published…

Op-ed: Why Did Russia Bother with X36?

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A rare solar storm just revealed a hidden danger for aviation

The strongest solar radiation storm in nearly 20 years pushed radiation past aviation safety thresholds high above northern…

Active volcanoes on Mars? Noxious gas discovery says — maybe

Are there still active volcanoes on Mars? New detections of hydrogen chloride from below the surface suggest flowing…

A galaxy nicknamed Misty Moons offers a glimpse of early star formation

Gravitational lensing is one of astronomy's best tricks for seeing the early universe.

Traces of dinosaur blood found for the 1st time?

For the 1st time, scientists say they've found traces of dinosaur blood.

'Big Bang' Fix Puts Voyager Across the 'One Light-Day' Mark

Flashback to 1977. Jimmy Carter was U.S. president, Star Wars was a box office hit, and the two…

The constellation Andromeda the Chained Lady

The constellation Andromeda the Chained Lady is most famous for containing M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large…

The Sky Today on Friday, November 6: Nab the North America Nebula

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Jupiter occulted

Katelyn Beecroft from London, Ontario, Canada On the morning of Oct.

Don't miss: Meteor showers, fireballs, and a supermoon light up November's night sky

November's night sky is packed with celestial wonders, from bright meteor fireballs and a close pairing of Mars…

Avio Scales Back Demonstrator Programme Amid Technical Challenges

Italian rocket manufacturer Avio has scaled back plans to develop two liquid-fuelled rocket demonstrators intended to validate technologies…

European Bodyguard Sats are Closer Thank You Think

PAVE Space announced plans to launch a demo mission of its IBEX spacecraft—a highly maneuverable platform for commercial…

European Bodyguard Sats are Closer Than You Think

PAVE Space announced plans to launch a demo mission of its IBEX spacecraft—a highly maneuverable platform for commercial…

NASA’s Swift telescope falls to Earth after nearly 22 years in space

After nearly 22 years of exploring the universe’s most violent explosions, NASA’s Swift Observatory has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere…

The Sky This Week from November 6 to 13: Venus in the spotlight

Friday, November 6The waning Moon leaves us with perfect skies for deep-sky observing.

APOD: 2026 November 6 – A Farewell to Swift

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 6 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education…

Taking a Gander at Utah’s Goosenecks

The San Juan River has carved deep, improbably curvy meanders into the desert landscape.

Dead stars could break one of physics' most famous limits

A surprising new discovery suggests that some dead stars can grow far more massive than scientists once thought…

CesiumAstro Raises $730M, Reaches Valuation Above $4.5B

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ISS astronauts install final iROSA solar panel to augment aging ISS power systems

The International Space Station program completed a critical power upgrade that had been ongoing for… The post ISS…

Astronomers deliver the sharpest and deepest view yet of the low-frequency radio sky

Using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), an international team led by Leiden University has produced the sharpest and…

Blue Origin announces rocket upgrades aimed at lower costs, more performance

"This is going to be a game-changer."

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Blue Origin reveals new kick stage, engines for its New Glenn rockets

The announcement was made during an invite-only event ahead of the weekend’s, NASA-backed Max Power airshow at the…

As it happened: spacewalkers install space station’s eighth and final upgraded solar array

During Thursday’s spacewalk, the astronauts will install the eighth and final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array, or…

Spacewalkers complete five-year effort to upgrade space station power supply

Spacewalking astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Anil Menon unfurled the last of eight new solar arrays outside the International…

Connecting artificial intelligence with the tools of astrophysical research

Investigating a scientific question is often a complex process. As an astrophysicist studying some of the most energetic…

CesiumAstro Secures $730 Million in Janus Henderson-Led Series D at a Valuation Above $4.5 Billion; Unveils Synchronicity Satellite Constellation Following Fully Successful Element-1 Mission

CesiumAstro Inc., a global leader in space and defense communications systems and satellites, today announced the closing of…

TOI-5217 A b

TOI-5217 A b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a -type star. Its mass is 1.

TOI-713 c

TOI-713 c is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a -type star. Its mass is 6.

Blue Origin unveils New Glenn GS3 third stage and Northstar booster engine

Blue Origin chief executive Dave Limp has unveiled a third stage for New Glenn and… The post Blue…

Make the most of long nights with this month’s new astronomy products

GS-100AR/AC High-Precision Guide Scope ToupTekHangzhou, China The GS-100AR/AC High-Precision Guide Scope is a guide scope, a wide-field imaging…

Asteroids' Oddball Shapes Make Deflecting Them Challenging

In a pinch, we could use a stand-off nuclear blast to redirect a dangerous asteroid on short notice.

Hera mission begins asteroid defense investigation: 1st closeup views!

The Hera mission just got its 1st closeup view of Didymos and its little moonlet Dimorphos.

A Mighty Wind Blew Away Gas and Made Early Galaxies Brighter

When astronomers looked at photos of the early universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, they found…

Cork Takes the Heat So DRACO’s Data Can Survive

Mozelos, Portugal, September 2, 2026 – Amorim Cork Solutions is contributing its P50 cork-based thermal protection material to…

A Whole-Planet Model of the Earth Without Life for Terrestrial Exoplanet Studies

Samantha Gilbert-Janizek et al 2026 Planet. Sci. J. 7 216 A new model tackles conditions on pre-industrial Earth…

Amendment 81: New Opportunity: Astrophysics Theory Program

The Astrophysics Theory Program (ATP; D.10 of ROSES-25) supports efforts to develop the basic theory for NASA’s space…

NASA's Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took its last look at the sky on Oct.

Earth's slowing spin may have shaped its primordial crust

Around 4.5 billion years ago, a planet-sized object collided with the newly formed Earth, throwing out the debris…

Midwestern City Lights

City lights from the Midwestern United States to the East Coast sparkle across the landscape a couple of…

NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students

Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM…

Curiosity captures a martian dawn

The morning Sun casts a hazy glow over Mars’ Mount Sharp, lighting up distant wind-carved rock formations known…

Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Shows Water Ice Behaves the Same Across Alien Star Systems

Targets of opportunity sometimes happen in astronomy, and we got a major one when the third interstellar object…

Webb Space Telescope's little red dots could hold key to first black holes

Johns Hopkins researchers searching the expanse of the universe for the existence of the first black holes are…

Building a ‘highway to the moon and back’ with Winnie Lai

In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss speaks with Winnie Lai, CEO of Auriga Space.

Microbial growth in simulated Mars conditions could guide search for life

A new experiment reveals that Earth's microbes can grow in harsh conditions similar to what may exist just…

Exclusive: Orbital Taps Orca Aerospace for Onboard Autonomy Software

Satellite autonomy startup Orca Aerospace announced a deal worth up to $20M with LA-based Orbital to put its…

Nov. 5, 2006: Mars Global Surveyor goes quiet

Designed to study Mars in a comprehensive way, examining its atmosphere, its interior, and its surface, the Mars…

OHB Awarded €554 Million Contract for Next-Gen Sentinel-3 Satellite

German satellite manufacturer OHB has secured a €554 million contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop…

Spacewalk Begins to Install Last Roll-Out Solar Array

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon began a spacewalk at 8:36 a.m.

Hubble Learns Galactic History From Stars

This Hubble image features the sparkling collection of stars named Messier 30 (M30), also called NGC 7099.

Exoplanets Can't Hide From The JWST's 'Digital Twin'

Finding dim exoplanets hidden in the glare of their stars is an ongoing challenge in astronomy.

Astronauts Suit Up for Final Power Upgrade Spacewalk

NASA is streaming live coverage as two astronauts prepare for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Swift spacecraft fell back to Earth in a fiery blaze

The Swift spacecraft fell back to Earth as a fiery streak of light on November 4.

ESCAPADE mission to fly past Earth twice in 2 days

On November 7 and 9, 2026, the twin probes of the ESCAPADE mission — first Blue and then…

The moon and Jupiter play hide-and-seek. More pics here!

The moon and Jupiter played hide-and-seek on November 3, 2026.

Why We Are Seeing a Growing Disconnect Between Public and Private Space Markets

Private space markets are hotter than ever. Not a whiff of deceleration.

Dark nebulae are star-obscuring clouds of gas and dust

Dark nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space. They block the light of stars shining behind…

The Sky Today on Thursday, November 5: Smoke out the Southern Cigar

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.

APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 5 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About…

Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites

The third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea exposes an ancient piece of the ocean floor and hosts a…

Former NASA Chief Economist is New Head of Canadian Space Agency

Alexander MacDonald is the new President of the Canadian Space Agency. Canadian-born MacDonald was NASA’s Chief Economist until…

Two giant black holes at the heart of one galaxy may circle each other every 121 to 146 days and could merge in as little as 100 years

A hidden jet in Markarian 501 hints at a black hole pair that could merge within a century…

NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research

On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.

Shine Bright for Voyager’s Light‑Day

How to Participate Use our Automated “V-G-R” Flasher to send your signal to Voyager, or if you want…

European orbiter detects fresh hints of volcanic activity on Mars

New evidence from gas seeping above volcanic rifts suggests Mars is not geologically dead deep inside, but merely…

Redwire Wins $20M DARPA Contract for Second VLEO Demo

A group of otters is called a bevy, and DARPA just ordered another round.

Farewell Swift

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reentered this morning, bringing the 22-year-old mission to an end.

NASA navigation experiment shows promise for planetary landings

NASA has successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the moon…

Trump Issues “American Declaration of Freedom in Space”

President Trump issued a space proclamation yesterday. “The American Declaration of Freedom in Space” pledges that the United…

Cosmic hydrogen measurement marks breakthrough in mapping the universe

An international research project is bringing scientists closer to mapping the universe.

China Unveils Their Plan for a Crewed Moon Landing

Yesterday, on November 3rd, the deputy chief designer of China's crewed space program and chief designer of the…

NASA Glenn Research Center Shadowing Days

About the Program The Shadowing Program at NASA Glenn Research Center allows you to step behind the scenes…

A cosmic 'leaf blower': Light-propelled winds help explain early universe's bright galaxies

When astronomers looked at photos of the early universe taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, they found…

Game Theory Helps SETI Search for Alien Civilizations

SETI can be more effective the more the targets in the search are refined.

NASA space telescope plunges to Earth after two decades studying cosmic explosions

One of NASA's premier space telescopes plunged to Earth on Wednesday, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe's…

Elon Musk moved SpaceX to red Texas. Now it's blue. What happens next?

"Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now."

NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon

In an update on Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders shared the agency’s path…

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reenters over Western Indonesia

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory plummeted back into Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday over western Indonesia, ending nearly 22 years…

Trace Gas Orbiter discovers potential evidence of volcanic activity on Mars via atmospheric observations

Using data from the joint European and Russian ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter at Mars, an… The post Trace…

Van Gogh’s Starry Night shows a real night sky, study suggests

For decades, art historians and astronomers have wondered whether the sky of Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night…

NASA Announces Ka-Band Satellite Relay Awards for Space Communications

NASA selected three companies on Wednesday to perform work to develop Ka-band space relay capability concepts that are…

Satellites leak noise that interferes with telescopes and GPS. Here's how to fix it

Less than a decade ago, there were about 2,000 operational satellites orbiting Earth.

“Blue Tsunami” Puts Democrats in Control of House and Senate Next Year

Democratic victories in yesterday’s midterm elections are being touted not as a “Blue wave,” but a “Blue tsunami”…

A Century of Novae in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Allen W. Shafter 2026 ApJS 286 31 Modeling suggests that novae in the Large Magellanic Cloud tend to…

First Detection of a Rocky Exoplanet’s Secondary Eclipse by Hubble

For the first time, the Hubble Space Telescope has detected the decrease in brightness from a rocky planet…

NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and…

A cosmic pond

Massimo Tamajo from Syracuse, Sicily, Italy IC 410 is an emission nebula about 12,000 light-years away in Auriga…

Pulsars set first mass limits on supermassive black hole pairs in the early universe

So far, observations by instruments including the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed the presence of surprisingly massive…

“Blue Tsunami” Puts Democrats in Control of House and Senate Next Year

Democratic victories in yesterday’s midterm elections are being touted not as a “Blue wave,” but a “Blue tsunami”…

NASA Space Grant Students Fuel Agency’s Inspiration Tour

NASA’s Inspiration Tour spread the excitement of space exploration and aeronautical innovation by connecting the public, industry, and…

Giant Impacts Help Rocky Planets Retain Their Atmospheres

For a long time, planetary scientists thought that giant impacts drove a young planet's atmosphere away into space…

Astronauts are Go for Final Power Upgrade Spacewalk

Mission managers have given the go for two astronauts to exit the International Space Station on Thursday and…

The physics of weather, a literary look at gravity, plus philosophical takes on uncertainty and space exploration: micro reviews of recent books

Condensed natter: Physics World editors give their compressed verdicts on top new books

Giant planet emerges from two-year-old JWST data thanks to glare-removal technique

Even the world's most powerful telescopes have their blind spots. Although NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can…

Hubble Reveals Cosmic Mystery

This photo released on Nov. 2, 2026, showcases NGC 4449, a dwarf irregular.

AGN Coffee, 5 November 2026

We invite everyone to join us for the next AGN Coffee on November 5th at 2 pm ET/11…

NASA, NOAA Track 2026 Antarctic Ozone Hole

Weather provided ideal conditions for enhanced ozone depletion

Orbital Matter, EnduroSat Announce an In-Space Manufacturing Mission in 2028

Orbital Matter announced it would partner with EnduroSat for mission in 2028 to deploy a 5 kW solar…

Nov. 4, 1922: Tutankhamun’s tomb is discovered

When archaeologists peered inside Tutankhamun’s tomb a few weeks after its discovery on Nov.

A Virtual Lifeless Earth Will Help Scientists Find Life on Exoplanets

Researchers have created a model lifeless Earth that couples the atmosphere with interior planetary processes.

Starfish Loses Contact with Otter, Cutting SSPICY Short

Starfish’s Otter spacecraft has joined the graveyard it was sent to inspect.

Election 2026: Space Winners, Losers, and What’s Next

Forget the blue tsunami. Tuesday night’s election was a blue supernova.

One geology step closer to the Moon

From the ESA Blogs.

One geology step closer to the Moon

From the ESA Blogs.

ExoMars rover twin rehearses first drive

From the ESA Blogs.

ExoMars rover twin rehearses first drive

From the ESA Blogs.

European rover trains for Mars in the desert

From the ESA Blogs.

European rover trains for Mars in the desert

From the ESA Blogs.

A new mini-moon for Earth! Meet 2026 QQ8

Earth has another new mini-moon! The little space rock 2026 QQ8 began orbiting Earth in April and will…

Crew emerges from Mars habitat simulation after yearlong test

On October 31, 2026, 4 participants in NASA's Mars habitat simulation emerged after 1 year of testing for…

Mystery of recurring Martian cloud may be solved

Models suggest the Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud appears via a process never previously seen in a real planetary…

NASA is racing against time to save the Hubble Space Telescope

NASA is exploring a daring plan to save the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from its eventual fiery plunge…

PLD Space Completes MIURA 5 Flight Termination System Test

Spanish launch services provider PLD Space has completed an explosive test of the flight termination system for its…

How ESA astronauts return from space

From the ESA Blogs.

How ESA astronauts return from space

From the ESA Blogs.

Farewell to the Fluid Science Laboratory after 18 years in orbit

From the ESA Blogs.

Farewell to the Fluid Science Laboratory after 18 years in orbit

From the ESA Blogs.

Time to wake up MetOp-SG-B1 weather satellite

Following a short period in storage after arriving at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the MetOp Second Generation-B1…

The Sky Today on Wednesday, November 4: Venus and Spica stand close

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.

Pegasus the Flying Horse, and the best sky story ever

Pegasus the Flying Horse is the 7th largest constellation. It dominates fall skies in the Northern Hemisphere and…

APOD: 2026 November 4 – The Not-So-Hidden Galaxy, IC 342

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 4 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education…

Before the Dawn in America’s Heartland

With hardly a cloud in sight, astronauts had a sweeping view of nighttime lights in the U.S. Midwest.

A hidden star is plowing through Betelgeuse’s atmosphere, new evidence suggests

Something mysterious is disturbing Betelgeuse, and astronomers believe they have identified the culprit: a hidden companion star called…

CAR – Publications

CAR Publications Below find publications related to the Cloud Absorption Radiometer (CAR), organized by decade.

Using vibrations to reveal what lies beneath other planets' surfaces

Modern space exploration hasn't quite reached "Star Trek" levels of boldly going where no one has gone before.

When should we listen for alien signals? Scientists turn to game theory

Finding a signal from an extraterrestrial civilization takes more than just pointing a telescope in the right direction.

NASA-Funded SSPICY Mission Experiences Communications Loss

A NASA-supported small satellite launched in October as a technology demonstration has lost contact with its owner and…

Students Test Prototype Landing Pad to Make Lunar Operations Safe

This summer, a team of students and researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville successfully conducted three…

Cosmic Origins Announcements, 3 Nov 2026

SAVE THE DATE: Joint PAG and COPAG Activities at AAS 249

What Will Politics Look Like on Other Planets? It's Likely to Be a Mishmash

When we make our home on other worlds, who will be in charge? Will it be an emperor?…

Important Update on PhysCOS Activities AAS 249

We have important news regarding Physics of the Cosmos activities at the upcoming American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting…

Crew Keeps Up Spacewalk Preps, Research, and Cargo Operations

Expedition 75 is continuing preparations for the second and final spacewalk in a series of two to upgrade…

Simera Sense and Spacemanic to Collaborate on a New Complete Dual-Use Mission Solution

Czech company Spacemanic and Belgian optical leader Simera Sense are teaming up to deliver a new dual-use satellite…

This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere

Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V.

Red and green auroras may share electron-driven origins

With their mysterious glow and swirling veils of color, auroras enchant even experienced researchers.

Astronaut and Earth

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is pictured during the Oct. 29, 2026, spacewalk.

An asteroid's shape influences where a nuclear blast must be aimed to deflect it

If a dangerous asteroid were headed toward Earth, one defense could be a nuclear detonation to blast one…

Stubborn Asteroids Around White Dwarfs Resist Becoming Dust

Astronomers are finding more dusty disks around white dwarf stars, and some of them are home to asteroids.

Teacher Created Heliophysics Lesson Plans

During a week-long virtual professional development, teachers (grades 5-12) trained with educators and scientists from NASA HEAT on…

What to Watch on Election Night

Here are the top things I’ll be paying attention to over my election-night pizza—a cheat sheet of what…

Life will find a way: how statisticians are enhancing the search for life beyond Earth

The future of the search for extraterrestrial life may lie in statistical methods, as Abigail Williams discovers

TB 26-10 Printed Circuit Board Assembly Chip Resistor Body Cracking

For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov.

Swiss Startup Plans Lunar Lander Powered by Rotating Detonation Engine

Swiss space startup Stellar Alpina has unveiled plans to develop a lunar lander powered by the company’s rotating…

Heliophysics ROSES Solicitation Materials

JWST may have found where heavy black hole seeds formed

Astrophysicists think that the supermassive black holes (SMBH) we see in the modern universe are the result of…

NASA Astronaut, STEM Creator Connect with Students for STEM Day

Students across the country will have the opportunity to connect directly with the International Space Station during a…

Sailing through Cassiopeia

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Exclusive: Sceye Signs Deal to Fly HAPS Fleet for SoftBank

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Nov. 3, 1957: The flight of Laika

Less than a month after the launch of Sputnik 1, the Soviets launched Sputnik 2.

A tiny shift exposes a cold brown dwarf masquerading as an early galaxy

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NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to burn up this week after more than two decades in space

As of Monday, the U.S. Space Force predicted Swift would re-enter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 3:30 a.m.

ESA investigates potential future European-led orbital outpost

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Shaping Europe’s future in low Earth orbit

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DETUMBLER: Airbus’ Passive Spin Stabilization Solution

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Galaxies SIG Seminar, 3 Nov 2026

Roman eXtreme Deep Field (RXDF): What It Is and What It Will Do. Speaker: Haojing Yan

Avoiding an uncontrolled reentry; boost Hubble and keep the science – Isaacman

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Leviathan's sprawling stars challenge idea that dusty giants become compact galaxies

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When will the Blaze Star erupt? Will neutrinos give us a warning?

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All 5 genetic “letters” of DNA and RNA discovered in a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid

Scientists have discovered all five essential nucleobases used in DNA and RNA in pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu…

Dark sky conference: Under One Sky, November 6-7

On November 6-7, 2026, DarkSky International will hold a virtual dark sky conference called Under One Sky.

How to see Earth’s shadow at sunrise and sunset

You can see Earth's shadow in both the evening and morning sky.

NASA smashed into an asteroid. Now Hera is closing in to see what happened

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10 asteroid mysteries that Hera will explore

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The Sky Today on Tuesday, November 3: The Moon passes Regulus

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NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to reach a historic one-light-day milestone

NASA’s Voyager 1 is approaching an extraordinary milestone nearly 50 years after its launch, even as engineers battle…

Tumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle

Vienna-based startup Tumbleweed is attempting to build an anti-gravity machine.

APOD: 2026 November 3 – Comet PanSTARRs and Rainbow Meteor

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The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season

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China Plans “Two Launches, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous” to Land Taikonauts on Moon

China is sharing more information about how it plans to land taikonauts on the Moon by 2030.

Ceres' water ice can mask massive surface salt deposits

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The Vera Rubin Has Found Two More of the Milky Way's Dim Satellites

The Vera Rubin Observatory has detected two more of the Milky Ways' dim, hard to see satellites.

Scientists just found a loophole that could let black holes split in two

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Queen's University Belfast students find Neptune's elusive Trojan asteroids

An international team led by researchers at Queen's University Belfast has made a discovery that has eluded astronomers…

NASA’s Eyes software: October release notes

On October 28, 2026, a new version of Eyes on Exoplanets was released.

Hubble’s Galaxies

A collection of galaxy images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

South Korea eyes rocket debut and China lines up four launches

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Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch USSF missions, China to launch internet satellites

Seven launches are expected this week, from launch sites in the United States, China, and… The post Launch…

Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now

Sixty-five years ago, a bold vision took root in Houston: a NASA center dedicated to human spaceflight.

TB 26-09 Measured Hammer-Tap Inputs

For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov.

Stars make oxygen for small galaxies, but they lose most of it

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The JWST May Have Found Where Heavy Black Hole Seeds Formed

Astrophysicists think that black holes grow through a hierarchical merger framework.

Week Starts with Spacewalk Preps and Life Science

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NASA’s Twin ESCAPADE Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth on Way to Mars

In a few days, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) will perform a maneuver that…

Martian polar crater ice shifts with seasonal frost

Mars shares many landforms and weather patterns with Earth, including changing seasons, volcanoes, canyons, dust storms, dust devils…

NASA’s CHAPEA Crew “Returns” to Earth

The four-member Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) crew poses outside for the first time in more…

Scientists build whole-Earth simulation to help find life on other planets

It's a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets.

What’s Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Meteor Showers, a Spacecraft Milestone, and a Supermoon Catch Taurid and Leonid meteors, spot Mars near Jupiter, celebrate…

Researchers May Have Solved a Puzzling Contradiction in the Ryugu Sample

Samples from the asteroid Ryugu, and from carbonaceous chondrites that have crashed on Earth, present an apparent contradiction.

NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-25

NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-25 Northrop Grumman’s commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station will deliver scientific…

NASA’s Swift Observatory to Re-Enter Atmosphere

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, Nov.

How-to Videos for Solar Eclipse Outreach Events

This set of four activities were used during the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse outreach event at…

CubeSat achieves challenging laser link to ground

Despite the complexity of the operation, ERMIS-3, an 8U CubeSat developed by the National and Kapodistrian University of…

NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-25 Station Resupply Launch

Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the…

China releases timeline for lunar landing on the Moon, targeting "before 2030"

The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.

Multimessenger Constraints on the Central Engine in SN 2023ixf: Neutron Star or Black Hole?

Maryam Aghaei Abchouyeh et al 2026 ApJ 1006 212 The lack of detected gravitational waves associated with the…

Featured Image: A Starburst Galaxy Blows a Bubble

Massive stars near the center of a local starburst galaxy are blowing a bubble that may be starting…

Overlooked material in Ryugu and meteorites may explain how water spared ancient chemistry

Asteroid Ryugu and some carbonaceous meteorites, which are thought to have similar origins in the early solar system…

NASA’s Mission to Study Sunlight Completes Vacuum, Vibration Testing

Bright white lights reflect off the metallic hardware of a satellite poised for inspection.

NASA’s Hubble Uncovers Case of Missing Oxygen in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies

NASA’s Hubble studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies and found that much of the oxygen they expected to see…

ESA to Support Industry-Led Reusable Booster Flight Demonstrations

The European Space Agency has announced plans to support industry-led flight demonstrations of reusable rocket first stages and…

How to Expand Reliable, Flexible Access to Space

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What is the physical size of a 1-billion-solar-mass black hole compared to the Sun?

When a supermassive black hole is measured as 1 billion solar masses, what would be its actual physical…

Exclusive: Stellar Alpina Unveils Monarch Orbiter and Morpho Lunar Lander

The Swiss startup is unveiling two new vehicles: a high-performance orbiter, Monarch, and a lunar lander, Morpho.

IceCube detects ghost particles with 10 billion times the energy of solar neutrinos

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Dust-shrouded Milky Way star cluster may be nearly as old as the universe

Astronomers have determined that VVV CL001, a metal-poor globular cluster near the center of the Milky Way, is…

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover breaks historic record after traveling 28 miles

NASA’s Perseverance rover has set a historic record by traveling 28.10 miles across Mars, farther than any vehicle…

Hydrosat Unveils New High-Res MWIR Thermal Capability

Hydrosat is zooming in on the thermal EO market.

Northwood Space Raises $375M Series C at $2B Valuation

Northwood Space is attempting to build the world’s largest ground-station network, and now it has a massive pool…

The Sky Today on Monday, November 2: The Moon passes Jupiter and Mars

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CubeSat achieves challenging laser link to ground

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APOD: 2026 November 2 – A Long Cloud on Mars

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Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon

Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny Plateau.

NASA's Hubble and Webb discover ancient worlds that remember their past

NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes have uncovered surprising clues about the solar system’s origins by studying…

New Research Resolves the Mystery Behind Van Gogh's The Starry Night

The sky in Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889) matches, in both observation and shape, the pre-dawn…

What’s Happening in Space Policy November 1-8, 2026

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of November 1-8, 2026…

Mars dust may be less abrasive than lunar dust, spacesuit samples suggest

Tucked away among its sensors, cameras and navigation tools, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is wearing small swatches of…

Heavy hydrogen in 3I/ATLAS's methane points to a frigid birthplace

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical clue to conditions in the planetary system of its origin, locked…

Did comets seed life on Earth? A new study says — probably not

Did comets seed life on Earth? It's unlikely, a new study from the University of Cambridge says.

Do black holes split into smaller black holes?

Black holes sometimes merge. But could 1 split into 2 or more? A new study explores the conditions…

Did the Viking 2 lander detect marsquakes in 1976?

New analysis shows that 2 possible marsquakes detected by Viking 2 were in the same region as nearly…

November birthstone: Choose from either topaz or citrine

The November birthstone, topaz, comes in lots of colors. It's a much-loved gemstone in jewelry, with myths that…

The Sky Today on Sunday, November 1: The Moon in Cancer

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Canadian MDA Space Secures €64 Million IRIS2 Antenna Agreement

Canadian space technology company MDA Space has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space to begin work on…

November 2026: What’s in the sky this month?

Saturn is already visible as darkness falls; some challenging transits of its moons occur this month.

Scientists say a forgotten particle may explain why the universe exists

A mysterious particle overlooked for decades may hold the key to why matter survived the Big Bang, allowing…

APOD: 2026 November 1 – Colors of the Moon

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Isaacman outlines Artemis III multi-launch checkout sequence and Blue Origin priority

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has spoken on the planned architecture and contingencies for the Artemis… The post Isaacman…

Martian Polar Crater Ice Shifts with Seasonal Frost

The planet Mars shares many landforms and weather patterns with the Earth, including changing seasons, volcanoes, canyons, dust…

This oddball reflective lava world is challenging to understand

Among Kepler and TESS's many surprising exoplanet discoveries are the ultra-short-period (USP) planets.