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NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket comes together | Space photo of the day for Nov. 21, 2025

The Orion crew module gets stacked onto the Space Launch System in preparation for the upcoming Artemis 2 mission in early 2026.

James Webb Space Telescope spots a gassy baby galaxy throwing a tantrum in the early universe

The astronomers estimate that this galaxy will deplete itself of gas in only a few hundred million years.

This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 21 – 30

Saturn's rings are now the closest to edge on that they'll get. The famous interstellar comet has become higher and easier for amateur telescopes before dawn.

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Earth from Space: The Danakil Depression

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth’s most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.

Finding star clusters in the Lost Galaxy

Image: Finding star clusters in the Lost Galaxy

Marking one year until BepiColombo reaches Mercury

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been cruising towards Mercury since October 2018. With just one year to go until it arrives at its destination, what has the mission achieved so far? And what can we expect from its two spacecraft after they enter orbit around the Solar System’s smallest and least-explored rocky planet

SpaceX launches the 100th mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast (video)

SpaceX launched 29 of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Nov. 20), on the 100th mission of the year to take off from Florida's Space Coast.

Should I wait for Black Friday to get a streaming subscription?

With Black Friday 2025 fast approaching, is it worth waiting for the sales event in the hope of a streaming deal appearing, or should you subscribe now?

Tracking Mars' Ice Ages From Space

Human beings are pretty familiar with the concept of "ice ages." Not only is their ample physical evidence to suggest that glacial periods occurred during the Pleistocene epoch - which lasted from ca. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago, there are even Indigenous oral traditions that speak of lake formation and dramatic climate shifts in the distant past. Far from being mere myths, these traditions are considered preserved accounts that are corroborated by scientific findings. However, the cycles of glacial and interglacial periods that characterize the Pleistocene were merely the latest in a long line of historical shifts in Earth's climate.

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Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin's landed New Glenn booster is so clean

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket remained strikingly clean and white after two trips through Earth's atmosphere last week. Here's why the booster stayed largely char-free.

Falcon 9 Starlink mission marks 100th launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast

A Falcon 9 rocket rises from a fog bank on Nov.20, 2025, making the 100th launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center Thursday evening on a milestone mission marking the 100th launch from the Space Coast this year.

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will build a 'super heavy' version of its powerful New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin plans to build an even more powerful version of its partially reusable New Glenn rocket, which aced its second-ever launch just last week.

Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?

"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system. Earth and Theia are likely to have been neighbors."

AI helps build the most detailed Milky Way simulation ever, mapping 100 billion stars

A record-breaking number of stars has been mapped by a new model that speeds up processing time while allowing smaller scale events, such as supernova explosions, to be incorporated into the simulation alongside larger-scale galactic processes.

Spot Uranus shining at its brightest this year — here's what to expect on Nov. 21

Uranus will appear opposite the sun in Earth's sky on Nov. 21.

Nikon Monarch M7 8x42 binocular review

These Nikon Monarch M7 8x42 binoculars are great for any stargazer looking for a budget-friendly investment.

Watch SpaceX launch more than 100 satellites to orbit today on Transporter 15 rideshare mission

SpaceX will launch more than 100 different payloads today (Nov. 20) on the Transporter 15 rideshare mission.

Rubin Observatory peers into the 'hidden universe' and discovers stream of stars longer than our entire Milky Way

"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden universe shapes the realms that we can see."

ESA awards excellent suppliers

The European Space Agency (ESA) brings public and ESA-wide recognition of the outstanding performance of European companies working in the frame of ESA programmes and projects.

Smile approved for launch in spring 2026

Smile has passed its qualification and flight acceptance review, meaning that it meets all requirements for launch. The launch window has been set for 8 April to 7 May 2026.


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