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NOAA satellite sees glowing auroras from orbit | Space photo of the day for Nov. 14, 2025

A powerful geomagnetic storm created a series of brilliant auroras recently for observers across North America.

Demand for JWST's Observational Time Hits A New Peak

Getting time on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the dream of many astronomers. The most powerful space telescope currently in our arsenal, the JWST has been in operation for almost four years at this point, after a long and tumultuous development time. Now, going into its fifth year of operation, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the organization that operates the science and mission operations centers for the JWST has received its highest number ever of submission for observational programs. Now a team of volunteer judges and the institute's scientists just have to pick which ones will actually get telescope time.

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Sun fires off 2nd-strongest flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa

The eruption was accompanied by a CME, which is currently under analysis to assess whether any part of it is headed for Earth.

This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 14 – 23

Saturn's rings are turning as edge-on as we will see them for another 15 years. The planet awaits your scope high in the evening sky. Low in the dawn, the thin Moon approaches Venus.

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ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars

Since comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object, was discovered on 1 July 2025, astronomers worldwide have worked to predict its trajectory. ESA has now improved the comet’s predicted location by a factor of 10, thanks to the innovative use of observation data from our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft orbiting Mars.

Earth from Space: Prague

Image: This very high-resolution image captures the beautiful medieval core of the Czech capital, Prague.

ESCAPADE Mission Launches for a Long Trip to Mars

A small but unique mission to Mars is taking an innovative path to reach the Red Planet in late 2027.

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New Research Helps Narrow the Search for Elusive Neutrino Sources

While the Universe may appear serene and inspiring at first glance, it is actually filled with particles traveling at nearly the speed of light that possess immense energy. These consist primarily of atomic nuclei and subatomic particles, such as protons, electrons, and neutrinos, which constantly bombard Earth. The origin of these particles remains one of the longest-standing mysteries in modern astrophysics. A leading theory is that they are created by extreme events, such as supernovae and tidal disruption events (TDEs), which occur when stars are ripped apart by black holes.

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Blue Origin launches twin Mars probes for NASA as New Glenn makes first landing

New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, carrying twin Mars probes for NASA. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.

Blue Origin launched its second heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, putting two small NASA satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more about how the sun has slowly blown away the red planet’s once thick atmosphere.

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Key Space Agencies and Organizations

This document provides a brief overview of major space agencies and organizations involved in space exploration, research, and development.

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The Rust That Could Reveal Alien Life

Iron rusts. On Earth, this common chemical reaction often signals the presence of something far more interesting than just corroding metal for example, living microorganisms that make their living by manipulating iron atoms. Now researchers argue these microbial rust makers could provide some of the most promising biosignatures for detecting life on Mars and the icy moons of the outer Solar System.

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The Search for Worlds in the Making

Astronomers using the Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii have captured the closest ever view of a protoplanetary disk, the swirling cloud of gas and dust where planets form from interstellar debris. Their target, a young star called HD 34282 located 400 light years away, offers a front row seat to planetary birth.

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ESA ships Artemis 4 Orion service module to NASA after Trump tried to cancel it

The European Space Agency has completed the Orion service module for NASA's Artemis 4 mission to the moon, which was saved from cancellation earlier this year by the U.S. Congress

Live coverage: ULA to launch ViaSat-3 following valve replacement on Atlas 5 rocket

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 551 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of launching Viasat’s ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Image: Adam Bernstein / Spaceflight Now

United Launch Alliance is preparing to launch an Atlas 5 rocket Thursday night, which will carry a communications satellite for California-based communications company, Viasat.

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Launch preview: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s ESCAPADE following scrubs from clouds, space weather

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket that will launch NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration Dynamics Explorers) mission along with a technology demonstration from Viasat. Image: Blue Origin

Blue Origin is stepping back up to the plate and will take another crack at launching its 98-meter-tall (321 ft) rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday, Nov. 13.

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Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

As the COP30 climate conference gets underway in Brazil, the world’s attention is once again drawn to the plight of the Amazon – the planet’s largest and most vital rainforest. With the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite now in orbit, ESA is helping Brazil prepare to transform this new mission’s groundbreaking data into actionable knowledge for protecting the rainforest and confronting climate change.

It's Time to Give the Moon Its Own Time

Tracking time is one of those things that seems easy, until you really start to get into the details of what time actually is. We define a second as 9,192,631,770 oscillations of a cesium atom. However, according to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, mass slows down these oscillations, making time appear to move more slowly for objects in large gravity wells. This distinction becomes critical as we start considering how to keep track of time between two separate gravity wells of varying strengths, such as on the Earth and the Moon. A new paper pre-print on arXiv by Pascale Defraigne at the Royal Observatory of Belgium and her co-authors discusses some potential frameworks for solving that problem and settles on using the new Lunar Coordinate Time (TCL) suggested by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

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Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasts off | Space photo of the day for Nov. 13, 2025

The launch helped strengthen Europe's ambitions in climate monitoring, disaster response and maritime security.

"The Celestron Inspire 100AZ telescope has more to get excited about than many of its cut-price rivals" — it just hit the best price of the year in this early Black Friday deal

The 100AZ is our best telescope for beginners and kids, with a host of user-friendly features that make viewing the moon and planets a breeze. Now, with $106 off, it's also a bargain telescope buy.

Scientists find a surprising twist in Earth's magnetic field

Parts of Earth's magnetic field work in reverse compared to what long-standing models predict, new research suggests.


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