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ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.

A small space telescope may signal a big new trend for modern astronomy.

A glimpse of the 140 payloads onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission. Image: SpaceX

Update Nov. 28, 5:45 p.m. EST (2345 UTC): SpaceX deployed all payloads designed to separate from the rocket.

Week in images: 24-28 November 2025

Saturn remains super-thin-ringed high after dark. The interstellar comet, 11th magnitude, is now nice and high in the dark before dawn. Don't wait; moonlight approaches.

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, onboard, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingots

Astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International Space Station, kicking off a planned eight-month stay in orbit.

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from Mahia, New Zealand, to begin the ‘Follow My Speed’ mission on Nov. 20, 2025. Image: Rocket Lab

Earth observation company BlackSky revealed it was the ‘confidential customer’ whose satellite flew on a recent Rocket Lab Electron rocket. A BlackSky spokesperson confirmed to Spaceflight Now on Tuesday that its Gen-3 satellite was the payload onboard.

The age of the Universe is a fundamental parameter in cosmology, representing the time elapsed since the Big Bang. Current scientific consensus, based primarily on observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the expansion rate of the Universe, places this age at approximately 13.8 billion years.

Observers can't resist the challenge of seeking faint objects with curious names. We go deep and visit two — Andromeda's Parachute and Dracula's Chivito.

SpaceX scrubbed the Transporter-15 mission on Wednesday, Nov. 26, prior to loading liquid oxygen on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Image: SpaceX via livestream

Update 1:15 p.m. EST (1815 UTC): SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt and is now targeting launch on Friday, Nov. 28.

Image: Ministers and high-level representatives for ESA's Ministerial Council.

These images help to unravel the magnetic mechanisms driving the sun's behavior and shaping the space environment throughout the solar system.

A Galaxy's worth of new Star Wars movies and shows will be landing in 2026, so get yourself set up with this better-than-half-price discount on the channel that is home to them all.

Unistellar has slashed the prices of its smart telescopes for its Black Friday sale, including the expert eVscope 2, which features a 4.5-inch aperture and a 7.7MP image sensor.