Space.com
We have curated some stories from Space.com; click on the links below to read the full story.
- SpaceX launches the 100th mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast
by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on 21st November 2025 at 4:13 amSpaceX 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?
by acox@space.com (Alexander Cox) on 21st November 2025 at 12:00 amWith 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?
- Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin's landed New Glenn booster is so clean
by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on 20th November 2025 at 11:00 pmBlue 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.
- James Webb Space Telescope spots rapidly feeding supermassive black hole in the infant universe: 'This discovery is truly remarkable.'
on 20th November 2025 at 9:00 pm"This challenges our understanding of black hole and galaxy formation in the early universe."
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will build a 'super heavy' version of its powerful New Glenn rocket
by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on 20th November 2025 at 8:21 pmBlue 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.
NASA.com
For some stories from NASA.com, click the links below to read the full story.
- Europa Clipper Captures Uranus With Star Tracker Camera
on 20th November 2025 at 11:13 pmDescription NASA’s Europa Clipper captured this image of a starfield — and the planet Uranus — on Nov. 5, 2025, while experimenting with one of its two stellar reference units. These star-tracking cameras are used for maintaining spacecraft orientation. Within the camera’s field of view — representing 0.1% of the full sky around the spacecraft
- NASA’s Quesst Mission Marks X-59’s Historic First Flight
by Monika Luabeya on 20th November 2025 at 10:12 pmNASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, at 11:14 a.m. EDT from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The one-of-a-kind aircraft flew for 67 minutes before landing and taxiing to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew
- NASA’s Scott Tingle to Serve as Agency’s Chief Astronaut
by Wendy K. Avedisian on 20th November 2025 at 9:16 pmNASA named astronaut Scott Tingle as chief of the Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, effective Nov. 10. A decorated spaceflight veteran and former captain in the United States Navy, Tingle has logged more than 4,500 flight hours in 51 different aircraft and served as a flight engineer aboard the International
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- NASA’s Quesst Mission Marks X-59’s Historic First Flight
on 20th November 2025 at 10:13 pmNASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft lifts off for its first flight Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, from U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. The aircraft’s first flight marks the start of flight testing for NASA’s Quesst mission, the result of years of design, integration, and ground testing and begins a new chapter in NASA’s aeronautics research legacy.
Space Station News
- NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch to Join Station Expedition
by Lauren E. Low on 20th November 2025 at 7:34 pmNASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday, Nov. 27, accompanied by cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, where they will join the Expedition 73 crew advancing scientific research. Williams, Kud-Sverchkov, and Mikaev will lift off at 4:27 a.m. EST (2:27 p.m. Baikonur time)
- Celebrating 25 Years of Humanity in Space
by Sumer Loggins on 19th November 2025 at 10:52 pmIn 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since November 2, 2000, more than 290 people from 26 countries have lived and worked aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting thousands of experiments that have advanced science and technology on Earth and paved the way for
- Station Nation: Meet Alyssa Yockey, Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Flight Lead
by Mary Pfister on 19th November 2025 at 11:00 amAlyssa Yockey supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a flight lead at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is one of the world’s largest indoor pools where astronauts and support teams conduct trainings and other large-scale operations, both in the water and on the pool deck.
Astronomy Now
Below are some stories from Astronomy News from the Astronomy Now website
- Updates on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: NASA Images, Many Tails, and Non-gravitational Forces
by David L. Chandler on 20th November 2025 at 6:06 pmNow that Comet 3I/ATLAS has emerged from the Sun's glare, its behavior is being monitored by every available observatory. The post Updates on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: NASA Images, Many Tails, and Non-gravitational Forces appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- Meet the Seven Sisters’ 3,000 Lost Siblingsby Jan Hattenbach on 19th November 2025 at 4:13 pm
The Pleiades star cluster is part of a much larger complex that stretches across the entire sky, a new study shows. The post Meet the Seven Sisters’ 3,000 Lost Siblings appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Night Sky News from Astronomy Now
- Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles, Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Delightsby Bob King on 18th November 2025 at 3:36 pm
Watch an Oort Cloud comet disintegrate before your eyes. Meanwhile, interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS is brighter than expected. The post Comet K1/ATLAS Crumbles, Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Delights appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 14 – 23by Alan MacRobert on 14th November 2025 at 10:04 am
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. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 14 – 23 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.