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Grain of salt... the weather has to cooperate, but Saturday night might be clear?
You Don't Want to Miss This Year's Geminid Meteor Shower
All conditions favor a dazzling show across the skies this weekend.
gizmodo.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Rocket Report: Blunder at Baikonur; do launchers really need rocket engines?
The Department of the Air Force approves a new home in Florida for SpaceX’s Starship.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Mind-Bending 'Einstein Cross' Reveals Ultrabright Supernova From an Unthinkable Distance
For the first time, astronomers have captured the brilliance of a superluminous supernova via gravitational lensing.
gizmodo.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Blue Origin’s Next Mission Is Helping Redefine Who Gets to Go to Space
Should the mission proceed as planned, it will mark a major step forward for accessibility in spaceflight—sending the first wheelchair user beyond Earth.
gizmodo.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon
NASA’s Artemis IV crew will land with and deploy a rover, becoming the first astronauts to work alongside a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one
If NASA is serious about exploring Mars, it’s past time to send new missions.
arstechnica.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 12 – 21
Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10 p.m.
skyandtelescope.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 5 – 14
The Moon, waning away from full, groups up with Jupiter, Castor and Pollux. Later in the week, the Geminid meteors come into full bloom.
skyandtelescope.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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It’s official: Boeing’s next flight of Starliner will be allowed to carry cargo only
As the space station nears its end, NASA also cuts some future Starliner flights.
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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China launches an emergency lifeboat to bring three astronauts back to Earth
This is a “successful example for efficient emergency response in the international space industry.”…
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Did a NASA telescope really 'see' dark matter? Strange gamma-rays spark bold claims, but scientists urge caution
A new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our galaxy, but more information is needed to confirm the result.
www.livescience.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Before a Soyuz launch Thursday someone forgot to secure a 20-ton service platform
“We are going to learn just how important the ISS is to leadership.”…
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Thirty Meter Telescope Considers Move to Spain
Spain’s offer to host the powerful observatory, mired in funding obstacles and local controversies, might promise a new path forward.
skyandtelescope.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 28 – December 7
Saturn remains super-thin-ringed high after dusk. The interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, is now nice and high in the darkness before dawn.
skyandtelescope.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Meet the Seven Sisters’ 3,000 Lost Siblings
The Pleiades star cluster is part of a much larger complex that stretches across the entire sky, a new study shows.
skyandtelescope.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Ok folks, easy on the jokes now. :-)
Spot Uranus at Opposition
Uranus is its closest to Earth all year on the night of November 21st, and you can find it easily in the evening sky using Sky & Telescope’s exclusive star chart.
skyandtelescope.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 21 – 30
Saturn's rings are now their closest to edge on. The interstellar comet has become higher and easier for amateur telescopes before dawn.
skyandtelescope.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Thought this was insteresting, as the research was done by a BC amateur radio astronomer.
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries.
arstechnica.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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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.
www.space.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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See Saturn's Rings at Their Thinnest
Saturn's as edgy as it'll get for the next 13 years. With special visual treats in store, here's what to keep eyes on the planet this month
skyandtelescope.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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ESCAPADE Mission Launches for a Long Trip to Mars
A small but unique mission to Mars is taking an innovative trajectory to reach the Red Planet in late 2027.
skyandtelescope.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 14 – 23
Saturn shines high after dark. Its rings are now turning as edge-on as we'll see them. Low in the dawn, the waning crescent Moon nears Venus.
skyandtelescope.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission
Blue Origin is getting ready to launch its second New Glenn rocket.
arstechnica.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Space junk may have struck a Chinese crew ship in low-Earth orbit
The three-man crew was supposed to return to Earth on Wednesday to wrap up six months in space.
arstechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Rocket Report: Canada invests in sovereign launch; India flexes rocket muscles
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket gave an environmental monitoring satellite a perfect ride to space.
arstechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM