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Watch SpaceX's Starship launch on its 2nd-ever test flight today

SpaceX plans to launch its giant Starship vehicle for the second time ever this morning (Nov. 18), and you can watch the action live.

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 1st of back-to-back missions this weekend

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Saturday (Nov. 18), the first of two planned Starlink launches this weekend.

Space

This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video)

Satellites observed a coronal mass ejection on Wednesday (Nov. 15), capturing a bright burst of super-hot plasma that warped the sun's magnetic field.

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Volcanic 'Devil Comet' erupts with its biggest blast yet as it races toward Earth

An icy volcanic comet that is three times as large as Mount Everest, nicknamed the "Devil Comet," erupted again Nov. 14. This is the fourth explosive event for 12P/Pons-Brooks since July 2023.

Space

NASA super-pressure ballon flies high with Raspberry Pi-backed data payload protection

A team of scientists recently protected data from their super pressure balloon project using a handful of Raspberry Pis to make backups that drop to the Earth.

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See the highest-resolution image ever snapped by ALMA radio telescope

A new calibration technique allowed the ALMA radio telescope to capture its highest-resolution image ever, featuring a star in the final stages of its evolution.

Space

These SpaceX fans say they'll stay after 1-day Starship launch delay to Saturday

Travelers from near and far aren't letting the launch delay deprive them of their chance to see the world's largest rocket — Starship — take flight.

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Say goodbye to Mars! The Red Planet hides behind the sun for 2 weeks

Mars will disappear from the sky for a few weeks on Saturday (Nov. 18), moving to the opposite side of the sun as seen from Earth during the Red Planet’s period of solar conjunction.

Space

Gamma-ray burst in faraway galaxy disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere

A gamma-ray burst caused a significant disturbance in Earth’s ionosphere, a layer of the planet’s upper atmosphere that contains electrically charged gases called plasma

The Hindu

Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris

Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained an enigma since being discovered in 2005 lurking in the solar system’s far reaches

The Hindu

Some exoplanets are shrinking. Here's why

Data from NASA's Kepler telescope shows why puffy sub-Neptunes are shrinking to rocky super-Earths.

Space

This Stunning, High-Resolution Image Reveals The Bizarre Aging Process of Stars

The highest resolution of a star ever taken by ALMA, this image of R Leporis could help us understand the lives of geriatric stars.

Inverse

Watch Algol, the 'Demon star of Perseus,' get eclipsed by its stellar twin this week

The "Demon Star" of Algol gets eclipsed this week by one of its stellar siblings. Here's what you need to know.

Space

Lost astronaut tool bag from ISS shines in new telescope image (photo)

Astronauts on the International Space Station harmlessly lost a tool bag during a spacewalk on Nov. 1. A new telescope image from Rome shows the stray bag shining among the stars.

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Inverse

The Smartest Sci-Fi Show of 2023 Just Dropped a Painfully Realistic Twist

'For All Mankind' Season 4 just got real about labor in space, and Episode 2, "Have a Nice Sol," has intriguing parallels to real concerns about how we'll explore the final frontier.

The Guardian - UK

SpaceX delays second test flight of world’s largest rocket until weekend

Starship now scheduled to launch from Texas on Saturday instead of Friday as component needs replacing

Inverse

SpaceX’s Starship, The Most Powerful Rocket On Earth, Could Fly Again On Saturday

The most powerful rocket in the world will get another test on Saturday.

Space

Rogue rocket that slammed into the moon last year confirmed to be Chinese vehicle

The rocket body that slammed into the moon in March 2022 was part of the Long March 3C that launched China's Chang'e 5-T1 mission in 2014, a new study finds.

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NASA and Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite as soon as 2024. Why?

The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and Japan's space agency (JAXA) could launch it as soon as 2024.

Space

SpaceX delays second Starship test launch to Nov. 18 to replace rocket part

SpaceX delayed its second test flight of a Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster to no earlier than Saturday (Nov. 18), to replace a rocket part.

Space

The Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's how to see it

One of the most famous of the annual meteor showers will soon be reaching its maximum: The Leonids. These ultrafast meteors are due to reach their peak on Saturday morning (Nov. 18).

Space

Hubble Telescope investigates nearby exoplanet, finds it's Earth-size

The rocky exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, located about 22.5 light years away, has been observed transiting its star by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space

Jupiter's moon Io is covered in active volcanoes. Now we have the 1st map of them

Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the solar system, may possess a global ocean of magma underneath its surface, as well as mysteriously warm poles, a new study finds.

Inverse

The Martian Night Sky Is Glowing An Eerie Green Right Now

It's not the same thing as aurorae, which we experience on Earth.

Space

What time is SpaceX's 2nd Starship and Super Heavy launch on Nov. 18?

SpaceX has a two-hour window to launch the Starship SN25 spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket on Nov. 18, starting at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT).

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