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November 16, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
Record doubleheader: SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets from Florida



Washington DC (UPI) Nov 15, 2025
SpaceX launched two rockets with a total of 58 Starlink Internet satellites about 3 1/2 hours apart overnight Saturday in the private company's quickest turnaround from Florida's Space Coast. In all, there have been a record 98 missions this year from the adjacent Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The record of 94 was broken on Monday. Originally, there was supposed to be a 48-minute turnaround but the second launch was delayed by 2 hours and 49 minutes. ... read more

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IRON AND ICE
ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS's path with data from Mars
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 14, 2025
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 loca ... more
MOON DAILY
Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission achieves key flyby milestones
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Chandrayaan-3 was developed to demonstrate the capability for a controlled lunar landing, enable rover mobility on the Moon, and facilitate in-situ research. The mission includes a lander module, pr ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Reading a quantum clock costs more energy than running it, study finds
Oxford UK (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping - the act of measurement itself. In a study published 14 Nov in Physical Review Letters, ... more
TIME AND SPACE
A galaxy with earliest star signatures found during cosmic noon
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Researchers led by the Department of Astronomy at Tsinghua University have identified a galaxy labeled CR3, which shows evidence of containing stars from the earliest phase of the universe. The team ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Open-source clock framework aims to synchronize deep space missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Vartis Space Corp. has introduced the Vartis Space Clock, an open-source framework that enables independent synchronization of zero-time reference points for space operations without relying on Eart ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Haystack scientists study recent geospace storms and light shows
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, one of nature's most spectacular visual shows, can be elusive. Conventional wisdom says that to see them, we need to travel to northern Canada or Alaska. How ... more
MOON DAILY
Chang'e-6 lunar mission finds impact-created hematite and maghemite in SPA Basin samples
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Researchers from the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS), and Shandong University have identified, for the first time, crystalline hematite and maghemite produced by a maj ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New research with GW230814 upholds Hawking black hole area law
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 15, 2025
Researchers from Purple Mountain Observatory have conducted an observational test of the black hole area law. Using the gravitational-wave event GW230814, which features a high signal-to-noise ratio ... more

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DRAGON SPACE
China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts return to Earth after delay
Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, state TV footage showed, after a delay caused by their spacecraft being struck by debris in orbit. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Blue Origin launches NASA Mars mission and nails booster landing
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 14, 2025
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars aboard, and in a breakthrough nailed the landing of its booster. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Race for first private space station heats up as NASA set to retire ISS
Lisbon (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
With NASA's International Space Station set to come out of service in 2030, American aerospace firm Vast has stepped into a frenzied race for the world's first commercial space station. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Dream Chaser spaceplane passes pre-flight tests at Kennedy Space Center
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
Sierra Space announced completion of a series of critical pre-flight tests for its Dream Chaser spaceplane at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, marking progress toward the vehicle's first uncrewed missio ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Atlas 5 rocket launches U.S. communications satellite
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2025
Following a handful of troubling valve issues that pushed a launch back for a week, an Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:04 p.m. EST on Thursday night, carrying a communications satellite for Viasat. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Our Solar System Is Moving Faster Than Expected
Bielefeld, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
How fast and in which direction is our solar system moving through the universe? This seemingly simple question is one of the key tests of our cosmological understanding. A research team led by astr ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


SPACEWAR
Europe Strives to Counter Russian and Chinese Satellite Menace
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 10, 2025
Europe finds itself in the midst of a new space race, one defined less by exploration and more by the imperative to safeguard critical orbital infrastructure from the mounting threats of Russian and ... more
TECH SPACE
Europe commercial satellite life extension mission set for 2027
London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
Infinite Orbits and SES have agreed to conduct a geostationary satellite life extension mission, marking the first commercial undertaking of its kind in Europe. The operation will use Endurance, a 7 ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA twin spacecraft depart Earth orbit to begin Mars mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
NASA's ESCAPADE mission has initiated its journey as two identical spacecraft, designed to study Mars' magnetosphere, separated and deployed from Blue Origin's New Glenn upper stage. Both probes wil ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI enables tailored education for medical students at scale
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Researchers at Dartmouth have demonstrated that artificial intelligence platforms can provide individualized academic support for large student populations. The study tracked 190 medical students wh ... more
GPS NEWS
Nanometer precision ranging demonstrated across 113 kilometers sets new benchmark for space measurement
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 08, 2025
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, led by professors Jian-Wei Pan, Hai-Feng Jiang, and Qiang Zhang, have achieved nanometer-level absolute distance measurement over ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Brazil gears up to harness ESA's Biomass data
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
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 Spa ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
CSES satellite tracks shifting South Atlantic anomaly and impact on solar cycle twenty five
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
The South Atlantic anomaly represents the region of Earth's radiation belts with the highest particle concentrations and weakest geomagnetic shielding. This area poses risks to the electronics aboar ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
AI Earth System Model integrates climate and environmental simulations for enhanced forecasting
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers are developing an artificial intelligence world model that unifies global climate, weather, and environmental simulations. The WOW project aims to advan ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Light pollution disrupts carbon cycle balance across continents
London, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is changing how ecosystems store and release carbon across large areas, research from Cranfield University shows. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, anal ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Colorado Boulder advances research and education in space law and policy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
University of Colorado Boulder researchers are expanding their work into space law following decades of experience in space exploration. The need for policy expertise has grown as countries co ... more
TECH SPACE
Morphing 3D-printed structures from flat to curved, in space
Urbana, IL (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur in The Grainger College of Engineerin ... more
TECH SPACE
Quantum timing and sensing partnership set to reshape space infrastructure
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Voyager Technologies and Infleqtion have formed a strategic partnership to deploy dual-use quantum technology in low-Earth orbit and beyond. The initiative aims to transfer quantum utility from labo ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
SkyFi adds ICEYE radar imaging to satellite tasking platform
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
SkyFi has announced that ICEYE US synthetic aperture radar data will be integrated into its platform. This development allows SkyFi users to directly access and task ICEYE's large SAR satellite cons ... more
ENERGY TECH
High precision measurement advances fusion plasma diagnostics
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2025
Researchers have demonstrated that controlling the electric potential within fusion-grade plasma is vital for sustaining energy confinement in nuclear fusion reactors. The team used a heavy ion beam ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space Systems Command advances New Glenn certification after latest launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
Space Systems Command continues the process of certifying Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle for National Security Space Launch missions, following the successful NG-2 launch at 3:55 p.m. EST fr ... more
EXO WORLDS
Exoplanet map initiative earns NASA support for University of Iowa physicist
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
University of Iowa physicist David Nataf will lead a NASA-funded research project focused on producing detailed three-dimensional maps for the study of exoplanets and their host stars. Nataf a ... more
SPACEMART
ESA's impact featured in key UK space policy report
London, UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2025
Evidence provided by the European Space Agency was featured in a House of Lords report on space policy, highlighting the benefits and opportunities of ESA-UK cooperation. On 4 November, the Ho ... more
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