November 16, 2025

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. ... more

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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