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- November 30
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- 'The Mandalorian' slows the pace to deliver a thrilling, plot-packed episode with 'The Jedi'
- The sun fires off its biggest solar flare in more than 3 years
- China's Chang'e 5 poised for historic moon landing to collect lunar samples
- Celestron's AstroMaster LT 76AZ Telescope is now $111.59, 14% off the retail price
- The Celestron Ambassador 80AZ Brass Telescope is now just $899 this holiday
- Fortnite goes galactic with space-themed skin to launch new subscription service
- Losing Arecibo's giant dish leaves humans more vulnerable to space rocks, scientists say
- Moon pit diver: This tiny rover could explore the lunar underworld
- November 29
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- Save up to 50% on Star Wars Funko Pop! figures this Cyber Monday
- Powering through challenges of the Selene II lunar analog mission — Commander's report: lunar day 7
- Japan launches advanced relay satellite with laser communications tech into orbit
- Solar power stations in space could be the answer to our energy needs
- Newfound 'Kraken merger' may have been the biggest collision in Milky Way's history
- November 28
- November 27
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- 'Star Trek Discovery' season 3, episode 7 recap: The series' strong start feels like a different show entirely
- A Beaver Full Moon lunar eclipse occurs Monday. Here's what to expect.
- Up to $840 off Celestron's NexStar Computerized Telescope, 41% discount at Adorama
- One-month free trial: ABCMouse teaches and entertains kids
- Imagine controlling a Mars rover with the Sphero RVR, the All-Terrain Programmable Coding Robot
- Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may spout water plumes from its icy crust
- November 26
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- Larger-than-life astronaut stars on Olay float in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
- How NASA tech helped make your Thanksgiving food safe (and your family Zoom sessions, too)
- A very space Thanksgiving for 2020: Here's what astronauts will eat in space (video)
- The first Thanksgiving night sky: What did the Pilgrims see when they looked up?
- A Thanksgiving sun treat: Big sunspot rotates into view
- November 25
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- Blow your kid's mind with the VR Universe and Bill Nye's VR Science kit for the holidays
- STEVE is smearing green 'streaks' across the sky, and nobody knows why
- Hope, the UAE's first interplanetary mission, has its eye on bonus science on way to Mars
- Scott Kelly, who spent a year in space, launches new audio course
- See the moon and Mars shine close together on Thanksgiving eve tonight
- SpaceX rocket launches for record 7th time, nails landing at sea in 100th Falcon 9 mission
- SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype fires engines ahead of major test flight
- November 24
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- Astroscale to test space junk cleanup tech with 'ELSA-d' launch in 2021
- Boom Supersonic will test fly its new faster-than-sound XB-1 jet in 2021
- Arecibo radio telescope, damaged beyond repair, seen from space
- Rocket Lab on road to reusability after successful booster recovery
- Arecibo observatory supporters ask White House to help save damaged radio telescope
- Chang'e 5: China launches sample return mission to the moon — is it winning the new space race?
- Oberwerk's BT-XL-ED binocular telescopes bring nature's best of night and day
- November 23
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- Watch 'The Real Right Stuff' launch into the virtual orchestra frontier for an epic soundtrack (exclusive)
- China launches historic Chang'e 5 mission to collect the first moon samples since 1976
- Arecibo isn't the first radio telescope to unexpectedly fail. Here's what we can learn from Green Bank's collapse.
- Faint 'super-planet' discovered by radio telescope for the 1st time
- Fly over Jupiter in this stunning video from NASA's Juno spacecraft
- SpaceX scrubs Starlink satellite launch on record 7th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket
- November 22
- November 21
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- SpaceX could launch back-to-back rocket missions from two coasts this weekend. Here's how to watch.
- Rover that will explore Mars moon Phobos starts landing tests
- SpaceX launches advanced ocean-mapping satellite for NASA and Europe, nails rocket landing
- SpaceX will launch the Sentinel-6 ocean-mapping satellite Saturday. Watch it live!
- November 20
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- Star Trek's 1st female captain rises through Starfleet ranks in 'The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway'
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' borrows from 'The Running Man' in season 3, episode 6 'Scavengers'
- 'The Right Stuff' recap: Hey, let's get up there ('Flight')
- Watch a bright fireball explode over the Tasman Sea (video)
- Here's why SpaceX's Crew-1 astronauts chose Baby Yoda as their zero-g indicator
- Hear Mars rover Perseverance whir as it cruises toward the Red Planet
- Rocket Lab launches 30 satellites, recovers booster in reusability milestone
- November 19
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- Law firm claims stake in tape strips used to lift moon dust off Apollo 11 sample bag
- Arecibo radio telescope, an icon of astronomy, is lost
- Big dust storms may have driven off much of Mars' water
- China rolls out Long March 5 rocket for Chang'e 5 moon sample-return mission launch
- Rocket Lab will launch 30 satellites and attempt a booster recovery today: Watch live
- Losing Arecibo Observatory would create a hole that can't be filled, scientists say
- Cosmonauts prep space station for module removal on spacewalk out of new airlock
- November 18
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- The dazzling Blue Ring Nebula puzzled scientists for 16 years — and now they finally understand why
- Weird 'gravitational molecules' could orbit black holes like electrons swirling around atoms
- Earth is fighting a laser duel with the exploding Carina Nebula
- Rogue planets: hunting the galaxy's most mysterious worlds
- Two cosmonauts are taking a spacewalk outside the space station today. Here's how to watch.
- HBO developing TV sci-fi drama series based on the 1998 movie 'Sphere'
- Stratolaunch starts building Talon hypersonic plane for Mach 6 flights
- November 17
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- Virgin Galactic delays SpaceShipTwo test launch due to COVID restrictions
- New game 'Mars Horizon' shows the real challenges of running a space agency
- China notches 34th launch of the year with communications satellite
- Iconic Arecibo Observatory may be on the brink of collapse after cable failures
- Victor Glover becomes 1st Black astronaut to arrive at space station for long-term stay
- 'Start of a new era': NASA celebrates arrival at space station of SpaceX's 1st 4-astronaut mission
- Memorial spaceflight: Cremated remains flying to the moon on private lander in 2021
- SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks at space station with its 1st crew of 4
- European Vega rocket suffers major launch failure, satellites for Spain and France lost
- November 16
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- Take a video tour of SpaceX's Crew-1 Dragon spaceship with Baby Yoda (and astronauts, too)
- The Leonid meteor shower of 2020 peaks tonight! Here's what to expect.
- Record-breaking Hurricane Iota churns toward Central America (satellite photo)
- Bringing Mars samples to Earth could cost an extra $1 billion, but NASA should totally do it, experts say
- What if Earth shared its orbit with another planet?
- A mission to 'Mars' at the HI-SEAS habitat: Live updates
- 'Baby Yoda' revealed as astronauts' zero-g indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 mission
- NASA's Curiosity rover snaps stunning selfie on Mars (photo)
- China's Yutu 2 rover snaps stunning new panoramas from the moon's far side
- Trump and Biden hail SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut launch success for NASA
- SpaceX Crew Dragon launches 4 astronauts to space station in 1st operational flight for NASA
- November 15
- November 14
- November 13
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- Atlas V rocket launches NROL-101 spy satellite to orbit
- 4 rocket launches in 4 days! You can watch a spy satellite, SpaceX astronaut flight and more online
- SpaceX's Elon Musk says he's tested positive for COVID-19 on eve of NASA astronaut launch
- Exclusive: Inside Nickelodeon's 'The Astronauts' space adventure with showrunner Daniel Knauf
- A vintage NASA moon rocket body is officially back in Earth orbit … for now
- Nickelodeon's 'The Astronauts' got tips on space from real NASA astronaut
- The Right Stuff' recap: What it takes to stand on the edge ('Ziggurat')
- NASA urges COVID caution for spectators of SpaceX Crew-1 astronaut launch
- SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype fires engines for 3rd time, encounters problem
- November 12
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- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 3, episode 5: Starfleet tries to break up the band
- Exclusive First Look: New 'Firefly' graphic novel 'Watch How I Soar' reveals Wash's tale
- SpaceX's Crew-1 launch for NASA is carrying rock-eating microbes (and more weird science)
- See Mercury and Venus in the predawn sky this week
- Scientists spot a 'kilonova' flash so bright they can barely explain it
- Physicists search for imprints left by dark matter halos as they swoosh through galactic gas
- Supernova explosions may have helped shape Earth's climate history
- NASA's next Mars rover will land in less than 100 days
- November 11
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- Read an exclusive 'Star Wars' excerpt of the anthology 'From A Certain Point Of View: The Empire Strikes Back'
- SpaceX just test fired the Falcon 9 rocket for its astronaut launch for NASA
- US spy satellite launch on Atlas V rocket delayed by Tropical Storm Eta
- The seasonal ozone hole over Antarctica will remain active well into November
- These 4 Crew-1 astronauts are ready to launch into orbit with SpaceX
- Can the EmDrive actually work for space travel?
- Jumping Gigawatts! Playmobil's Back to the Future DeLorean is a blast from the past
- The most amazing Leonid meteor shower photos
- SpaceX's Starship SN8 prototype fires its engines for the 2nd time
- NASA certifies SpaceX's Crew Dragon for astronaut flights, gives 'go' for Nov. 14 launch
- NASA says Boeing's next Starliner test flight won't launch until 2021
- President-elect Biden names 8-person NASA transition team
- November 10
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- Here's how to watch SpaceX launch the Crew-1 astronaut mission for NASA this week
- SpaceX Crew Dragon rolls out to pad for Crew-1 astronaut launch for NASA
- The UAE's 1st Mars probe will reach the Red Planet on Feb. 9
- Microbe 'biominers' could help humanity build settlements on other worlds
- Jupiter's ocean moon Europa probably glows in the dark
- India's space agency breaks dry spell with its 1st rocket launch of 2020
- China's real lunar rover rolls 'Over the Moon' in Netflix animated film
- November 9
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- Arecibo Observatory suffers more damage as second cable fails
- The next astronauts to ride a SpaceX rocket arrive at Florida launch site
- With pandemic thwarting workshops, NASA training for tribes goes digital
- Jim Bridenstine will step aside as NASA chief when President-elect Biden takes over: report
- November 8
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- Mars: Mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
- 'The Mandalorian' struggles with ice cavern-dwelling, carnivore, space spiders
- How to live in space: What we've learned from 20 years of the International Space Station
- Showtime's 'Moonbase 8' launches today and you can watch episode 1 for free
- November 7
- November 6
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- China launches 13 satellites on a single Long March 6 rocket
- 'The Right Stuff' recap: We are all asleep down here ('Vostok')
- Virgin Galactic planning to launch suborbital test flight this month
- Asteroid Apophis is speeding up from sunlight as scientists recalculate odds of 2068 impact
- Cosmic bubbles may have forged dark matter, new theory suggests
- November 5
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- SpaceX launches next-gen GPS satellite for US Space Force, lands rocket
- Star Trek: Discovery' keeps going strong with season 3, episode 4 — 'Forget Me Not'
- You can watch SpaceX launch advanced GPS satellite tonight. Here's how.
- SpaceX opens Starlink satellite internet to public beta testers: report
- Rocket Lab will try to recover an Electron booster during Nov. 15 launch
- NASA, SpaceX delay launch of Sentinel-6 ocean-mapping satellite to Nov. 21
- The Taurid meteor shower of 2020 peaks soon. Here's what to expect.
- This bizarre planet could have supersonic winds in an atmosphere of vaporized rock
- NASA wants you along for the ride (virtually) on SpaceX's next astronaut mission
- November 4
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- Scientists detect strange 'fast radio burst' from within our own Milky Way
- Unpredictable space radio bursts may stem from asteroids around magnetic stars
- Hello again, Voyager 2! NASA beams 1st call to probe in interstellar space since March
- Watch an Atlas V rocket launch a new US spy satellite tonight!
- With Senate win, Mark Kelly becomes 4th astronaut elected to Congress
- Strange rings around protostar suggests planets form earlier than thought
- Saturn's moon Titan has a weird organic chemical in its atmosphere
- Put down the synthahol and drink to Qapla' with new Klingon Bloodwine
- Russian space chief disses NASA's Artemis moon landing plans
- November 3
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- NASA's Juno spacecraft spots 'sprites' and 'elves' dancing in Jupiter's atmosphere
- Spot two 'baseball diamonds' in the night sky
- What's next after the International Space Station? Plans afoot for more off-Earth outposts.
- NASA's megarocket mobile launcher crawls to the launch pad for moon mission prep
- What does the 2020 presidential election mean for space exploration?
- Distant alien planets could be turned into dark matter detectors
- Snoopy celebrates 20 years of humans on space station on new NASA posters
- November 2
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- The International Space Station has been humanity's foothold in orbit for 20 years
- More than half of all sunlike stars in the Milky Way may have a habitable planet
- Astronaut 'ties' past 20 years of crews on space station to simple tool
- Get ready for the 'Great Conjunction' of Jupiter and Saturn
- SpaceX's Starship may help clean up space junk
- November 1
