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Win a free copy of the movie tie-in edition of Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' with our exclusive sweepstakes!

By Jeff Spry published

Five lucky winners will be announced Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) on Space.com's Facebook, Twitter, and BlueSky pages.

Space Books
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
The view from the second stage of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket during its Nov. 5, 2025 launch, which lofted an Earth-observing satellite for the Japanese company iQPS. The Electron's first stage is visible falling back to Earth in the distance.

Rocket Lab launches private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

Rocket Lab launched its sixth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this afternoon (Nov. 5) from its seaside pad in New Zealand.

Launches & Spacecraft
A detailed shot of a grey full moon is pictured against a black sky, sporting bright craters and dark features known as lunar maria.

See the moon meet up with the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades early on Nov. 6

By Anthony Wood published

The near-full moon shines close to the Pleiades open star cluster early on Nov. 6

Stargazing
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Black Friday 2025 deals you can already get: Telescope deals, binocular discounts, camera offers and more

By Jase Parnell-Brookes last updated

Deals We've scoured the net for the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on space-related gear, from telescopes to cameras and more.

Deals
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Scientists recreate 'cosmic fireballs' in CERN particle accelerator to hunt for missing gamma-rays

By Robert Lea published

"By reproducing relativistic plasma conditions in the lab, we can measure processes that shape the evolution of cosmic jets and better understand the origin of magnetic fields in intergalactic space."

Astronomy
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the first 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit on April 28, 2025.

Watch Atlas V rocket launch huge communications satellite to orbit today

By Mike Wall published

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the 13,000-pound (5,900 kilograms) ViaSat-3 F2 satellite to orbit today (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
Chinese astronauts installed debris shielding on the Tiangong space station during a six-hour spacewalk on Sept. 26, 2025.

Space debris may have hit a Chinese spacecraft, delaying return of Shenzhou 20 astronauts

By Josh Dinner published

The astronauts of China's three-person Shenzhou 20 mission will wait a little longer before returning to Earth, after a suspected debris impact on their spacecraft.

Human Spaceflight
a close up view of the sun with a fiery tendril extending from the surface out into space and looping back down. the sun's surface looks fuzzy and soft, like you'd want to touch it - but you really shouldn't.

Astrophotographer captures fiery plasma dancing above the sun in stunning close-up video

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Astrophotographer Mark Johnstron captured a mesmerizing cloud of hydrogen plasma dancing above the sun's limb in this breathtaking video.

Astrophotography
Amalthea, the largest of Jupiter's inner satellites, casts a shadow on the giant gas planet in this photo taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft. The moon's shadow has an elongated shape because of its position in relation to Jupiter, but also because the moon itself has an odd shape. Because Jupiter has at least 69 moons, solar eclipses like this one are more common than they are here on Earth.

On this day in space! Nov. 5, 2002: Galileo spacecraft flies by Jupiter's moon Amalthea

By Hanneke Weitering, Elizabeth Howell last updated

On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft was almost out of fuel.

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