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SpaceX launches the 100th mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX launched 29 of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Nov. 20), on the 100th mission of the year to take off from Florida's Space Coast.

Should I wait for Black Friday to get a streaming subscription?
By Alexander Cox published
With Black Friday 2025 fast approaching, is it worth waiting for the sales event in the hope of a streaming deal appearing, or should you subscribe now?

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.

Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin's landed New Glenn booster is so clean
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket remained strikingly clean and white after two trips through Earth's atmosphere last week. Here's why the booster stayed largely char-free.

James Webb Space Telescope spots rapidly feeding supermassive black hole in the infant universe: 'This discovery is truly remarkable.'
By Robert Lea published
"This challenges our understanding of black hole and galaxy formation in the early universe."

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will build a 'super heavy' version of its powerful New Glenn rocket
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin plans to build an even more powerful version of its partially reusable New Glenn rocket, which aced its second-ever launch just last week.

Earth and Theia smashed to birth the moon, but did they first start out as close neighbors?
By Robert Lea published
"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system. Earth and Theia are likely to have been neighbors."

AI helps build the most detailed Milky Way simulation ever, mapping 100 billion stars
By Keith Cooper published
Simulating a billion years using previous best-resolution simulations would take almost 36 years of real computing time.
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