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Watch Atlas V rocket launch huge communications satellite to orbit today
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.
Space debris may have hit a Chinese spacecraft, delaying return of Shenzhou 20 astronauts
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.
Astrophotographer captures fiery plasma dancing above the sun in stunning close-up video
Astrophotographer Mark Johnstron captured a mesmerizing cloud of hydrogen plasma dancing above the sun's limb in this breathtaking video.
On this day in space! Nov. 5, 2002: Galileo spacecraft flies by Jupiter's moon Amalthea
On Nov. 5, 2002, NASA's old Galileo spacecraft was almost out of fuel.
The Milky Way arcs over the Very Large Telescope | Space photo of the day for Nov. 5, 2025
Under the untouched darkness of Chile's Atacama Desert, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope stands beneath an arching Milky Way.
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit today
Rocket Lab will launch its sixth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS this afternoon (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live.
The largest supermoon of 2025 rises tonight: What to know about the November full moon
November's full supermoon occurs as the moon draws close to Earth in its 27-day orbit.
Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacific
The back-to-back eruptions caused radio blackouts across two hemispheres as the active sunspots turn to face Earth.
