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China’s first heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket launches into space from the country’s Wenchang launch center on Hainan Island at 8:43 p.m. Beijing Time on Nov. 3, 2016. China’s powerful new heavy-lift rocket soared on its maiden flight today (Nov. 3), bringing the nation one step closer to building its own space station in Earth […]

Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar (right) and Sandra Hanington, president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint join other officials for the unveiling of the “View of Canada From Space” coin at Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Nov. 1. Twenty-five years after Canada’s first woman lifted off into space, the nation has launched a […]

A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H2-A rocket launches Japan’s Himawari-9 weather satellite into orbit from the Tanegashima Space Center on Nov. 2, 2016. WASHINGTON —  A Japanese H-2A rocket launched the Himawari-9 geostationary weather satellite   Wednesday (Nov. 2), marking the workhorse rocket’s second and final launch of 2016. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency […]

Astrophotographer Sébastien Joly sent in a photo of a Taurid meteor captured over Lake Cerknica in Slovenia, on Nov. 10, 2015. While the Taurid meteor shower doesn’t have a lot of shooting stars to offer, the few that will streak across the sky in the coming days will be bright, spectacular fireballs. Skywatchers in the […]

Artist’s conception of Earth’s solar system (not to scale). A good book about space can feed a kid’s obsession or inspire a brand new interest in exploring the wonders of the universe. Here are Space.com writers’ and editors’ suggestions of great books about space exploration and space science for kids. (We are constantly reading new […]

Buzz Aldrin’s ShareSpace Foundation is offering a limited edition t-shirt in celebration of Gemini 12’s 50th anniversary. Before he became one of the first men to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin took the first selfie in space. Now, half a century later, Aldrin wants to put his trailblazing self-portrait on your body. “November is […]

Researchers combined data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph as well as the Big Bear Solar Observatory in California. In doing so, they followed a solar wave’s path upward from the sun’s surface into its atmosphere for the first time. For the first time, a certain type of solar wave was […]

Being afraid of the dark is a big problem for an aspiring astronaut. In retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s new book, “The Darkest Dark” (Little, Brown and Co., 2016), a young Chris struggles with the alien-filled shadows of his bedroom the night before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step down onto the moon. Retired Canadian […]

By Steve Spaleta | November 2, 2016 11:45am ET Saturn, Venus and the Moon will be close in the southwest sky after sunset. Jupiter and the moon will be near each other in the before dawn skies as well. Also, three meteor showers (Taurid, Leonid, Orionid) are on tap this month. Best Telescopes for Hobbyists […]

A view Saturn and its iconic rings, taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The rings may be pieces of torn-apart dwarf planets, a new study suggests. The rings of Saturn , Neptune and Uranus are composed of pieces of Pluto-like dwarf planets that strayed too close to the giant worlds long ago, a new study suggests. […]