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NASA

• NASA Announces $1 Million to Students for Moon Base Challenge
  November 8, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  On Sunday, NASA announced the opening of its $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge during a MAX POWER event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. As part of a Golden Age of Science, the competition invites student teams at U.S. high schools and post-secondary schools to contribute designs for the Moon Base. “We’re […]
• APOD: 2026 November 8 – Major Fireball Meteor
  November 8, 2026
  APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 8 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Major Fireball Meteor […]
• NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects
  November 7, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA announced a suite of awards and mission updates on Saturday to expand the agency’s Moon Base exploration, science, and infrastructure capabilities. The investments will advance commercial robotic deliveries, a nuclear-powered rover named PROMISE, launch and orbital transfer services, and surface infrastructure as the agency works with American industry to establish a sustained presence on […]
• NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps
  November 7, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA is looking for the explorers who will help write the next chapter of human spaceflight. Applications are now open for the agency’s next class of astronauts, who will join NASA as America returns to the Moon, builds the Moon Base, and lays the groundwork for the first crewed missions to Mars. The next generation […]
• APOD: 2026 November 7 – De Gerlache-Kocher Massif
  November 7, 2026
  APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 7 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. De Gerlache-Kocher Massif […]

SpaceNews

• CesiumAstro Secures $730 Million in Janus Henderson-Led Series D at a Valuation Above $4.5 Billion; Unveils Synchronicity Satellite Constellation Following Fully Successful Element-1 Mission
  November 5, 2026
• Cork Takes the Heat So DRACO’s Data Can Survive
  November 5, 2026
• Building a ‘highway to the moon and back’ with Winnie Lai
  November 5, 2026
• Simera Sense and Spacemanic to Collaborate on a New Complete Dual-Use Mission Solution
  November 3, 2026
• DETUMBLER: Airbus’ Passive Spin Stabilization Solution
  November 3, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Physicists listened to electrical noise to crack a superconductor mystery
  by Jacek Krywko
• The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how.
  by Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine
• Earth's churning mantle may have created the Great Unconformity
  by Jacek Krywko
• Software squeezes more data out of Webb Telescope for imaging exoplanets
  by John Timmer
• Statehouse wins give Democrats new power to push clean energy
  by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News