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NASA

• Outbursts from a Massive Star
  November 13, 2026 by HQ Web Team
  Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered what is triggering repeated outbursts from a giant, unstable star located in the galaxy shown in this image released on Nov. 9, 2026. The volatile star, known as AT 2016blu, is in the spiral galaxy NGC 4559, located about 30 million light-years from Earth. Astronomers estimate the […]
• Gemini Astronaut Photos Inspired Early Earth Observation Program
  November 13, 2026 by Michele Ostovar
  Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. orbited Earth from November 11 to 15, 1966, on Gemini XII, the final mission of NASA’s Gemini program. In addition to successfully completing rendezvous maneuvers and spacewalks, procedures vital to sending American astronauts to the Moon, the crew was also spurring the development of […]
• APOD: 2026 November 13 – NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
  November 13, 2026
  APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 13 – NGC… 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. NGC 206 […]
• A Global Rebound for Mangroves
  November 13, 2026
  After decades of decline, this ecologically significant type of forest is making a comeback.
• I Am Artemis Katie Spicer
  November 12, 2026 by Lee Mohon
  For Katie Spicer, embracing opportunity and challenge has led to giant leaps during her time at NASA. Now as the NASA lander integration lead for Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 lander, one of the commercially provided human landing systems for NASA’s Artemis program, Spicer will have her handprint on history. Spicer works in the […]

SpaceNews

• Commercial Space Federation Welcomes CesiumAstro as a New Associate Member
  November 13, 2026
• AST SpaceMobile presses case for developing own launch vehicle
  November 13, 2026
• UARX Space Marks a Milestone for Spain’s Space Industry with the Maiden Flight of OSSIE-D, Featuring a Complete Power Subsystem Supplied by DHV Technology
  November 12, 2026
• What role does industry play in Europe’s space sovereignty push?
  November 12, 2026
• Senate committee takes up nominees for NASA chief financial officer and inspector general
  November 12, 2026

ArsTechnica

• James Webb telescope finds ice older than the star it orbits
  by Jacek Krywko
• Winemakers are learning that conservation can be good for business
  by Hannah V. Herrero, Erin L. Bunting, Jane Southworth, Jason K. Blackburn, and Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, The Conversation
• In elephants, the resilience of communities has its limits
  by Jacek Krywko
• It's the end of the world as we know it, per a physicist's 1960 prediction
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Scientists warn 1.5°C climate change threshold could arrive by 2029
  by Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News