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• APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette
  November 5, 2026
  APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 5 –… 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. Enceladus in Silhouette […]
• Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
  November 5, 2026
  The third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea exposes an ancient piece of the ocean floor and hosts a clowder of cats.
• NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research 
  November 5, 2026 by Cheryl Warner
  On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies.  The crewed X-70 features advanced, rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to explore […]
• NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon
  November 4, 2026 by Lee Mohon
  In an update on Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders shared the agency’s path to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2028. Agency leadership provided updates on the previously announced acceleration plans for the Artemis program, advancing toward the agency’s Artemis III test flight in 2027 and Artemis IV Moon […]
• NASA Announces Ka-Band Satellite Relay Awards for Space Communications
  November 4, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  NASA selected three companies on Wednesday to perform work to develop Ka-band space relay capability concepts that are compatible with current missions in space, ensuring service continuity for existing spacecraft without requiring modifications to their onboard systems. Through this work, NASA will aim to acquire end-to-end solutions that include space, ground, launch, operations, and integration […]

SpaceNews

• 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
• How to Expand Reliable, Flexible Access to Space
  November 2, 2026
• ESI supplying solar array components to missile defense programs
  October 30, 2026
• Advice for optimizing the space industry with Laura Crabtree
  October 29, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don't agree
  by John Timmer
• The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money
  by Kenza Bryan, Financial Times
• Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
  by Jacek Krywko