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Kelly Kizer Whitt
Visible planets and night sky guide for November
Visible planets and night sky guide: Watch our video to discover the Leonid meteor shower’s spectacular history, what to expect in 2026, and how to catch the show!
November 11, 2026
Space
This active asteroid has grown a tail! What happened?
Active asteroid 1995 BJ4 has grown a cometlike tail, leaving astronomers wondering what’s happening.
November 11, 2026
Celebrate as Voyager 1 reaches 1 light-day from Earth! Here’s how
The Voyager 1 spacecraft - launched from Earth in 1977 - will become the 1st human-made object to reach 1 light-day from Earth on November 18.
November 10, 2026
Space
Backward world? Rubin finds a retrograde object past Neptune
The Rubin Observatory in Chile has discovered a retrograde object in our solar system. It circles the sun in a highly inclined orbit beyond Neptune.
November 8, 2026
The constellation Andromeda the Chained Lady
The constellation Andromeda the Chained Lady is most famous for containing M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way.
November 6, 2026
Hera mission begins asteroid defense investigation: 1st closeup views!
The Hera mission just got its 1st closeup view of Didymos and its little moonlet Dimorphos. Soon it will begin investigating the aftermath of the DART impact.
November 5, 2026
Swift spacecraft fell back to Earth in a fiery blaze
The Swift spacecraft fell back to Earth as a fiery streak of light on November 4. See videos here of its blazing reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
November 5, 2026
ESCAPADE mission to fly past Earth twice in 2 days
On November 7 and 9, 2026, the twin probes of the ESCAPADE mission — first Blue and then Gold — will perform flybys of Earth on the way to Mars.
November 5, 2026
Today's Image
The moon and Jupiter play hide-and-seek. More pics here!
The moon and Jupiter played hide-and-seek on November 3, 2026. And they'll pair up again at the end of the month! Find out more.
November 5, 2026
Dark nebulae are star-obscuring clouds of gas and dust
Dark nebulae are clouds of gas and dust in space. They block the light of stars shining behind them. Often, they're locations where new stars are forming.
November 5, 2026
