Shenzhou XXIII Crew Runs Brain Experiments in Orbit
Three astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station are conducting brain-science studies during their extended mission.
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This page covers space — exploration missions, astronomy and astrophysics discoveries, commercial launch activity, telescope findings and the policy decisions that govern what nations and private operators do beyond Earth's atmosphere. Reporting reaches from the science to the business and governance questions the new space era has produced.
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November 9, 2026
NASA Invites Public to Signal Voyager 1A Morse code light-signal event marks Voyager 1 reaching one light-day from Earth on November 18, 2026.
November 9, 2026
ESA Funds Norse Navigation Anti-Jamming Maritime SensorsA 17-month European Space Agency contract will develop sensors that keep ships positioned when satellite navigation signals are jammed or spoofed.
November 9, 2026
Innospace to Launch Upgraded Sebit Rocket Nov. 29The South Korean startup plans to test its improved suborbital rocket at Brazil's Alcantara Launch Center after an unsuccessful August maiden flight.
November 8, 2026
Astronomers Find 84 Hidden X-Ray SourcesA team reexamining NASA Chandra archival data uncovered previously unknown low-energy X-ray sources across six galaxies.
November 8, 2026
Ryugu Asteroid Samples Contain All Five NucleobasesA Japanese research team confirmed all five nucleobases in samples returned from the Ryugu asteroid, building on earlier findings from NASA's Bennu mission.
November 8, 2026
SpaceX Video Shows Unknown Object Near Space StationA SpaceX video shows an unidentified object close to the International Space Station, though NASA has not confirmed a near miss.
November 8, 2026
Unusual Radio Signal Detected From K2-155 SystemChinese astronomers report an unusual signal from a star system about 238 light-years away, though its origin remains unconfirmed.
November 7, 2026
Asteroid 1998 KY26 Too Warm to Hold IceResearchers say the small asteroid's temperatures are too high for buried water ice to persist, challenging an explanation for its unusual motion.
November 7, 2026
Venus, Moon and Spica Form Morning TriangleVenus, a waning crescent Moon and the star Spica appear together in the eastern morning sky on November 7.
November 7, 2026
One-Punch Man Season 3 Adds Ending Theme SongThe official anime website revealed that Makoto Furukawa will perform the ending theme for the second part of the third season, with the second part set to premiere in January 2027.
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Statewide reporting centres on mission milestones, launch schedules, telescope imagery and findings, exoplanet and astronomical object discoveries, commercial spaceflight achievements and the government budget and contract decisions that fund or constrain each program. Commercial space has grown into a parallel reporting track alongside government programs, with private launch records, orbital services and eventual crewed missions generating their own news cycle. Space policy — who governs low-Earth orbit, how debris is managed, what treaties cover the moon — has matured from a niche subject into a regular diplomatic and legal beat. Telescope data releases generate some of the most widely shared science coverage, since the imagery is accessible to general readers in a way that most research findings are not.