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See stunning photos of November's full 'Beaver Moon' — the biggest supermoon of 2025

November 7, 2025

The November full moon put on a magnificent show for stargazers on Nov. 5, as the largest and brightest supermoon of 2025 flooded the sky with reflected sunlight mere hours before it reached its closest point to Earth in its 27-day orbit. November’s full moon is also known as the “Beaver Moon”, in reference to the period when the buck-toothed mammals become particularly active in…

Surprise geomagnetic storm arrives early as NOAA warns more solar impacts are on their way today

November 7, 2025

A geomagnetic storm surprised forecasters overnight as material from recent solar eruptions arrived earlier than expected, briefly reaching strong (G3) levels. Now, NOAA has a G3 geomagnetic storm watch in effect as Earth braces for further impacts from multiple coronal mass…

Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacific

November 6, 2025

The sun has fired off not one but two colossal X-class solar flares in less than 12 hours, causing radio blackouts across the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption and marking a dramatic uptick in solar activity. Each of the X-flares was accompanied by a…

How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope's blurry vision

November 6, 2025

Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. But a team of Australian researchers created an AI algorithm that fixes the problem — a major relief for the scientific community, which hopes to use the instrument to search for exoplanets around stars in our Milky Way galaxy. The affected instrument is the Aperture Masking Interferometer (API), designed and built by a team of astronomers led by…

Trump renominates billionaire Jared Isaacman for NASA chief in major reversal

November 6, 2025

Jared Isaacman is in line to be NASA chief — again. President Donald Trump just tapped the billionaire tech entrepreneur to lead the U.S. space agency, five months after pulling his nomination for the same post. “Jared’s passion for Space, astronaut experience…

See 2 of Jupiter's moons cast vast shadows over the planet early on Nov. 5

November 5, 2025

In a Nutshell On Nov. 5 after midnight, use a telescope to see Jupiter with shadows of its moons Io and Europa passing in front. A 6-inch or larger telescope is needed for viewing details on Jupiter's surface. Io's shadow will be on the right, while Europa's…

Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches Sentinel-1D Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)

November 5, 2025

Europe’s Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket took to the skies for the fourth time ever today (Nov. 4). An Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today at 4:02 p.m. EST (2102 GMT; 6:02 p.m. local time in Kourou), carrying the Sentinel-1D Earth-observation satellite to low Earth orbit (LEO). The Ariane 6 deployed Sentinel-1D about 33.5 minutes after liftoff today as…

Scientists detect biggest black hole flare ever seen — with the power of 10 trillion suns

November 5, 2025

Astronomers have spotted the biggest flare ever seen erupting around a black hole, which also happens to be the most distant flare of this type ever detected. Discovered using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), the flare erupted from the supermassive black hole at the…

The International Space Station will fall to Earth in 2030. Can a private space station really fill its gap?

November 4, 2025

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030, its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity’s ambitions for it. By the time that the International Space Station (ISS)…

Don't miss the biggest full moon of the year rise on Nov. 5 — Here's what to expect

November 4, 2025

The biggest full moon of 2025, a so-called supermoon, will rise on Wednesday, Nov. 5, lighting up the night sky with its dramatic glow. At 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT), the moon will reach its closest point to the Earth for the year, known as perigee, at a distance of 221,726 miles (356,833 kilometers). Nine hours and 11 minutes prior to that, the moon will officially turn full. It will, in fact, be…