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Solar storm from 'cannibal' sun eruption may impact power grids, spawn auroras down to Pennsylvania

(SOHO (ESA & NASA))

A powerful 'cannibal' sun eruption may affect Earth's power grids and create abnormally strong northern lights displays tonight (Nov. 4), official say.

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Massive comet exploding over Chile 12,000 years ago may have created strange glassy rocks

(P.H. Schultz/Brown University)

Be grateful you weren't in what is now Chile's Atacama Desert 12,000 years ago. Scientists behind the work now think that all those years ago, one or more huge comets exploded together in the skies over the region.

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Astronomers target habitable exoplanets, black holes and inclusivity as top priorities for next decade

(NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)

We now have a rough sketch of what the next decade could bring in astronomy and astrophysics: the hunt for habitable exoplanets, black hole research and a new space telescope.

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Spaceflight

Tourists a (major) problem at Mars analog site

(The Mars Society/MDRS)

The Mars Desert Research Station has become something of a tourist destination. That's not as great as it sounds for analog astronauts.

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Boeing gets FCC approval for 147-satellite constellation

(Boeing)

The Federal Communications Commission granted the aerospace giant permission on Wednesday (Nov. 3), which places Boeing into an increasingly crowded market for service against giants such as SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's planned Kuiper constellations.

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China launches military satellites into orbit after delay

(CASC)

State media reported the second cluster of Yaogan-32 satellites flew to space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near the Gobi Desert. Watch a video of the launch.

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Science & Astronomy

Hubble telescope spots a bizarre 'superbubble' in space

(NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll and D. Gouliermis (Universität Heidelberg), et al.)

Wispy clouds of gas and a strange "superbubble" dominate the view of a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Scientists aren't exactly sure how it formed.

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French astronaut on space station calls for climate change action now

(Thomas Pesquet/ESA/Twitter)

A French astronaut in space shared his current view of Earth and a call to address global warming as international leaders meet at a United Nations summit on climate.

Full Story: Space (11/3)

Enormous 'shipyard' of ancient galaxies discovered 11 billion light-years away

(ESA/NASA)

The giant structure, called a protocluster, contains more than 60 galaxies and is 11 billion light-years from Earth, so far away that scientists are observing a part of the universe that is only 3 billion years old.

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Technology

China's hypersonic weapon test no cause for panic, experts say

(China Manned Space Engineering Office)

China's mysterious space-tech test is not a sign that the sky is falling, experts say. The hypersonic vehicle ended up missing its target by just 24 miles (39 kilometers) or so.

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Mining the moon's water will require a massive infrastructure investment, but should we do it?

(Astrobotic)

As we set our sights on embarking back to the moon, we will be bringing with us all our bad habits, including our urge for unrestrained consumption.

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Skywatching

Here's how to see Uranus at its brightest in the sky

(SkySafari)

The distant blue planet Uranus reaches its closest point to Earth today (Nov. 4). While it's a tough world to spot with your naked eye, with binoculars or a telescope you'll have a chance to see this fascinating world at its best.

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Entertainment

'Space Titans' goes inside a billionaires' space race on Discovery+ (exclusive clip)

(Discovery+)

In "Space Titans," a new documentary launching today (Nov. 4), SpaceX founder Elon Musk shares the secret of his company's Falcon 9 rocket success. See it today on Discovery+.

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See the 1st full trailer for 'Moonfall,' Roland Emmerich's new sci-fi disaster film

(Lionsgate)

The first full trailer for Roland Emmerich's new sci-fi devastation spectacular, "Moonfall" has arrived and it promises epic destruction on an unprecedented scale. Cool.

Full Story: Space (11/3)