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November 19, 2024

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How to watch SpaceX launch Starship megarocket today

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Just before sunset this evening (Nov. 19) on the outskirts of the southernmost town in Texas, SpaceX's Starship rocket is scheduled to launch on its sixth test flight to space, and you can watch it live on Space.com. Today's launch is scheduled to lift off during a 30-minute window that opens at 5:00 p.m. EST (2100 GMT; 4 p.m. local Texas time). The livestream for SpaceX's Starship Flight 6 will begin 30 minutes before the opening of the launch window, around 4:30 p.m. EST (2030 GMT). SpaceX's official stream can be found through the company's X account, which will be simulcast on the Space.com YouTube channel, VideoFromSpace. Live coverage of the launch will also appear at the top of the Space.com homepage.

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Pentagon UFO office testifies to US Senate today. Watch live.

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A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hear from the Pentagon's UFO office tomorrow, and you can watch live. Director Jon T. Kosloski of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, will testify before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on Tuesday (Nov. 19) starting at 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT). A closed-door session off-limits to the public will be held prior to the open session, beginning at 3:15 p.m. ET (2015 GMT). You can watch the hearing live at Space.com, courtesy of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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Skywatching

Aurora forecast: Will the northern lights be visible tonight?

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Auroras are one of the most dazzling shows in the night sky, but to see them, you have to be in the right place at the right time. Our aurora forecast live blog tells you everything you need to know about upcoming geomagnetic activity and the likelihood of seeing the northern lights depending on your location. We will also keep you informed of any significant space weather events such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and coronal holes which could bring strong aurora-sparking solar winds our way.

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Spaceflight

Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch

(Blue Origin)

Blue Origin's ninth crewed spaceflight will lift off this week, if all goes according to plan. Jeff Bezos' aerospace company announced today (Nov. 18) that it's targeting Friday (Nov. 22) for the launch of NS-28, which will send "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space. Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket-capsule combo will lift off from the company's West Texas spaceport on Friday during a window that opens at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT; 9:30 a.m. local Texas time). You can watch the action live here at Space.com courtesy of Blue Origin, or directly via the company; the webcast will begin 30 minutes before liftoff.

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Science & Astronomy

Hubble witnesses Milky Way strip its galactic neighbor of gas

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A brand new study based on Hubble Space Telescope observations has thrown weight behind our galaxy's reputation as a bully, showing that the size of the LMC's halo is around ten times smaller than halos of other galaxies that have the LMC's mass, which hints at a past incident with the Milky Way in which our galaxy stripped the LMC of some of its material. Researchers used observations of the LMC from Hubble's ultraviolet vision.

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SpaceX

SpaceX's Starship booster catch looked just like the render

(SpaceX)

A new video released ahead of SpaceX's next Starship launch shows just how perfectly the rocket booster nailed its first landing.

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Technology

Rocket startup ABL Space Systems ends orbital launch plans

(ABL Space Systems)

ABL Space Systems is dropping plans to compete in the launch market and is switching its focus to missile programs for U.S. national defense. ABL, founded in 2017, had attempted to reach orbit with its RS1 rocket, but suffered setbacks when the first attempt saw the rocket fall back to the launch pad and explode on Alaska's Kodiak island in January 2023. The second RS1 was also destroyed during preflight testing in July this year. Now, the company is dropping out of the launch market and turning its attention to missile defense, ABL's co-founder and president Dan Piemont wrote in a social media post on Nov. 14.

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