Black Friday officially starts on Friday, Nov. 24, but we're already starting to see early Black Friday telescope deals, binocular deals, discounts on star projectors, camera price drops, Lego, drones and more. So for space fans looking for a good deal for holiday gifts now might be the right time to start shopping.
If you're looking for a telescope for your budding stargazer this holiday season, our guide here has everything you need to know, from beginner models to astrophotography-friendly instruments and more. Explore the moon, planets and deep space!
Lego's version of NASA's Apollo 11 moon lander, complete with two moonwalkers, is still $20 off today for Lego Insiders, the toy company's free rewards program. If this set is on your list, you'll want to strike now while supplies last as it could sell out over Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
SpaceX's giant Starship met another explosive end over the weekend.
The company's next-generation Starship and Super Heavy megarocket — the largest ever built — launched on its second-ever test flight on Nov. 18, and even reached space for the first time. But the Starship vehicle blew itself up and its Super Heavy first stage didn't survive long after separation.
Starship, the world's biggest rocket, knows how to pose when launching into space. You wont' want to miss these amazing photos and videos of the giant SpaceX rocket launching on its second-ever test flight on Nov. 18. Check them out!
NASA's X-59 Quesst may be "quiet" when it breaks the sound barrier, but it will sport a loud color scheme. The experimental supersonic jet is ready to rock a red, white and blue color scheme ahead of it's first flight in which it will quietly shatter the sound barrier over Earth.
Algol makes up one of the "eyes" of Medusa's head that Perseus carries in the night sky. But this week, it's going to wink as it gets eclipse by another star. Here's what will happen.
The second-ever test flight of SpaceX's giant Starship rocket has spurred an investigation, just as the first one did. SpaceX will have to figure out why Saturday's test flight ended just eight minutes after liftoff and explain it to the FAA.
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli recently saw Iran from the International Space Station. Her parents fled the country in 1979 and she has been unable to visit it during her lifetime. "This may be the closest I will ever ge," she wrote of seeing the country from space.
(X-ray: NASA/CXC/UMass/D. Wang et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/D.Wang et al.; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC/S.Stolovy)
Sophie Kastner is a musical composer who translated the unlistenable into song, turning nuanced data emanating from the heart of our Milky Way into the notes of a dissonant symphony. "It's like writing a fictional story that is largely based on real facts," she says.
Women have worked in Antarctica only since the late 1970s, prior to which they were officially banned by countries that organized research programs on the continent. Apparently, "the rigors of the continent were too great for the women and the rigors of providing separate bathroom facilities were too great for the program administrators."
SpaceX's Starship megarocket didn't ace its second-ever test flight Saturday, but it performed well enough to draw praise from some pretty important people. "Congrats to the teams who made progress on today's flight test. Spaceflight is a bold adventure demanding a can-do spirit and daring innovation," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says of the flight.
And if you can't get enough of Starship: SpaceX's Starship has launched into space and landed as a Mattel Matchbox toy. The Starship, along with two new SpaceX Dragon capsules and an upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket, are part of a multi-year licensing agreement between SpaceX and Mattel.
