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What’s Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

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Ozone Hole Reaches Its 2026 Maximum

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Hubble Sees M30’s Sparkling Stars

A map centered on the South Pole shows ozone concentrations on September 18, 2026. Areas at and below 220 Dobson units, the threshold that defines the ozone hole, appear in yellow, orange, and red, and cover a roughly circular region over Antarctica and part of the Southern Ocean. Higher concentrations surrounding it appear in light to dark blue.

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As NASA launches its Dragonfly rotorcraft toward one of the most extraordinary destinations in the solar system, Saturn’s moon Titan, you can join the mission. Sign up today to have your name placed on a chip aboard Dragonfly and get your personalized boarding pass for this daring exploration adventure. Las tarjetas de embarque también están disponibles en español.

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Dragonfly: Journey to Titan

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Hubble Learns Galactic History From Stars

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NASA, NOAA Track 2026 Antarctic Ozone Hole

The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season

NASA’s Twin ESCAPADE Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth on Way to Mars

Artemis II: Sights & Sounds of Science

What did four astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II mission?

Color-enhanced view of the Moon against black space, showing densely cratered terrain on the left and darker, smoother plains with blue, purple, and brown hues on the right. Shadows emphasize crater rims along the left edge

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

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Eye on Dragonfly

NASA and Johns Hopkins APL give viewers an inside look at NASA’s Dragonfly mission as it reaches another exciting milestone on the path to Saturn’s moon Titan. Hear directly from Dragonfly scientists and engineers as they discuss the spacecraft’s latest progress through integration and testing, explain how Dragonfly will explore Titan, and answer audience questions about the mission.

2026 NASA Science Calendar

A black and white high-resolution image of asteroid Donaldjohanson captured by NASA's Lucy spacecraft on April 20, 2025. The asteroid appears as a contact binary with two distinct lobes connected by an unusual formation at their junction. The surface is gray with numerous small craters and surface features visible across both lobes. The unique dumbbell-like shape reveals what was previously thought to be a simple contact binary (two asteroids fused together) may have a more complex geological history. This close-up image, taken during Lucy's flyby through the main asteroid belt en route to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, provides unprecedented detail of the asteroid's surface features against the black background of space. The asteroid is named after Donald Johanson, who discovered the fossilized human ancestor 'Lucy' for which the spacecraft is named.

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November – Close Encounters of the Asteroid Kind.

NASA Science 2026 artwork commemorating America's 250th Anniversary. The illustration uses blue tones with warm pastel accents showing humanity's space exploration journey. An open history book at the bottom emits light, with Earth emerging above it. A pathway extends from the book past the Moon, Mars, and Saturn into deep space, featuring spacecraft including NISAR, ISS, Parker Solar Probe, LRO, MRO, Dragonfly, NEO Surveyor, Webb, and Roman Space Telescope. An Artemis astronaut and robotic rover appear on opposite pages of the book, with the astronaut stepping onto the cosmic path—symbolizing how scientific discovery leads the way for human exploration in our journey beyond Earth.

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Learn about those of the NASA corps who make “space sailing” their career profession.

A composite image of star cluster NGC 602 nicknamed the 'Cosmic Wreath,' combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope. The image shows a striking ring-like formation of colorful gas and dust (in orange, yellow, green, and blue) resembling a wreath, captured by Webb. At the center and throughout the wreath are bright red spots representing X-ray emissions detected by Chandra, showing hot, young massive stars powering intense stellar winds. The cluster appears set against a backdrop of countless stars and distant galaxies. Located in the Small Magellanic Cloud about 200,000 light-years from Earth, this star-forming region contains stars with fewer heavy elements than our Sun, mimicking conditions from the early universe and providing insights into cosmic evolution before our own solar system formed.

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Adopt a Pixel

OVER 850,000 PIXELS CLAIMED. Did you get yours? Claim your pixel on one of the first images from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! When Roman captures its first images, each pixel will represent a piece of the cosmos never seen before at this resolution. Claim your pixel and be part of this historic moment!

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with large dark sunshields floating against a bright purple field of stars and galaxies.

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What’s Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Meteor Showers, a Spacecraft Milestone, and a Supermoon!

Catch Taurid and Leonid meteors, spot Mars near Jupiter, celebrate Voyager 1’s light-day milestone, and watch November’s supermoon.

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A Spaceship Called Earth

With NASA’s “Your Name in Landsat” online interactive, users can type in their name, then view and export the graphic of that name spelled out in Earth features found in Landsat images.

See Your Name in Landsat

Poster featuring vertical satellite images of Earth's diverse landscapes arranged to spell "EARTHDAY." Below the images, text reads: “Celebrate Earth from space with NASA” on a black background.

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Most Notable 2026 Astronomical Events

This year is busy for avid skywatchers, with some incredible opportunities to view meteor showers, planets, and the Moon in the night sky.

See the Top Sky Watching Events

A horizontal panoramic composition displays four distinct phases of the Moon arranged linearly against a stark, solid black background. Starting from the far left, a Full Moon is shown in complete illumination, revealing the intricate textures of its craters and dark volcanic plains. Moving to the right, the Third Quarter phase appears half-lit on the left side, followed by a New Moon depicted as a faint, dark silhouette barely distinguishable from the void. The sequence concludes on the far right with a First Quarter moon, illuminated on its right half. The progression highlights the stark play of light and shadow across the lunar topography, illustrating a simplified version of the lunar cycle.

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IMAP

Launched September 24, 2025, IMAP will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a huge bubble created by the Sun surrounding and protecting our solar system.

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Pandora

Pandora is a small satellite designed to characterize exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars. It is slated to observe at least 20 different planets during its one year of science operations.

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Dragonfly on the ground

Dragonfly

Dragonfly, the first-of-its-kind rotorcraft to explore another world, will fly to various locations on Saturn’s moon Titan and investigate the moon’s habitability.

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Dive Deeper

NASA Science 2026 artwork commemorating America's 250th Anniversary. The illustration uses blue tones with warm pastel accents showing humanity's space exploration journey. An open history book at the bottom emits light, with Earth emerging above it. A pathway extends from the book past the Moon, Mars, and Saturn into deep space, featuring spacecraft including NISAR, ISS, Parker Solar Probe, LRO, MRO, Dragonfly, NEO Surveyor, Webb, and Roman Space Telescope. An Artemis astronaut and robotic rover appear on opposite pages of the book, with the astronaut stepping onto the cosmic path—symbolizing how scientific discovery leads the way for human exploration in our journey beyond Earth.

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Our science strategy articulates a forward-thinking vision and presents a comprehensive, cohesive and long-term roadmap for all NASA activities.

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