Jspace Newshttps://jspacenews.com/Jspace News covers rocket launches, space missions, astronomy and the space industry, reported from agency and mission sources and checked before we publish.en-US NOIRLab reports the oldest known compact quasar pair, seen 900 million years after the Big Banghttps://jspacenews.com/astronomy/compact-quasar-pair-cosmic-dawn-gemini-webb-november-2026/https://jspacenews.com/astronomy/compact-quasar-pair-cosmic-dawn-gemini-webb-november-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000AstronomyGemini North and Webb data point to two feeding black holes about 18,100 light-years apart, but NOIRLab says lensing is not yet fully ruled out. Curiosity drills its 49th hole on Mars, in a rock crowded with what may be crystal shapeshttps://jspacenews.com/missions/curiosity-49th-drill-hole-nazca-november-2026/https://jspacenews.com/missions/curiosity-49th-drill-hole-nazca-november-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000MissionsNASA's rover team chose the Nazca block for its disc- and needle-shaped forms, which one idea says grew as crystals. Lab results were still to come. FAA proposes three changes to commercial launch safety rules, citing a 2025 executive orderhttps://jspacenews.com/industry/faa-part-450-launch-safety-rule-proposals-november-2026/https://jspacenews.com/industry/faa-part-450-launch-safety-rule-proposals-november-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000Industry & PolicyThe proposals, open for comment until December 9, would change how operators show protection against multiple-casualty events. A fourth rule fixes errors. How astronomers measure distances in space, from parallax to redshifthttps://jspacenews.com/astronomy/how-astronomers-measure-distances-parallax-redshift/https://jspacenews.com/astronomy/how-astronomers-measure-distances-parallax-redshift/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000AstronomyAstronomers chain parallax, stars of known brightness and redshift to span the universe, and the expansion rate they give disagrees with a second method. Cryogenic engine for India's next GSLV launch passes its acceptance test, ISRO sayshttps://jspacenews.com/launches/isro-gslv-f19-cryogenic-engine-test-november-2026/https://jspacenews.com/launches/isro-gslv-f19-cryogenic-engine-test-november-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000LaunchesThe 200-second firing on November 5 matched predictions, ISRO said. The engine is to fly on GSLV-F19 with the NVS-04 satellite; no launch date was given. Two studies say the LISA observatory could detect planets orbiting pairs of white dwarfshttps://jspacenews.com/astronomy/lisa-gravitational-waves-white-dwarf-planets-november-2026/https://jspacenews.com/astronomy/lisa-gravitational-waves-white-dwarf-planets-november-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000AstronomyPapers published November 10 describe how a planet would mark the gravitational waves from paired white dwarfs, and how Webb could confirm it. NASA's second yearlong simulated Mars mission ends after 378 days in a Houston habitathttps://jspacenews.com/missions/nasa-chapea-mission-2-ends-378-days-november-2026/https://jspacenews.com/missions/nasa-chapea-mission-2-ends-378-days-november-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000MissionsFour volunteers left NASA's mock Mars habitat in Houston on October 31 after 378 days; nobody left Earth. Two weeks of debriefs follow, NASA says. What NASA's next Cygnus cargo ship carries, and how it gets to the space stationhttps://jspacenews.com/launches/nasa-northrop-grumman-crs-25-cygnus-xl-explained/https://jspacenews.com/launches/nasa-northrop-grumman-crs-25-cygnus-xl-explained/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000LaunchesNASA has targeted no earlier than November 29 to launch CRS-25 on a Falcon 9. The Cygnus XL is then to stay at the station until May 2027. Leonid meteors, Mars beside Jupiter and a supermoon: what to see in the sky in late November 2026https://jspacenews.com/skywatch/night-sky-late-november-2026-leonids-mars-jupiter-supermoon/https://jspacenews.com/skywatch/night-sky-late-november-2026-leonids-mars-jupiter-supermoon/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000Sky WatchMars and Jupiter appear 1.2 degrees apart on November 15-16, the Leonids peak around November 17 and a supermoon follows on November 24, NASA says. Rocket Lab posts $268 million quarter and now expects Neutron's first launch in 2027https://jspacenews.com/industry/rocket-lab-q3-2026-results-neutron-2027-november-2026/https://jspacenews.com/industry/rocket-lab-q3-2026-results-neutron-2027-november-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 21:47:00 +0000Industry & PolicyRevenue rose 73% from a year earlier and backlog reached $3.57 billion, Rocket Lab said, while a flaw in a composite tank pushed back its new rocket.