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- This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.
- On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and most laughable) movies about critters from outer space!
- Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket has successfully completed a static fire test ahead of launching NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
- After an asteroid struck Finland long ago, microscopic life colonized the impact site within a few million years, new research reveals.
- Research shows a full moon can modestly affect sleep, but its influence on mental health is much less certain.
- "The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets at similar distances, remains unclear."
- Footage from a NOAA satellite taken Oct. 28 shows Melissa’s deadly spin as it moves across the Caribbean.
- The European Southern Observatory captured a nebula bat during a survey of the Milky Way's galactic plane.
- From Orwell's dystopian paranoia to Jeff VanderMeer's ecological nightmares, these science-fiction horror novels explore fear on every scale.
- Read on to discover where comets Lemmon, SWAN and 3I/ATLAS are in the Halloween night sky on Oct. 21 and find out if they're a stargazing trick, or a telescopic treat.