Hypersonic

 Russia has conducted another hypersonic mussile test.

This rime, the missile reportedly hit the target.

Eggshell Planets

 A new study finds there may be "rggshell" planets-- worlds with extremely thin crusts and ultrasmooth surfaces.

Astronomers may have already found three.

Perseverance

 Perseverance has now collected three rock samples.

The plan is to bring the samples to Earth at some point.

UFO

  The Pentagon is forming a task force on the UFO issue.

Congress may also establish a permanent office within the Pentagon to investigate UFOs.

 

DART

 NASA has launched its DART mission.

The goal of the mission is to test techniques for redirecting asteroids.

Ingenuity

 Ingemioty flew again on Mars Sunday.

It was the little helicopter's 16th flight.

UFOs

 Director of National Intelligence Avtil Haines has publicly stated UFOs may be alien craft.

Our sensors and systems continue to improve, and we are getting more and better data on these occurrences.

ISS

 On this day in 1998, the first piece of ISS reached orbit.

Now, privatizing ISS might extend its life into the next decade.

Eclipse

 There was a three hour long partial linar eclipse over North America last night.

It was the longest such eclipse since 1440.

Starship

 SpaceX plans to fly Starship to orbit early next year, according to Elon Musk.

The company plans several such test flights for next year.

Russis

 Russia tested an anti-satellite system recently by destroying one of its own derelict satellites,

The resulting debris is one more danger to spaceflight.

Artemis

 Estimates are the Artemis lunar program will cost $93 billion.

Apollo cost $25 billion, but straight comparisons are extremely difficult.

UFO

 A photographer snapped pictures of a  "doughnut UFO" over Zurich last week.

There is as yet no explanation for it/

De Vries

 Glen de Vries, a crewmate of William Shatner in their Blue Origin spaceflight, has been killed in a plane crash.

He was 49.

Life

 Some scientists are urging a broader search for life in the universe, looking for biosignatures on exopllanets, for example.

The next generation of large Earth-based telescopes will be able to start that process.

Crew 3

 After s dramatic night launch, Crew 3 is on its way to ISS.

The four astrinauts are scheduled for six months there.

Splashdown

 SpaceX astronauts have safely splashed down.

They spent six months on ISS.

VG

 Virgin Galactic reports it has sold 700 seats at $450,000 each.

Commercial operations are expected to begin next year.

MUFON

 Six hundred UFO sightings worldwide were reported to MUFON in October.

Of those, 479 were in the United States.

Perseverance

 Perseverance has spotted layered rock in Jezera Crater.

The layered rock suggests the presence of liquid water in the past.

Early Water

 Astronomers have found traces of water vapor in a galaxy nearly 13 billion years ago.

It's the oldest such find yet.

Comets

 Scientists think one or more huge comets exploded over what is now the Atacama Desert roughly 12,000 years ago.

There is also evidence that a large body-- possibly a comet-- slammed into Greenland at about that same time.

SPS

 Some researchers say space-based solar power could be with us within a decade.

That cou3d be a game-changer,

Comet 29P

 Comet 29P is erupting unpredictibly.

A team of amateur and professional astronomers is trying to understand how.

Camel

 Astronomers have found three examples in other galaxies of huge explosions that appear suddenly in the visuble spectrum and disappear in weeks, not years.

The latest one is called "the Camel."