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- March 21
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- We chat to legendary space shuttle commander Eileen Collins about her new documentary, 'Spacewoman' (interview)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 202 — Artemis Imminent
- Artemis Accords nations grapple with how to handle emergencies and 'harmful interference' on the moon
- The loneliest places in the universe might actually be some of the best places for life
- Would you like to know more about 'Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!'? Developer Auroch Digital has the answers (interview)
- March 20
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- Astronomers keep finding new moons of Jupiter and Saturn
- US Space Force moves GPS launch to SpaceX Falcon 9 due to Vulcan rocket glitch
- 'Project Hail Mary' is an optimistic look towards the stars, and we need that right now (review)
- Hubble Space Telescope accidentally witnesses comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart
- Northern lights may be visible in 18 states tonight and over the weekend
- Rocket Lab scores $190 million launch deal to test hypersonic tech for US military
- Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to launch pad | Space photo of the day for March 20, 2026
- NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket arrives back at the launch pad
- Northern lights could get a boost from the spring equinox this weekend — here's why
- NASA won't give up hope on silent MAVEN Mars probe: 'We're still looking for it'
- Astronomers missed a space explosion as powerful as a billion suns — until they spotted its echo
- A not-so-equal equinox: Why day beats night on the 1st day of spring
- March 19
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- These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can't penetrate
- 'A great relief!' Europe's Proba-3 solar-eclipse satellite phones home after a month of silence
- Earthshine will reveal the moon's hidden face tonight— here's how to see it
- Private South Korean rocket exploded last December due to hardware failure, investigation finds
- Lego's first-ever Tintin set is coming next month and it's a space-themed Lego Tintin Moon rocket
- Sci-fi author Andy Weir explains the astrobiology behind 'Project Hail Mary' (interview)
- NASA peers inside an asteroid | Space photo of the day for March 19, 2026
- Ohio fireball may have dropped meteorites between Akron and Canton — should you pick it up if you find one?
- An AI cyberattack could trigger a satellite apocalypse in the next 2 years. Are we prepared?
- Rocket Lab launches private Japanese 'Strix' satellite
- You can stream the two 'missing' Doctor Who episodes when travelling, save 73% and claim a free $50 voucher when you sign up for two years of NordVPN
- Watch NASA roll out Artemis 2 moon rocket tonight ahead of April 1 launch
- March 18
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- Lithuanian tech firms look to push laser communication and optical computing to a new level
- 'At the edge of what we thought possible': Astronomers find extremely rare star from ancient universe
- Astronauts complete prep for new ISS solar array on 1st NASA spacewalk in 10 months
- How to watch 'Invincible' Season 4 online and from anywhere
- SpaceX fires up next-gen 'V3' Starship for 1st time ahead of April launch (photos)
- 'Starfield' is finally coming to PS5, alongside DLC that adds new quests and the ability to fly between planets
- Chinese astronaut conducts record-tying 6th spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)
- 'Firefly' is getting an animated series featuring the original cast, and we're all shiny with anticipation
- One of the youngest visible moons of the year appears alongside Venus tonight — here's how to see it
- Northern lights may be visible in 18 states March 19
- X-59 gets ready for 2nd test flight | Space photo of the day for March 18, 2026
- New moon of March 2026 brings stunning views of Jupiter, Venus, zodiacal light and more this week
- Rainfall, rivers and seas: How Earth can prepare us to explore Saturn's moon Titan
- Missed Star Trek: Starfleet Academy or just want to binge-watch again? Get this Ferengi-approved Paramount Plus streaming deal, 79% cheaper for two months
- Beyond Artemis 2: NASA pursuing a 'more achievable' path back to the moon
- Watch live today: NASA astronauts conducting spacewalk delayed by ISS medical evacuation
- March 17
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- X-ray spacecraft watches monster black hole wake up and fire cosmic bullets at starburst galaxy
- Dune: Part Three teaser: Five talking points from Denis Villeneuve's return to Arrakis
- Where are all the aliens? Maybe they just don't want to talk to us
- Ryugu asteroid sample contains all five key components of DNA, scientists find
- ExpressVPN is at its lowest ever price, get 82% off, and enjoy Season 5 of 'For All Mankind' and spinoff series 'Star City' with uninterrupted viewing from anywhere
- SpaceX launches 10,000th active Starlink satellite in low Earth orbit (video)
- Rare daytime fireball spotted from orbit as residents report powerful sonic boom
- Satellite watches wall of dust roll through Texas | Space photo of the day for March 17, 2026
- NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad on March 19
- 'Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord' cuts into Disney+ with a brutal 2nd trailer full of Inquisitors (video)
- Aurora alert! Powerful geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois tonight
- 16 time-travel methods from sci-fi to help you traverse the space-time continuum
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here's how
- March 16
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- How fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers may be one step closer to resolving 'Hubble trouble'
- 100 years after Robert Goddard's 1st liquid-fueled rocket launch, NASA is using the technology to send astronauts back to the moon
- Astronomers discover a new type of planet that probably smells like rotten eggs
- 'Villains are the heroes of their own movie': We chat to 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' showrunners about building an iconic Trek villain
- Timboy Chaco in the Mars borderlands | Space photo of the day for March 16, 2026
- The new 'Disclosure Day trailer just dropped, and now we think it's a secret sequel to 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
- No sun, no problem? How life could thrive on moons of starless 'rogue' planets
- 2 seconds that changed the world: Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today
- March 15
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- Deep underground, a telescope may soon detect ghosts of stars that died before Earth existed
- Astrophotographer spends nearly 70 hours capturing a delicate blue nebula in Orion (photo)
- A state of matter last seen just after the Big Bang may exist inside neutron stars — and scientists think they can prove it
- March 14
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- Two days, two coasts, two more SpaceX Starlink batches launched
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 201 — Born to Explore
- Get cleaner photos of the night sky by using these tips to clean your camera lens without scratching it
- Boys from the Dwarf: Looking back at 'Red Dwarf', the sci-fi show that had a huge impact on my childhood
- Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?
- Galaxy season: Spring brings deep space wonder to the northern hemisphere night sky
- Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later
- March 13
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- Hubble and NASA space telescopes track 'game-changing' gamma-ray burst back to neutron star collision in 'forbidden' region of the universe
- Sci-fi shooter 'Marathon' comes to life in hilarious marketing prank (video)
- Russia aims to reclaim Soviet space glory with 2036 launch of ambitious Venus mission
- 'Disclosure Day': Release date, plot, cast, & everything else we know about Spielberg's sci-fi return
- The March full moon glows red through Saharan dust in eerie composite view
- Can't wait for Artemis 2 to make history? Get up to 20% off these awesome Lego NASA Artemis rocket sets
- Satellite spies an erupting volcano | Space photo of the day for March 13, 2026
- NASA begins building nuclear-powered Dragonfly drone for 2028 launch to Saturn moon Titan
- Northern lights may be visible in 9 US states March 13
- How risky is the Artemis 2 astronaut launch to the moon? NASA would rather not say
- SpaceX plan for 1 million orbiting AI data centers could ruin astronomy, scientists say
- March 12
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- 'Rick and Morty' season 9 promises 'No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop' when it drops on Adult Swim later this year
- NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1
- The biggest and most expensive Lego Star Wars set ever made is over £130 off in Amazon's UK big spring sale
- 'Completely bonkers': Astronomers find evidence of a cataclysmic collision between exoplanets
- Why Holly Hunter's Nahla Ake already deserves a place at Star Trek's ultimate top table
- ISS astronauts take out the space trash | Space photo of the day for March 12, 2026
- NASA project leader blames next-generation X-ray telescope cancellation on agency mismanagement
- How to clean your camera's image sensor safely at home
- Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here's what to expect
- US lawmakers call for a permanent moon base. Will it ever happen?
- Astronomers witness colossal supernova explosion create one of the most magnetic stars in the universe for the first time
- Get the best sub-250g drone, the DJI Mini 5 Pro and save $500
- Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA's mission update today
- A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth
- Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)
- March 11
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- Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits
- Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft departs the space station
- Could NASA use expandable habitats for its Artemis moon bases? These two companies are betting millions
- 'In the old days, we were staring at a f ***ing green screen with tape marks on it': We talk to 'Star Trek' legend Jonathan Frakes about directing 'Starfleet Academy' season 1's penultimate episode
- Your cosmic catch: A home guide to identifying and observing meteorite features
- The 'invisible giant' at the heart of our galaxy | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026
- 'War Machine' succeeds where 'Transformers' fails, by making its giant robot feel real
- NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other
- NASA Artemis 2 gifts we love: Top picks for aspiring astronauts
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 'bursting with methanol,' new study finds
- March 10
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- Jupiter's moons leave cold 'footprints' in the planet's auroras, James Webb Space Telescope finds
- 'War Machine's' Alan Ritchson and director Patrick Hughes on why they filmed the action flick 'like a horror movie' (interview)
- The moon hits its third quarter phase tomorrow! Here's what you need to know
- Newly discovered comet could be visible in daytime skies this April
- NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup
- A star dies in the Cat's Eye | Space photo of the day for March 10, 2026
- Shoot the stars: The best gear for night sky photography
- 'The future of the space economy': Colorado startup Lux Aeterna raises $10 million to develop reusable satellites
- SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says
- NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks' orbit around the sun
- SpaceX launches 15,000-pound TV satellite to orbit on its 30th mission of the year (photos, video)
- March 9
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- Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean
- Jupiter appears to change direction in the night sky tonight: Here's why
- The 1st trailer for HBO's 'Lanterns' drops with no green, no aliens, and a boatload of f-bombs
- China's 1st moon astronauts could land in Rimae Bode, a 'geological museum' on the lunar near side
- Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home
- SpaceX's Ship 39 is so cool in Starship V3 test | Space photo of the day for March 9, 2026
- Smart telescope buying made easy: Your guide to Unistellar, ZWO, Celestron, Dwarflab, and Vaonis
- 'Project Hail Mary''s final teaser trailer is 'Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!'
- Future spacecraft could fix their own damage using 'self-healing' materials
- Congress wants the International Space Station to keep flying until 2032. Here's why
- March 8
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- SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California (video)
- I spoke to the writers behind the trippy new sci-fi novel 'Detour': 'Things don't need to be 100% correct, but they do have to be believable'
- A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands
- Where are all the aliens? Maybe space weather is scrambling their transmissions
- March 7
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- A jellyfish or a brain? Tell us what you see in this gorgeous deep-space nebula photo
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 200 — Our 200th Episode Listener Special!
- Bungie explains Marathon's 'graphic retro futurism' aesthetic and the 'live narrative' lessons it learned from 'Destiny' (Interview)
- Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research
- March 6
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- Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark
- The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions
- Mars orbiters witness solar superstorm striking the Red Planet: 'The timing was extremely lucky'
- 20% off at Amazon, this super-cool Lego Marvel Iron Spider-Man Bust has never been cheaper
- NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.
- The Marathon Collector’s Edition nails the assignment as Bungie's sci-fi shooter finally launches
- Cosmic Hawk spreads its wings| Space photo of the day for March 6, 2026
- Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests
- Crush the Rebels for less with money off this menacing, mid-sized Lego Star Wars AT-AT
- Stunning Mars image highlights one of Red Planet's oldest cratered regions
- Enjoy 'For All Mankind' spinoff series 'Star City' anywhere with these VPN deals — save 74% off and a bonus free $50 Amazon voucher
- Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)
- March 5
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- Is Nus Braka's weapon in the latest "Starfleet Academy" a "Galaxy Quest" in-joke?
- Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for 'confidential commercial customer' (video)
- Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032
- March is a great time to spot the odd glow of zodiacal light. Here's how to see it
- Making hummus on the moon? Scientists just grew chickpeas in simulated lunar dirt
- 'Starfleet Academy' creators talk bringing a 20th-century American play into 32nd-century 'Star Trek' (Interview)
- Astronomers unveil largest 3D universe map of its kind, illuminating 'hidden' cosmic structures
- The best accessories for your new astrophotography camera
- Vast raises $500 million to keep developing 'Haven' private space stations
- The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don't get in the way
- March 4
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- 60 years of 'Star Trek': The colorful origins of the rainbow warp effect
- 'War of the Worlds' in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth
- Auroras on Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede look like Earth's northern lights, NASA spacecraft reveals
- SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous 'jellyfish' in predawn Florida skies (video, photos)
- Antarctica has lost 5,000 square miles of 'grounded ice' in the last 30 years, satellite images reveal
- Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station
- Spectacular spiral galaxy revealed by James Webb Space Telescope | Space photo of the day for March 4, 2026
- Did these spruce trees really 'predict' a solar eclipse? Scientists are split
- The best image stabilized binoculars 2026: Our guide to models from Canon, Nikon and Fujifilm.
- NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does that mean for humanity's return to the moon?
- The total lunar eclipse 2026 dazzles in incredible photos from around the world
- March 3
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- NASA repairs Artemis 2 moon rocket in hopes of an April lunar launch
- Lessons from 'The Martian': How astronaut poop could help us settle the Red Planet
- 'Masters of the Universe': Release date, plot, cast, and everything we know about He-Man's big screen return
- Japan's private Space One Kairos rocket explodes after launch failure during 3rd test flight
- Spiral galaxy is a stunning cosmic wheel in head-turning image | Space photo of the day for March 3, 2026
- This record-breaking quadruple star system is so jam-packed it could fit between Jupiter and our sun
- The 'Helldivers 2' annual report is in, and you have a lot of friendly fire to explain
- The world's 1st private space telescope just spotted its 1st star. Here's what it saw.
- Rare glass from 6-million-year-old meteorite strike found in Brazil — but the crater is still missing
- Totality is over — Feast your eyes on the 1st photos of the blood moon total lunar eclipse 2026
- March 2
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- How fast is the universe actually expanding? Ripples in spacetime could finally solve 'Hubble tension'
- From Hyrule to the heavens: Here's what 'The Legend of Zelda' gets right (and wrong) about the blood moon
- Total lunar eclipse weather forecast: Will US skies be clear for the blood moon?
- The brightest planets in March's night sky: How to see them (and when)
- SpaceX deploys two more Starlink groups into orbit on March 1 bicoastal launches (video)
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image | Space photo of the day for March 2, 2026
- Real NASA space telescope data creates soundtracks for Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus
- Could these weird stars just be overgrown planets?
- What equipment do you need to observe the total lunar eclipse tomorrow, March 3?
- A total lunar eclipse will turn the full moon blood red for over 3 billion people tonight
- March 1
