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Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for 'confidential commercial customer'
By Mike Wall last updated
Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company's 83rd liftoff to date.

Is Nus Braka's weapon in the latest "Starfleet Academy" a "Galaxy Quest" in-joke?
By Richard Edwards published
There's something refreshingly familiar about the Omega 47 weapon in "300th Night"

Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032
By Keith Cooper published
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

March is a great time to spot the odd glow of zodiacal light. Here's how to see it
By Anthony Wood published
The zodiacal light is at its most visible on the nights surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Making hummus on the moon? Scientists just grew chickpeas in simulated lunar dirt
By Keith Cooper published
Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but are they edible?

'Starfleet Academy' creators talk bringing a 20th-century American play into 32nd-century 'Star Trek' (Interview)
By Jeff Spry published
'We're about to have an insanely adrenalized ride these last two episodes.'

Astronomers unveil largest 3D universe map of its kind, illuminating 'hidden' cosmic structures
By Samantha Mathewson published
Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.
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