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Chronicles of the Jedi

'Star Wars: The High Republic' gets lavish illustrated guide from Insight Editions (exclusive)

By Jeff Spry published

Insight Editions delivers "Chronicles of the Jedi: An illustrated Guide To The Galaxy’s Golden Age" in March

The Invincible

This fantastic trailer for retro-future game 'The Invincible' aims for the stars (video)

By Jeff Spry published

A new official trailer for "The Invincible," a new space game with sci-fi roots from Starward Industries, has arrived and it's fantastic.

Japan's new H3 rocket on the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center.

Japan to make 2nd launch attempt of new H3 rocket on March 6 after delay. How to watch it live.

By Mike Wall last updated

Japan aims to launch its new H3 rocket on Monday evening (March 6). It will be the second try for the H3, after an aborted attempt on Feb. 16.

This is an image of Venus from Soviet Venera program probe Venera 14 taken in 1982. The Cyrillic text below the pictures reads: “Venera 14 brabotka IPPI AN SSSR TsDKS,”short for “Venera 14, Processing, Institute for Problems in Transmitting Information, Academy of Sciences, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Centre for Long-Distance Space Communications.”

On This Day In Space: March 5, 1982: Soviet Venera 14 probe lands on Venus

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On March 5, 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus!

The Lunar rover "Max," from Clearpath Robotics, is being tested in a moon-like facility in Ottawa, Canada. The small company Mission Control is readying software systems in its facility for lunar exploration and beyond.

I drove a rover on a moon-like landscape and felt like an Apollo astronaut (video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

An ordinary office door opened before me, exposing a portal to the moon. When I stepped inside, I felt a strange connection with explorers of all ages.

Alpha Centauri star system, shows a star studded sky with a bright white/blue star in the center.

Alpha Centauri: Facts about the stars next door

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and is made up of three stars and several exoplanets. We explore our stellar neighbors in more detail here.

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Chinese automaker Geely plans to launch 72 satellites by 2025 to enable self-driving in its vehicles.

Chinese carmaker to launch 72 satellites to assist intelligent driving

By Andrew Jones published

Chinese automaker Geely plans to launch 72 satellites by 2025 to support a new range of cars.

Best stargazing apps: Image shows person holding mobile up to starry night sky

Best stargazing apps: AR apps and virtual star maps to help you navigate the night sky

By Ian Evenden last updated

Our picks of the best stargazing apps for Android and iOS can enhance your sky watching enjoyment and knowledge.

Spaceflight

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This is an image of Venus from Soviet Venera program probe Venera 14 taken in 1982. The Cyrillic text below the pictures reads: “Venera 14 brabotka IPPI AN SSSR TsDKS,”short for “Venera 14, Processing, Institute for Problems in Transmitting Information, Academy of Sciences, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Centre for Long-Distance Space Communications.”

On This Day In Space: March 5, 1982: Soviet Venera 14 probe lands on Venus

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On March 5, 1982, the Soviet Union's Venera 14 spacecraft landed on Venus!

Chinese automaker Geely plans to launch 72 satellites by 2025 to enable self-driving in its vehicles.

Chinese carmaker to launch 72 satellites to assist intelligent driving

By Andrew Jones published

Chinese automaker Geely plans to launch 72 satellites by 2025 to support a new range of cars.

Science & Astronomy

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Alpha Centauri star system, shows a star studded sky with a bright white/blue star in the center.

Alpha Centauri: Facts about the stars next door

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and is made up of three stars and several exoplanets. We explore our stellar neighbors in more detail here.

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An image of Astra's LV0010 rocket launching the NASA TROPICS mission.

Astra rocket lost 2 NASA satellites due to 'runaway' cooling system error

By Elizabeth Howell published

The company is no longer flying the flawed Rocket 3 line that made its last flight in June 2022, when it failed to deliver two NASA cubesats to orbit after a second-stage failure.

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Search For Life

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The Haughton Impact Crater is similar to Mars in many ways, making it a great place for researchers to test new technology that could one day be used to explore other planets. Here a team of researchers working on the ground are seen from a drone.

Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets

By Nina Lanza published

We have yet to find microbial life on another planet. But with the assistance of autonomous drones, we may be able to find it sooner rather than later.

An artist's impression of JUICE arriving in the Jovian system (distances of celestial bodies not to scale).

How the fate of Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission depends on the risk of biological contamination

By Keith Cooper published

If the huge Jupiter moon Ganymede is more potentially habitable than previously thought, it could alter the end of Europe's JUICE mission.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie looking down at one of 10 sample tubes deposited at the sample depot it created in an area nicknamed Three Forks. This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on Jan. 20, 2023, the 684th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Signs of Mars life may be too elusive for rovers to detect

By Charles Q. Choi published

The robots currently exploring Mars may not be capable of detecting potential traces of life on the Red Planet, a new study finds.

Skywatching

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Photograph showing two silhouettes standing looking up at the sky, the one on the right is pointing up at the white streak of light across the sky. The white streak is the ISS as it flies overhead. Stars can be seen in the background.

Track the ISS: How and where to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference Track the International Space Station (ISS) from Earth and see where it is right now.

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Nikon Prostaff P7 8x42

Nikon Prostaff P7 8x42 binoculars review

By Gemma Lavender published

Review The small, premium Nikon Prostaff P7 8x42 binoculars offer wide-field, high-definition views of the stars that will have you feeling like you are floating in space.

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The Great Orion Nebula, in the constellation Orion.

Wonder at the colorful Orion nebula in the southwestern sky throughout March

By Joe Rao published

Undoubtedly, one of the most beautiful objects in the night sky is the Great Orion Nebula, also known as M42, which shines in the southwestern sky in March.

Entertainment

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Chronicles of the Jedi

'Star Wars: The High Republic' gets lavish illustrated guide from Insight Editions (exclusive)

By Jeff Spry published

Insight Editions delivers "Chronicles of the Jedi: An illustrated Guide To The Galaxy’s Golden Age" in March

The Invincible

This fantastic trailer for retro-future game 'The Invincible' aims for the stars (video)

By Jeff Spry published

A new official trailer for "The Invincible," a new space game with sci-fi roots from Starward Industries, has arrived and it's fantastic.

rocket lifting off in kerbal space program illustration with launch equipment behind

The sounds of Kerbal Space Program 2: How an emotional real-life rocket launch transformed the game

By Elizabeth Howell published

An audio engineer for Kerbal Space Program 2 attended his first-ever rocket launch in 2022 while recording audio, which you can hear over and over again in the brand-new game.

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Alpha Centauri star system, shows a star studded sky with a bright white/blue star in the center.

Alpha Centauri: Facts about the stars next door

By Robert Lea last updated

Reference Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and is made up of three stars and several exoplanets. We explore our stellar neighbors in more detail here.

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Photograph showing two silhouettes standing looking up at the sky, the one on the right is pointing up at the white streak of light across the sky. The white streak is the ISS as it flies overhead. Stars can be seen in the background.

Track the ISS: How and where to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference Track the International Space Station (ISS) from Earth and see where it is right now.

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An illustration of the Full Worm Moon of March 2023.

March full moon 2023: The Worm Moon shares the sky with Venus, Jupiter and Mars

By Jesse Emspak last updated

Reference The full moon of March 2023, the Worm Moon, will share the night sky with Jupiter and Venus, two planets that continue to put on a show for skywatchers.

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