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Your cosmic catch: A home guide to identifying and observing meteorite features
Our how-to for observing a meteorite through a microscope.
The 'invisible giant' at the heart of our galaxy | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026
A new image captured by the Very Large Telescope reveals stars and gas orbiting the "invisible giant" at the heart of our galaxy.
'War Machine' succeeds where 'Transformers' fails, by making its giant robot feel real
Autobots, roll out – out of the way, that is, because War Machine is proving how to do human vs intergalactic machine conflict better.
NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other
New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.
NASA Artemis 2 gifts we love: Top picks for aspiring astronauts
Ready to launch your support? Check out this stellar collection of space-flight merch I've personally picked to back the amazing team of the NASA Artemis 2 mission.
On this day in space: March 11, 2008: 1st Japanese Module & 'Dextre' Robot Launch to space station
On March 11, 2008, the first piece of a Japanese module of the International Space Station launched on the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-123.
Night sky tonight (March 11): The third quarter moon takes flight in the predawn sky
Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 'bursting with methanol,' new study finds
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually rich in alcohol — a chemical clue that could reveal how planets and icy bodies form around other stars.
