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Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft departs the space station

Northrop Grumman's first "Cygnus XL" cargo ship departed the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and is scheduled to deorbit and burn up in Earth's atmosphere this weekend.

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Chinese virologists develop vaccine-carrying mosquitoes to immunise bats against rabies and Nipah

Researchers say new strategy deliberately prioritises biosafety

The Independent UK

Could NASA use expandable habitats for its Artemis moon bases? These two companies are betting millions

Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a new multi-million-dollar investment aimed at accelerating development of expandable modules for future missions to the moon.

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'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

'The scope of 'Starfleet Academy' in terms of design, art direction, visual effects, practical effects, and graphics is massive.'

Space

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.

Space

‘The moon is safe’: asteroid is not on collision course, scientists confirm

ESA’s Planetary Defence team allay fears 100-metre-wide object could hit Earth’s moon and disrupt satellites

The Guardian - UK

'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.

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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.

Space

Dementia becomes leading cause of death in Australia as experts call for ‘shift in thinking’ about disease

Condition affects an estimated 446,500 people in the country and is the underlying cause for nearly one in 10 deaths

The Independent UK

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.

Space

Strange dinosaur species found with hundreds of stones in its throat named after funk band

Species named after techno-funk duo Chromeo could be key to understanding how a small group of dinosaurs survived extinction

The Independent UK

Jupiter's moons leave cold 'footprints' in the planet's auroras, James Webb Space Telescope finds

Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter's moons on its aurora are more complicated than scientists thought.

Space

'War Machine's' Alan Ritchson and director Patrick Hughes on why they filmed the action flick 'like a horror movie' (interview)

'I just wanted to make a film that was completely non-stop from start to end.'

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The moon hits its third quarter phase tomorrow! Here's what you need to know

A spot of early morning astronomy anyone?

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Newly discovered comet could be visible in daytime skies this April

A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close encounter with the sun on April 4.

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NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup

NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans for a standardized Space Launch System rocket.

The Guardian - US

Parts of giant Nasa satellite to crash to Earth, posing low risk

The 600kg Van Allen probe A will re-enter Tuesday evening, with most of it burning before reaching Earth’s surface

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A star dies in the Cat's Eye | Space photo of the day for March 10, 2026

The Hubble and Euclid space telescopes caught a stunning portrait of a dying star at the heart of the Cat's Eye Nebula.

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'The future of the space economy': Colorado startup Lux Aeterna raises $10 million to develop reusable satellites

The Colorado company Lux Aeterna wants to help open up the space economy with a fleet of fully reusable satellites, and it just raised to some money to help make that happen.

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SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says

SpaceX is gearing up for the 12th test launch of its Starship rocket, which could liftoff in about 4 weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."

The Independent UK

Raccoons solve puzzles just for fun – even when there’s no treat reward at the end

Findings help explain why raccoons are so well-equipped to thrive in cities

Space

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks' orbit around the sun

The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in the nick of time.

The Independent UK

Many pandemic viruses emerged naturally – but there’s one that most likely came from a lab

Research provides benchmark for distinguishing natural outbreaks from scenarios involving lab leaks

Space

SpaceX launches 15,000-pound TV satellite to orbit on its 30th mission of the year (photos, video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the 15,000-pound EchoStar XXV TV satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast just after midnight on Tuesday (March 10).

The Independent UK

Coin used to pay for bus ticket in Leeds found to be 2,000 years old

The coin was given to a local bus driver decades ago and kept in a chest ever since

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