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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.

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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."

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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.

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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).

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Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean

NASA's Van Allen Probe A crashed to Earth on Wednesday morning (March 11) after nearly 14 years in orbit, according to the space agency. Most of the spacecraft likely burned up in the atmosphere.

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Jupiter appears to change direction in the night sky tonight: Here's why

The change is subtle and happens over many nights.

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The 1st trailer for HBO's 'Lanterns' drops with no green, no aliens, and a boatload of f-bombs

'Don't get too hung up on the jewelry, junior, you're just a f***ing substitute teacher.'

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China's 1st moon astronauts could land in Rimae Bode, a 'geological museum' on the lunar near side

A new study highlights the volcanic Rimae Bode region as a scientifically promising destination for China's first crewed moon landing mission, which the nation wants to achieve by 2030.

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Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home

A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house after thousands observed a stunning fireball streak across the sky in western Europe.

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SpaceX's Ship 39 is so cool in Starship V3 test | Space photo of the day for March 9, 2026

SpaceX engineers tested Ship 39's propellant system, leading to some stunning images.

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'Project Hail Mary''s final teaser trailer is 'Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!'

'I really wanted this incredible friendship to be true to the book.'

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Future spacecraft could fix their own damage using 'self-healing' materials

Spacecraft of the future may be able to detect and repair their own structural damage in orbit, a capability that could make long-duration missions and reusable launch vehicles more resilient.

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Congress wants the International Space Station to keep flying until 2032. Here's why

Congress is pushing to extend the International Space Station's life by two years, to give commercial outposts more time to step into its shoes.

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SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, March 8, 2026.

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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'

"If Neil deGrasse Tyson read this book, he would not be thrilled."

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A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands

Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, transporting cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station, and even sending landers to the Moon.

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Where are all the aliens? Maybe space weather is scrambling their transmissions

We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detectors that SETI utilizes, a new study suggests.

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A jellyfish or a brain? Tell us what you see in this gorgeous deep-space nebula photo

The nebula was formed when a star went supernova 5,000 light-years from Earth.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 200 — Our 200th Episode Listener Special!

On Episode 200 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik celebrate their 200th episode with their annual listener special!

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Bungie explains Marathon's 'graphic retro futurism' aesthetic and the 'live narrative' lessons it learned from 'Destiny' (Interview)

As "Marathon" finally launches, we grill a trio of Bungie developers about the world, aesthetic, and ambitions of this sci-fi extraction shooter.

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Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.

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Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark

One of Europe's two Proba-3 spacecraft suffered an anomaly last month, putting the future of the solar eclipse-creating mission in doubt.

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