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Could these weird stars just be overgrown planets?

There's a whole slew of objects that astronomers aren't sure whether to classify as "failed stars" or "overgrown planets."

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Firefly Aerospace scrubs Alpha rocket's return to flight due to high winds

Firefly Aerospace scrubbed the planned return-to-flight mission of its Alpha rocket on Sunday (March 1) due to high winds. A new target date has not yet been announced.

Space

Watch the 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse live online tonight with these free livestreams

It'll be the last blood moon until New Year's Eve 2028. Coverage begins in the early hours of March 3.

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Rare Six-Planet Alignment Graces Night Sky on March 1, 2026: How to Spot Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn

Stargazers across much of the world, including South Korea, have a prime opportunity tonight, March 1, 2026, to witness a striking "planetary parade" as six planets — Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — appear to align in a gentle arc across the evening sky shortly after sunset.

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Is it legal to own, buy, or sell Apollo mission moon rocks and lunar samples?

NASA has severe penalties for those who dare to deal in astromaterials.

Space

'Pushing this competition': SpaceX's Starship might not fly on NASA's newly revamped Artemis 3 mission

NASA's Artemis 3 mission will no longer land astronauts on the moon —and it might not involve SpaceX's Starship megarocket, either.

Space

February finale: SpaceX wraps up month with three Starlink launches this week

Two Falcon 9 launches from Florida and one from California deployed 83 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit, wrapping up February 2026 for the SpaceX network.

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Apollo moon rocks may have finally solved an old lunar mystery

A new analysis of Apollo moon samples reveals insight into the history of the lunar magnetic field.

Space

NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts won't land on the moon after all. 'This is just not the right pathway forward.'

NASA is changing its plans to return astronauts to the moon, and redrawing the architecture for how the Artemis missions will look moving forward.

Space

Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon

Plans to return humans to the moon will come in later mission as agency grapples with delays and glitches

The Guardian - US

NASA overhauls its Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon

NASA is overhauling its Artemis moon landing program

The Independent UK

Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to the shop | Space photo of the day Feb. 27, 2026

NASA brought its mega moon rocket back into the shop for repairs on Feb. 25, 2026, just as the sun was setting over the Florida Space Coast.

Space

Six planets due to parade across night sky in rare celestial spectacle

Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky

The Guardian - UK

Curiosity rover finds clues to Mars' watery past in rocky 'spiderwebs'

The web-like features are believed to be sculpted by ancient groundwater, offering new clues about the Red Planet's watery past.

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Astrophotographer captures rare 6-planet parade spanning nearly 180 degrees of sky

A U.K. astrophotographer had to put together some clever equipment tricks to show six of the seven planets in a rare 'parade' over the south of England.

Space

Artemis 2 moon mission shouldn't launch until late 2026, new analysis of solar superflares suggests

A new method of predicting when a superflare will erupt from the sun suggests that we are in the middle of such a period now — and that could be bad news for the Artemis 2 astronauts.

Space

Astronomers just watched a star 1,540 times the size of our sun transform into a hypergiant. Will it go supernova?

One of our universe's biggest stars has dramatically turned into a rare, yellow 'hypergiant' star, and astronomers aren't sure when it will go supernova.

Space

US Space Force pauses national security launches on ULA Vulcan rocket due to booster glitch

The U.S. Space Force is putting an indefinite halt on all national security missions aboard United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur, following a repeat anomaly with the rocket's side boosters.

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New image reveals secrets of Milky Way galaxy in stunning detail

Largest ever image obtained by specialist telescope in Chile represents scientific and aesthetic breakthrough

Space

NASA shakes up leadership of human spaceflight program in wake of critical Starliner report

NASA has replaced two bigwigs in its human spaceflight program, just a week after releasing a report criticizing how the agency handled the first crewed flight of Boeing's Starliner astronaut taxi.

Space

Mars and Earth look set for war in the 1st full 'For All Mankind' season 5 trailer (video)

'Change happens when a few determined individuals make it happen'

Space

February's 'rare planetary alignment' peaks tonight — here's what to look for in the planet parade

We truly hope it doesn't rain on your parade.

Space

Rare 'ring of fire' eclipse seen by few | Space photo of the day for Feb. 26, 2026

A 'ring of fire' solar eclipse glowed over Antarctica, witnessed by only a handful of researchers at Concordia Research Station.

Inverse

Apple's Bold Sci-Fi "Paranoid Thriller" Is Streaming Sooner Than You Think

Get ready for 'Star City.' Here's how the 'For All Mankind' spinoff show will be different from its parent show.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope performs brain surgery on mysterious 'Exposed Cranium Nebula'

The nebula is possibly being produced by a type of unstable star called a Wolf–Rayet star.

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