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Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

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Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032

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NASA Space Station

Canadarm2 Grips Cargo Spacecraft, Spacewalk Prep and Biology Continue

A JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) cargo spacecraft is in the grasp of the Canadarm2 robotic arm following its detachment from the International Space Station’s Harmony module on Thursday. The Expedition 74 crew continued its spacewalk preparations, transferred more cargo, and conducted biology ...

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NASA Space Station

Canadarm2 Grips Cargo Spacecraft, Spacewalk Prep and Biology Continue

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March is a great time to spot the odd glow of zodiacal light. Here's how to see it

The zodiacal light is at its most visible on the nights surrounding the spring and autumn equinoxes.

1 hour ago

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March is a great time to spot the odd glow of zodiacal light. Here's how to see it

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Making hummus on the moon? Scientists just grew chickpeas in simulated lunar dirt

Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but are they edible?

2 hours ago

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Making hummus on the moon? Scientists just grew chickpeas in simulated lunar dirt

NASA

NASA Wallops Supports First Rocket Lab HASTE Launch of 2026

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility supported a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital launch from the company's Launch Complex 2 in Virginia on Feb. 27, 2026. The mission, called Cassowary Vex, supported a flight of a hypersonic test platform for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit. The NASA Wallops ...

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NASA Wallops Supports First Rocket Lab HASTE Launch of 2026

NASA

Total Lunar Eclipse

The Moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse over New Orleans, home of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, on March 3, 2026. This "blood moon" occurs during a total lunar eclipse, as Earth lines up between the Moon and the Sun. When this happens, the only light that reaches the Moon's surface is ...

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Total Lunar Eclipse

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'Starfleet Academy' creators talk bringing a 20th-century American play into 32nd-century 'Star Trek' (Interview)

'We're about to have an insanely adrenalized ride these last two episodes.'

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'Starfleet Academy' creators talk bringing a 20th-century American play into 32nd-century 'Star Trek' (Interview)

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Astronomers unveil largest 3D universe map of its kind, illuminating 'hidden' cosmic structures

Astronomers have unveiled one of the most ambitious maps yet of the early universe, revealing a vast "sea of light" between galaxies that had remained otherwise hidden in previous surveys.

5 hours ago

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Astronomers unveil largest 3D universe map of its kind, illuminating 'hidden' cosmic structures

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The best accessories for your new astrophotography camera

These astrophotography camera accessories are worth adding to your setup in 2026.

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The best accessories for your new astrophotography camera

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A Little Town with a Long Name

A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

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A Little Town with a Long Name

NASA

High-Speed Flight Project Overview

What We do The High-Speed Flight (HSF) project develops technologies that make high-speed, airbreathing, commercial flight possible from Mach 1 to Mach 5 and above. HSF creates tools, technologies, and knowledge that will help eliminate today's technical barriers to practical supersonic flight, most ...

19 hours ago

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High-Speed Flight Project Overview

NASA

Blowing Stellar Bubbles

For the first time, a young, Sun-like star has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble – called an “astrosphere” – completely surrounds the juvenile star in this image released on Feb. 23, 2026. Winds from the star’s ...

1 day ago

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Blowing Stellar Bubbles

NASA

I Am Artemis: Paul Boehm

Listen to this audio excerpt from Paul Boehm, Orion crew support and thermal systems functional area manager: As the Artemis II astronauts fly around the Moon, they’ll rely on systems inside the Orion spacecraft to live, work, and keep them safe during their mission. At NASA’s Johnson Space Center ...

1 day ago

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I Am Artemis: Paul Boehm

NASA Space Station

Japan’s Cargo Spacecraft Nears Departure as Crew Works Spacewalk Preps, Science

Mission managers have given the go for a Japanese cargo spacecraft to depart the International Space Station at the end of the week. Meanwhile, the Expedition 74 crew is reviewing upcoming spacewalk procedures, packing a second cargo spacecraft for its departure, studying artificial intelligence tools, ...

2 days ago

NASA Space Station

Japan’s Cargo Spacecraft Nears Departure as Crew Works Spacewalk Preps, Science

New York Times Space

Experiment Shows Possibility of Martian Microbes Hitching a Ride to Earth

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

2 days ago

New York Times Space

Experiment Shows Possibility of Martian Microbes Hitching a Ride to Earth