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Real NASA space telescope data creates soundtracks for Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has transformed new views of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus into immersive soundscapes, turning planetary data into audio you can hear.

Largest Image of Its Kind Will Solve Milky Way Mystery

Stars have a hard time forming in the extreme environment around our Milky Way’s black hole. New data promises to explain why.

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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."

A total lunar eclipse will turn the full moon blood red for over 3 billion people tonight

Tonight's blood moon will be the last until New Year's Eve 2028-2029. So catch it if you can!

Predicting the Sun's Most Violent Outbursts

The Sun is trying to tell us something. In the first four days of February this year, it unleashed six powerful X-class solar flares in rapid succession including one classified X8.1, the strongest in several years. For most of us, that meant some disrupted radio signals, some spectacular aurora displays, and a reminder that our nearest star is not the steady, reliable lamp we sometimes take for granted. For solar physicists, it was confirmation that we are deep inside one of the most dangerous periods the Sun has produced in a generation.

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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.

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as its launched on the Starlink 10-41 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday, March 1, 2026. Image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now

Update Mar. 1, 11:03 p.m. EST (0403 UTC): SpaceX confirms deployment of the 29 Starlink satellites.

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Snowball Earth's liquid seas dipped way below freezing

Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as −15°C.

Moons of the solar system: A space-themed word search

Hunt for the names of the many moons surrounding our solar system's eight planets.

What time is the blood moon total lunar eclipse tonight?

A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red for billions across North America, Australia and East Asia.

Best AI games… as in games about AI, not slop made by AI

As AI invades everyday life, we’ve gone back and revisited the best video games with memorable AI characters, evil or otherwise.

March Podcast: The Winter Triangle

This month’s episode showcases the stars and planets visible on March evenings. First up: March 3rd’s predawn a total lunar eclipse! Then track down three planets after sunset, and savor the easy-to-spot Winter Triangle of bright stars.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 199 — The Obsolete Astronaut?

On Episode 199 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Pascal Lee, who has thoughts on how and when robots may perform better —and more safely —than humans in space.

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.

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' is making Trek horny again, and it's about time!

"I am programmed in multiple techniques. A broad variety of pleasuring."

See the 'impossible' as sunrise and a total lunar eclipse appear at the same time on March 3

A rare atmospheric effect called selenelion could briefly let skywatchers see the rising sun and a blood moon at the same time.

'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.

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.

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.


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