The moon makes a close approach to Mars on Monday (Feb. 27) with the pair of celestial objects also sharing the same right ascension in the night sky in an arrangement known as a conjunction.
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Relativity Space sets launch of world's 1st 3D-printed rocket launch for March 8
The 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket from Relativity Space will fly from Florida's space coast, and will also mark the first natural liquid natural gas booster in space if all goes to plan.
Live coverage: SpaceX completes test-firing before next crew launch
Live coverage of preparations for the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission carrying NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg, Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev on a flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 24 – March 5
Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest celestial objects after the Sun and the Moon, shine together in the western twilight before, during, and after their March 1st conjunction.
Earth from Space: The Triple Frontier
Image: The Triple Frontier, a region where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet, is featured in this false-colour image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Cosmic contortions
Image: Cosmic contortions
Replacement Soyuz launched on fight to space station
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Russia launches Soyuz capsule without crew to replace leaky spaceship at space station
A replacement Soyuz is on the way for three crew members with a leaky craft docked to the International Space Station.
SpaceX rolls out rocket for NASA's Crew-6 astronaut launch (photos)
SpaceX's rocket ride for its next NASA astronaut launch from Florida is on the pad and ready for flight.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter confirms that China's Zhurong rover has been stationary for months
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed China's Zhurong rover in the same location for five months, indicating the rover has not yet awoken from hibernation.
Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course
The early Universe was swimming with dwarf galaxies only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. They merged with each other over time, building larger and more massive galaxies. At the same time, the giant black holes inside these dwarfs merged, too.
How are Mars Rocks Getting “Shocked” by Meteorite Impacts?
On Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is busy collecting rock samples that will be retrieved and brought back to Earth by the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. This will be the first sample-return mission from Mars, allowing scientists to analyze Martian rocks directly using instruments and equipment too large and cumbersome to send to Mars. To this end, scientists want to ensure that Perseverance collects samples that satisfy two major science goals – searching for signs of life (“biosignatures”) and geologic dating.
SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission now targeting summer 2023
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn private space mission that will see a crew of astronauts attempt to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown is now targeting a summer 2023 launch.
Live coverage: Russia to launch replacement Soyuz for space station crew
Live coverage of the test flight of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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This photo of China's spy balloon taken from a U-2 reconnaissance plane is absolutely bonkers (video)
The Department of Defense released an image taken from the cockpit of a U-2 spy plane of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over the United States earlier this month.
California Science Center reopens retired space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay
Space shuttle Endeavour is about to get its 'boom' back. The California Science Center has reopened the orbiter's payload bay to complete outfitting the vehicle's cargo hold.
'New Eye on the Universe' illuminates the James Webb Space Telescope's latest marvels on PBS Nova. Watch it for free.
PBS Nova's "New Eye on the Universe" returns to the James Webb Space Telescope for more fantastic discoveries.
A new Starship Troopers: Extermination trailer has dropped – would you like to know more?
Come on you apes, you want to live forever? It's time to enlist as a new trailer for Starship Troopers: Extermination is here.
Powerful X-class flare spat out a rare 'solar tsunami,' and you can hear it smashing into Earth
The sun recently spat out an X-class solar flare, one of the most powerful it can emit, which triggered a rare shockwave across the sun's surface and caused radio blackouts on Earth.
“The Universe Breakers”: Six Galaxies That are Too Big, Too Early
In the first data taken last summer with the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the new James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found six galaxies from a time when the Universe was only 3% of its current age, just 500-700 million years after the Big Bang. While its incredible JWST saw these galaxies from so long ago, the data also pose a mystery.
