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The moon will sweep past the 1,000-strong stellar beehive overnight on March 27-28.

The Starlink 17-17 mission lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 26, 2026. Image: SpaceX.
SpaceX launched another batch of satellites for its Starlink internet service Thursday.

Thursday, March 26, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch on April 1.

The Hubble Space Telescope caught a long-period comet breaking up just after it passed the Sun.

NASA released a new image of its next-generation Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope undertaking testing to simulate vibrations experienced during launch.

Observations from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes reveal Saturn's atmosphere and rings in the most detailed view created to date.

From Greek mythology to modern spaceflight, Artemis and her twin brother Apollo connect humanity's first lunar missions to the next era of exploration with Artemis 2 and beyond.

A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life.

Want to show your solidarity with the crew of the Artemis 2? Launch your own mini-mission with this anti-Amazon deal, saving 17% on this Estes 2411 hobby rocket.

Lightning on Jupiter may pack more than 100 times the power of Earth's bolts, and may prove one million times stronger, a new study finds.

Get to know NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission with Space.com's exclusive four-part video series Inside Artemis II debuting March 25-March 31.

Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, thanks to an innovative AI program.

The king of the planets meets a waxing half moon at sunset on March 26.

New analysis shows alkaline and acidic water may have mixed beneath the Martian surface, creating an environment that could theoretically have supported life.

The universe is a place of perpetual motion. Celestial objects, from the smallest asteroids to the largest galaxies, are constantly moving at incredible speeds. These velocities are determined by a complex interplay of gravitational forces and the expansion of the universe.

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have joined forces to capture new views of Saturn, revealing the planet in strikingly different ways. Infrared and visible observations show layers and storms in the ringed planet’s atmosphere.

Canada has canceled its first-ever moon rover mission, which had been targeted to land near the lunar south pole in 2029.

Flying right out of Disney+'s Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, this Lego Dark Falcon set is packed with exclusive minifigures and, thanks to Amazon's Big Spring Sale, you can save 16% on this Sith version of Han Solo's ship.