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NASA chief to give 'State of NASA' address today. Here's how to watch it live.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will give his annual 'State of NASA' address, an update about the agency's plans and achievements, on Thursday (March 9) at 3 p.m. ET.
Save $70 on the Meta Quest 2 VR headset and get two free games
After the Meta Quest price hike last year, this is the cheapest we've seen the 256GB version, and it comes with two free games to boot.
Watch SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts leave the space station Thursday evening
SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut mission for NASA is scheduled to depart the International Space Station on Thursday (March 9), and you can watch the action live.
Watch SpaceX launch 40 OneWeb internet satellites on Thursday
SpaceX will launch 40 broadband satellites to orbit for the U.K. company OneWeb on Thursday (March 9), and you can watch the liftoff live.
Relativity Space scrubs first launch attempt
Relativity Space’s 110-foot-tall Terran 1 rocket during Wednesday’s launch attempt. Credit: Relativity Space
Relativity Space’s first launch countdown aborted about a minute before liftoff Wednesday at Cape Canaveral when sensors detected warmer-than-expected liquid oxygen on the Terran 1 rocket’s second stage, delaying until Saturday the first test flight of the 3D-printed launcher.
What Time is It on the Moon? It May Get its Own Timezone
When the first people set foot on the Moon for long-term projects, they’ll need a lot of things, including their own time zone. That makes sense since they’ll be on an entirely different world. And, they’ll depend on a whole new set of technologies that will need time coordination with each other. So, space agencies are now figuring out what time zone the Moon will have.
International Women's Day: Female astronauts keep making strides off Earth
The past year saw the first long-duration flight by a woman Black astronaut along with the first spaceflight by a female Native American, among other milestones.
Relativity Space scrubs debut launch attempt of world's 1st 3D-printed rocket after abort
The space startup Relativity Space called off the first-ever flight of its new 3D-printed rocket on Wednesday (March 8) after a last-minute abort and temperature issues during the countdown.
International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid collision with satellite
The International Space Station (ISS) had to maneuver out of the way of an Earth-imaging satellite on Monday (March 6).
US Space Force grants 4 companies launch pads at Cape Canaveral
Space Force wing Space Launch Delta 45 has allocated three launch pads at the historic Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to four private companies.
SpaceX Crew 5 astronauts to leave space station for Earth tomorrow
The splashdown date for Crew-5 may shift according to weather, NASA and SpaceX said.
Curiosity Sees Spectacular Crepuscular Rays in Martian Clouds
NASA’s Curiosity Rover usually looks down at the ground, studying nearby rocks and craters. But sometimes, it looks up and sees something wonderful.
One-of-kind Barbie dolls honor citizen astronaut, space scientist as role models on International Women's Day
Kat Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to fly into space, and space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock now have Barbie dolls honoring them as STEM role models.
Shockwaves rocking the 'cosmic web' connecting galaxies seen for the 1st time
Astronomers caught the 1st radio glow from magnetic fields in the universe's largest structure that spans the vastness of space to link galaxies.
Swatch debuts Moonshine Gold-touched MoonSwatch, limited by the full moon
A year after debuting the MoonSwatch, a 'giant leap' between a Swatch watch and the first chronograph worn on the moon, Swatch and Omega have taken a 'small step' to bringing moonshine to your wrist.
NASA and Minecraft want you to build and launch rockets in new Artemis missions worlds
Soar to the moon and back in a new Minecraft adventure targeted for space fans 8 and older.
Lagoon Nebula shines in gorgeous new Hubble image
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope to hunt for protoplanetary discs more than 4,000 light-years away were treated to a rainbow smokescreen filled with stars.
New VR game 'Journey to Foundation' channels galactic chaos of Asimov novels
A new interactive VR adventure gaming experience called "Journey to Foundation" invites players into the space opera of Isaac Asimov's classic novels.
China’s Rover Used Radar to Look Deep Beneath the Surface of Mars. What Did it Find?
The ongoing effort to under Martian geology and the planet’s history continues. A recent paper from a scientific team in China looks at the data collected by Zhurong, a rover that has been in place on the Red Planet since 2021. While it didn’t find any evidence of water in the basin it was looking in, it did find some interesting buried features and provided more data to our mounting understanding of one of our nearest neighbors.
Do Diamonds Rain on the Ice Giants?
New research shows diamonds might condense out of Neptune's mantle, but not Uranus', explaining a decades-old discrepancy.
