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Nightfox Whisker night vision binoculars review
Are the Nightfox Whisker the best Nightfox night vision binoculars yet?
Crush the Rebels for less with money off this menacing, mid-sized Lego Star Wars AT-AT
This Lego Star Wars AT-AT walker only debuted in January 2026 and you can already save 5% on this shelf-sized but still seriously impressive set.
Stunning Mars image highlights one of Red Planet's oldest cratered regions
Newly released Mars images offer a detailed look at one of the Red Planet's oldest, most heavily cratered regions, a landscape shaped by billions of years of impacts, volcanism and erosion.
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Watch Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft leave the International Space Station today
Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay, and you can watch the action live.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 6 – 15
Bright Jupiter highlights the Gemini stick-figure twins standing on either side of it. Down below, the Winter Triangle balances on its Sirius point.
Earth from Space: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Image: These two views from Copernicus Sentinel-2 reveal the landscape transformation in the area around Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Meet ESA’s newest female leadership
This year for International Women’s Day, we showcase some of the women from the European Space Agency’s most recent female leadership recruits: Céline Begon, Christine Boelsche, Céline Folsché and Ildiko Raczne Szoke.
New AI Hub to empower space-enabled connectivity
New AI Hub to empower space-enabled connectivity
Mars Express Images Reveal Mars' Pockmarked Surface
The ESA's Mars Express probe has been surveying Mars from orbit for more than twenty years. The way it has mapped the surface using its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) has drastically changed the way we see the Red Planet. In a recent article, the ESA shared a series of HRSC images highlighting the heavily cratered region known as Arabia Terra. The study of Martian craters offers insight into Mars' geology, meteorology, and its long and turbulent history. The images were generated from the camera's digital terrain model and the nadir and colour channels.
Astronomers Using MeerKAT Spot a Cosmic Laser Halfway Across the Universe
The Universe is full of surprises, including a fascinating type of "space laser" known as Mega-Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (megamasers). More specifically, hydroxyl megamasers (OHMs) are extremely bright radio-wavelength emissions produced when gas-rich galaxies collide. This compresses the gas and stimulates large reservoirs of hydroxyl molecules (-OH) to amplify radio emissions. Using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa, astronomers discovered a hydroxyl megamaser located in a violent galactic merger more than 8 billion light-years away.
Is Nus Braka's weapon in the latest "Starfleet Academy" a "Galaxy Quest" in-joke?
There's something refreshingly familiar about the Omega 47 weapon in "300th Night"
Unique Comet Facts
Comets are small, icy bodies that orbit the Sun. Often described as "dirty snowballs," they are celestial objects composed of dust, rock, and ice. Here are several unique and fascinating facts about these cosmic travelers.
Phew! NASA Rules Out Asteroid Smashup on the Moon in 2032
Here's one less thing to worry about — or to look forward to: NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032. Last year, the uncertainty surrounding the space rock's orbital path held out a slight chance of impact, but fresh observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm that it'll be a miss.
Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for 'confidential commercial customer' (video)
Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company's 83rd liftoff to date.
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.
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.
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?
'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.'

