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SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California (video)

Robert Z. Pearlman published 8 March 26

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, March 8, 2026.

a spacecraft's image of volcanos on a distant moon

On this day in space: March 8, 1979: Volcanoes spotted on Jupiter's moon Io

Hanneke Weitering last updated 8 March 26

On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io.

A NASA graphic showcasing the phases of the moon.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2026

Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 8 March 26

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2026.

Two men on a book tour holding their novel, shown alongside a full image of the book cover

I spoke to the writers behind the trippy new sci-fi novel 'Detour': 'Things don't need to be 100% correct, but they do have to be believable'

Jeff Spry published 8 March 26

"If Neil deGrasse Tyson read this book, he would not be thrilled."

A rocket launching to space next to a SpaceX building.

A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands

Svetla Ben-Itzhak published 8 March 26

Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, transporting cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station, and even sending landers to the Moon.

The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array in Northern California searches for radio signals that could have been generated by intelligent alien life.

Where are all the aliens? Maybe space weather is scrambling their transmissions

Keith Cooper published 8 March 26

We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detectors that SETI utilizes, a new study suggests.

An artist's rendering of a solar storm stripping charged particles from the Red Planet's upper atmosphere. — Mars orbiters witness solar superstorm striking the Red Planet: 'The timing was extremely lucky' The ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft watched as a superstorm that ravaged Earth also struck the Red Planet.

An illustration of colliding black holes setting the fabric of space ringing with gravitational waves — The universe is humming with ripples in spacetime: Scientists just doubled our catalog of black hole and neutron star collisions The catalog of gravitational waves "heard" by LIGO, KAGRA and Virgo has doubled with detections of spacetime ripples.

A bit orange rocket rolls out of a giant white building, with an extra launch tower in the background. — NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it. A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.

Japan’s HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on March 6, 2026. — Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo) Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station today (March 6) after a four-month stay.

The silhouette of an observatory under a pinkish sky with lots of stars and a few streaks. — The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don't get in the way Scientists gathered in a conference earlier this year in an effort to solve the issue of satellite streaks ruining a powerful new Earth-based observatory's data.

Portion of an image taken on Oct. 12, 2024, by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter showing the heavily cratered highlands of Mars' ancient Arabia Terra region. The photo is dominated by the old, eroded Trouvelot Crater. — 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.

The average distance between Earth and Marsthe two planets is 140 million miles (225 million km). The distance between the two planets affects how long it would take to travel between the two. — Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests "Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another."

Skywatching

A pink-hued deep space nebula scene is shown peppered with bright blue, orange and white stars. The expanding shell of a supernova remnant is visible as a bright brain-like mass to the upper right.

A jellyfish or a brain? Tell us what you see in this gorgeous deep-space nebula photo

By Anthony Wood published 7 March 26

The nebula was formed when a star went supernova 5,000 light-years from Earth.

Astrophotography

Sigweis night vision binoculars review

By Tantse Walter published 7 March 26

Review We love these night vision binoculars, but we don't love having to buy new batteries so often.

A side on view of the Fujifilm X-H2 with the Fujifilm XF 16-55mm f/2.8 lens attached with a field in the background.

Fujifilm X-H2 camera review

By Harry Bennett published 7 March 26

While not having any astro-specific features, the X-H2 still performed well — although we'd hesitate to recommend it over the cheaper X-T50 for the average astrophotographer.

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Spaceflight

Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research

By Rachael Seidler, Tianyi (Erik) Wang published 7 March 26

Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.

Human Spaceflight

How the kind of external coronagraph developed through StarTiger-2 would work in practice: ESA plans to make Proba-3 the first mission of this kind.

Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark

By Josh Dinner published 6 March 26

One of Europe's two Proba-3 spacecraft suffered an anomaly last month, putting the future of the solar eclipse-creating mission in doubt.

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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated 6 March 26

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft

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Space calendar 2026: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!

By Space.com last updated 6 March 26

Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2026 with our space calendar.

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches from New Zealand on the "Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed" mission on March 5, 2026.

Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for 'confidential commercial customer' (video)

By Mike Wall last updated 6 March 26

Rocket Lab launched a mystery satellite for a confidential commercial customer this evening (March 5). It was the company's 83rd liftoff to date.

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Science & Astronomy

An image of RCW 36 in which the Milky Way nebula appears like a vast cosmic bird of prey

Cosmic Hawk spreads its wings| Space photo of the day for March 6, 2026

By Robert Lea published 6 March 26

The Milky Way nebula RCW 36 resembles a stunning cosmic bird of prey in an incredible Very Large Telescope image.

A visualization of the Earth toward the right, the moon in the center and the asteroid in the foreground toward the left.

Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032

By Keith Cooper published 5 March 26

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed our lunar companion is safe for now from an asteroid impact.

Space Photo of the Day

An image of RCW 36 in which the Milky Way nebula appears like a vast cosmic bird of prey

Cosmic Hawk spreads its wings| Space photo of the day for March 6, 2026

By Robert Lea published 6 March 26

The Milky Way nebula RCW 36 resembles a stunning cosmic bird of prey in an incredible Very Large Telescope image.

an impressive red spiral structure with a bright point of light at the very center.

Spectacular spiral galaxy revealed by James Webb Space Telescope | Space photo of the day for March 4, 2026

By Daisy Dobrijevic published 4 March 26

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunning spiral galaxy 65 million light-years away, revealing glowing dust clouds and stellar nurseries.

James Webb Space Telescope

The spiral galaxy NGC 941 looks like a spinning cosmic wheel in new image from the Subaru Telescope

Spiral galaxy is a stunning cosmic wheel in head-turning image | Space photo of the day for March 3, 2026

By Robert Lea published 3 March 26

The galaxy NGC 941 was imaged by the Subaru Telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawai'i.

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Entertainment

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 200 — Our 200th Episode Listener Special!

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 200 — Our 200th Episode Listener Special!

By Space.com Staff published 7 March 26

On Episode 200 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik celebrate their 200th episode with their annual listener special!

Space Movies & Shows

Bungie explains Marathon's 'graphic retro futurism' aesthetic and the 'live narrative' lessons it learned from 'Destiny' (Interview)

By Fran Ruiz published 7 March 26

As "Marathon" finally launches, we grill a trio of Bungie developers about the world, aesthetic, and ambitions of this sci-fi extraction shooter.

What's Up In Space Today

Search For Life

a rust orange yellow sky and landscape features a rocky surface in the foreground, with a large pointed hill beyond.

'War of the Worlds' in reverse? Mars dirt could help fight off a microbial invasion from Earth

By Keith Cooper published 4 March 26

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological activity.

Search for Life

a man in a blue suit with a yellow tie speaks into a microphone in a richly decorated room

Trump says US government will declassify its UFO files. Will we actually learn anything this time, or is this a distraction?

By Brett Tingley published 20 February 26

President Donald Trump has issued a statement that he will instruct the federal government to begin releasing all of its files related to UFOs.

Search for Life

The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away on July 6, 2015.

Life on Earth is lucky: A rare chemical fluke may have made our planet habitable

By Samantha Mathewson published 10 February 26

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit.

Search for Life

Technology

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By Paul Brett published 6 March 26

Deals NordVPN comes recommended as the best VPN service, and offers online security and convenience, now with a $415 discount and a $50 Amazon voucher.

a swarm of missiles with wings fly above the ocean while firing other, smaller missiles

The US Air Force's latest X-plane looks like a missile — that shoots other missiles

By Julian Dossett published 27 February 26

The U.S. military is developing a new experimental aircraft known as the X-68A and looks a lot like a cruise missile that is also capable of launching its own missiles.

Herhoter Galaxy star projector review

By Kim Snaith published 27 February 26

With a small form factor and a seriously low price, the Herhoter Galaxy star projector is a great buy for anyone wanting nebula projections on a budget.

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