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'Rick and Morty' season 9 promises 'No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop' when it drops on Adult Swim later this year

Adult Swim's wild animated sensation is back for more sci-fi insanity in May.

NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1

NASA has completed the Artemis 2 flight readiness review and plans to launch the historic moon mission as soon as April 1.

The biggest and most expensive Lego Star Wars set ever made is over £130 off in Amazon's UK big spring sale

The 9023-piece Lego Star Wars UCS Death Star is a galaxy-shattering £135 off in Amazon UK's Spring Deal Days sale, but hurry! Stock is already running low.

'Completely bonkers': Astronomers find evidence of a cataclysmic collision between exoplanets

Astronomers have witnessed evidence of an extremely violent collision between planets, and it resembles the event in Earth's history that created the moon.

Why Holly Hunter's Nahla Ake already deserves a place at Star Trek's ultimate top table

'Starfleet Academy''s principal mixes new ideas with inspiration from her famous predecessors

ISS astronauts take out the space trash | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026

A photo captures Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL freighter being jettisoned away from the International Space Station carrying thousands of pounds of garbage, headed for a fiery demise.

NASA project leader blames next-generation X-ray telescope cancellation on agency mismanagement

NASA is canceling the AXIS X-ray space telescope mission concept, saying it failed to meet key requirements. But the project leader thinks there's another reason.

How to clean your camera's image sensor safely at home

Here's how to clean your camera sensor to get a crisp picture every time.

Yachance Night Light star projector review

The Yachance Night Light star projector is a geared firmly towards children.

Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here's what to expect

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

US lawmakers call for a permanent moon base. Will it ever happen?

The impetus for establishing a "Lunar Surface Moon Base" is that America is in a space race with China.

Astronomers witness colossal supernova explosion create one of the most magnetic stars in the universe for the first time

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

Get the best sub-250g drone, the DJI Mini 5 Pro and save $500

The DJI Mini 5 Pro is the best sub-250g drone ever made and now $500 off at Amazon; this Fly More Combo bundle packs in extra batteries, an LCD remote and more!

Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA's mission update today

NASA will give an update about its Artemis 2 moon launch plans today (March 12), and you can watch it live.

A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth

Our sun and a host of "solar twins" may have migrated away from the core of the Milky Way galaxy together long ago, potentially making the solar system more hospitable to life.

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the seventh time ever today (March 11), bouncing back from two explosive mishaps in 2025.

Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft departs the space station

Northrop Grumman's first "Cygnus XL" cargo ship departed the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and is scheduled to deorbit and burn up in Earth's atmosphere this weekend.

Could NASA use expandable habitats for its Artemis moon bases? These two companies are betting millions

Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a new multi-million-dollar investment aimed at accelerating development of expandable modules for future missions to the moon.

'In the old days, we were staring at a f ***ing green screen with tape marks on it': We talk to 'Star Trek' legend Jonathan Frakes about directing 'Starfleet Academy' season 1's penultimate episode

'The scope of 'Starfleet Academy' in terms of design, art direction, visual effects, practical effects, and graphics is massive.'

Your cosmic catch: A home guide to identifying and observing meteorite features

Our how-to for observing a meteorite through a microscope.

The 'invisible giant' at the heart of our galaxy | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026

A new image captured by the Very Large Telescope reveals stars and gas orbiting the "invisible giant" at the heart of our galaxy.

'War Machine' succeeds where 'Transformers' fails, by making its giant robot feel real

Autobots, roll out – out of the way, that is, because War Machine is proving how to do human vs intergalactic machine conflict better.

NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other

New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.

NASA Artemis 2 gifts we love: Top picks for aspiring astronauts

Ready to launch your support? Check out this stellar collection of space-flight merch I've personally picked to back the amazing team of the NASA Artemis 2 mission.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 'bursting with methanol,' new study finds

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually rich in alcohol — a chemical clue that could reveal how planets and icy bodies form around other stars.

Jupiter's moons leave cold 'footprints' in the planet's auroras, James Webb Space Telescope finds

Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter's moons on its aurora are more complicated than scientists thought.

'War Machine's' Alan Ritchson and director Patrick Hughes on why they filmed the action flick 'like a horror movie' (interview)

'I just wanted to make a film that was completely non-stop from start to end.'

The moon hits its third quarter phase tomorrow! Here's what you need to know

A spot of early morning astronomy anyone?

Newly discovered comet could be visible in daytime skies this April

A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close encounter with the sun on April 4.

NASA just picked a new upper stage for its SLS moon rocket amid Artemis shakeup

NASA has wasted no time in selecting the vehicle that will replace the upper stage on its new plans for a standardized Space Launch System rocket.

A star dies in the Cat's Eye | Space photo of the day for March 10, 2026

The Hubble and Euclid space telescopes caught a stunning portrait of a dying star at the heart of the Cat's Eye Nebula.

Shoot the stars: The best gear for night sky photography

Here are five ways to capture the night sky.

'The future of the space economy': Colorado startup Lux Aeterna raises $10 million to develop reusable satellites

The Colorado company Lux Aeterna wants to help open up the space economy with a fleet of fully reusable satellites, and it just raised to some money to help make that happen.

SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says

SpaceX is gearing up for the 12th test launch of its Starship rocket, which could liftoff in about 4 weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks' orbit around the sun

The mission without a doubt proves that we could deflect a hazardous asteroid away from Earth — so long as we discover it in the nick of time.

SpaceX launches 15,000-pound TV satellite to orbit on its 30th mission of the year (photos, video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the 15,000-pound EchoStar XXV TV satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast just after midnight on Tuesday (March 10).

Incoming! 1,300-pound NASA satellite crashes back to Earth over eastern Pacific Ocean

NASA's Van Allen Probe A crashed to Earth on Wednesday morning (March 11) after nearly 14 years in orbit, according to the space agency. Most of the spacecraft likely burned up in the atmosphere.

Jupiter appears to change direction in the night sky tonight: Here's why

The change is subtle and happens over many nights.

The 1st trailer for HBO's 'Lanterns' drops with no green, no aliens, and a boatload of f-bombs

'Don't get too hung up on the jewelry, junior, you're just a f***ing substitute teacher.'

China's 1st moon astronauts could land in Rimae Bode, a 'geological museum' on the lunar near side

A new study highlights the volcanic Rimae Bode region as a scientifically promising destination for China's first crewed moon landing mission, which the nation wants to achieve by 2030.

Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home

A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house after thousands observed a stunning fireball streak across the sky in western Europe.

Smart telescope buying made easy: Your guide to Unistellar, ZWO, Celestron, Dwarflab, and Vaonis

Our expert gives you a rundown of the main smart telescope brands and models.

SpaceX's Ship 39 is so cool in Starship V3 test | Space photo of the day for March 9, 2026

SpaceX engineers tested Ship 39's propellant system, leading to some stunning images.

Future spacecraft could fix their own damage using 'self-healing' materials

Spacecraft of the future may be able to detect and repair their own structural damage in orbit, a capability that could make long-duration missions and reusable launch vehicles more resilient.

'Project Hail Mary''s final teaser trailer is 'Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!'

'I really wanted this incredible friendship to be true to the book.'

Congress wants the International Space Station to keep flying until 2032. Here's why

Congress is pushing to extend the International Space Station's life by two years, to give commercial outposts more time to step into its shoes.

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

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.

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'

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

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

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.

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