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March 10, 2023

NASA Artemis I moon mission rocket damaged more than expected in launch

NASA said that its uncrewed Artemis I flight test proved successful last year, but also highlighted some unforeseen issues to work on during a Thursday update.

March 9, 2023

US Air Force unveils new photos of B-21 Raider during Colorado symposium

The U.S. Air Force showed off two new images of the newly developed B-21 Raider bomber, manufactured by Northrop Gumman, and featuring the latest technologies.

March 9, 2023

NASA Curiosity Mars rover captures first ever 'sun rays' during cloud study

NASA's Curiosity on Mars sent back images of sun rays for the first time as the rover begins a study on clouds and their composition high up in the atmosphere.

March 8, 2023

NASA says it's tracking 161-foot newly-found asteroid that has 'very small chance' of striking Earth

An asteroid with a diameter of about 161 feet has a "very small chance" of striking Earth on Feb. 14, 2046, NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office said.

March 8, 2023

Beautiful images capture worm moon across the globe

The worm moon, the final moon of astronomical winter, was captured in beautiful photographs on Tuesday from cities around the world. The moon would appear full through Wednesday.

March 8, 2023

Malaysia Flight MH370: Mystery of plane's disappearance lingers nearly 10 years later; families seek closure

Nearly 10 years after flight MH370 disappeared en route to China, the families of the missing passengers have started to push for a renewed search effort using modern technology.

March 7, 2023

Japan launches $1.47B rocket, destroys it after second stage failure

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) destroyed its $1.47 billion H3 rocket after a Tuesday launch due to an ignition failure in its second stage.

March 6, 2023

Ted Cruz leads 12 Republicans in blasting NASA over 'highly politicized' climate regulation

A coalition of 13 Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee blasted NASA over a recent climate-related regulation they said would increase costs by $4 billion.

March 4, 2023

Webb telescope captures galaxy three times: Why it happened

The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image that shows the same galaxy three times due to gravitational lensing from a galaxy cluster that is 3.2 billion light-years from Earth.

March 3, 2023

China conducts secretive space walk ignoring international norms: 'contempt for transparency'

China this week revealed that two of its astronauts had conducted a second space walk in an undisclosed operation on the Tiangong space station.