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Meet Cancer the Crab and its Beehive star cluster
Cancer the Crab is one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac. Learn how to find it in your sky, plus learn about its star cluster, mythology and more.
March 26, 2026
Moon base and Mars! NASA makes exciting announcements
Moon base and Mars mission! NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced them as part of a series of new NASA initiatives on March 24, 2026.
March 25, 2026
Life’s genetic code just discovered in asteroid samples
Scientists found all 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code in asteroid Ryugu. Could these building blocks have formed in space and been delivered to Earth?
March 25, 2026
Meet Vela the Sails in southern skies
Vela the Sails is a constellation that was once part of the large Argo Navis the Ship. You can see it best from the Southern Hemisphere on March evenings.
March 25, 2026
NASA’s new exoplanet mission shows 1st images to the public
NASA's new exoplanet mission - called SPARCS - has taken its 1st light images. It will monitor low-mass stars to see if their planets could be habitable.
March 24, 2026
New dinosaur named for iconic Korean cartoon character Dooly
Scientists discovered a new dinosaur, thought to be 2 years old, and named it after Dooly, a popular South Korean baby dinosaur cartoon character.
March 24, 2026
Notice the westward shift of Orion and all the stars
As Earth makes its grand tour around the sun each year, the stars and constellations all do a westward shift in our sky. Orion is a good one to notice.
March 24, 2026
Snow monkeys bathing in hot springs get health benefits
Snow monkeys stay warm in hot spring baths. These baths also affect their parasites and gut microbes. It's a cozy way to get a health benefit!
March 23, 2026
10,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth … and counting
There are now more than 10,000 Starlink satellites in Earth orbit. Plus, 1 to 2 Starlinks are falling back to Earth a day, adding metals to our atmosphere.
March 22, 2026
Project Hail Mary is packed with hard science
The movie "Project Hail Mary" stars Ryan Gosling as a reluctant astronaut on a mission to save Earth. Here's the science that the movie gets right.
March 22, 2026
