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

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

Space

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

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

Space

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

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.

Space

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

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

Space

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.

Space

Left-handers may have competitive advantage over right-handed people

Sharper appetite for challenge observed among left-handed people, study indicates

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

Space

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.

Space

The Marathon Collector’s Edition nails the assignment as Bungie's sci-fi shooter finally launches

As Bungie’s extraction shooter welcomes players to Tau Ceti IV, we’ve taken a good look at its hefty collector’s edition.

Space

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

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

Space

Weight-loss drugs alone will not solve UK’s obesity crisis, says Chris Whitty

Chief medical adviser warns of side-effects and calls for action on junk food advertising and making food healthier

The Guardian - UK

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."

Space

Apocalyptic ‘end of the world’ beliefs are increasingly mainstream, research reveals

More people than ever believe the world will end within their lifetime, scientists say

The Independent UK

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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 Independent UK

Astronauts could soon be eating moon hummus, study suggests

Scientists said the study suggests astronauts may be able to grow their own food supply on the moon

The Independent UK

Ecologists alarmed after ‘one of the worst invasive’ species found in ancient Australian rainforest

Ants could have a $2bn per year-impact on Australia’s economy, researchers say

The Independent UK

Scientists find alarming effect of forever chemicals in honeybees

Forever chemicals may affect bees’ royal jelly used to feed larvae, scientists say

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Scientists reveal why Black Death led to plant diversity plummeting across Europe

Findings may have implications for contemporary biodiversity conservation

Space

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.

Space

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"

Space

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.

Space

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.

Space

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?

Space

'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.'

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