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A collage of nine by five squares containing galaxies of many different shapes and viewed in different orientations. For example, the first column shows five edge-on galaxies, which appear thin like a pencil. The galaxies in the second column have a more fuzzy, diffuse appearance. The middle columns showcase face-on spiral galaxies with many different shapes and densities of stars. The last two columns include interacting galaxies or galaxies with an unusual spiral arm or tidal tail.

Cosmology

Euclid Observatory Opens Cosmic Treasure Trove

Euclid's first data release allows scientists to sharpen the tools they’ll need to unravel the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

eZIE

Solar System

EZIE Mission Launches to Study the Aurora

EZIE has launched successfully, poised to probe a poorly understood aspect linking space weather to dazzling aurora.

diagram with tangle of red and blue ovals showing moon orbits

Solar System

It’s Official: Saturn Has 128 New Moons

With a total now of 274 known moons, Saturn leads all of the planets by far.

Eclipse

Space Missions

A Total Solar Eclipse — from the Moon

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost mission on the Moon has captured a total solar eclipse — but from a lunar perspective.

How accurately can you judge a true right angle? Watch the Castor-Pollux-Mars triangle high overhead to find out. Meanwhile, the waning gibbous Moon steps across Spica.

Celestial News & Events

This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 14 – 23

High overhead after dark, how accurately can you judge a celestial right angle? Watch the changing Castor-Pollux-Mars group to find out. Meanwhile the waning gibbous Moon will rise later and later, opening up dark-sky observing in the evening.

Deimos is dark uneven rock with bright Mars landscape in the background

Solar System

Europe's Hera Mission Swings Past Mars, Sees Deimos

The Hera mission sent back unprecedented views of the Martian moon Deimos as a prelude to the mission's final destination: the asteroid Didymos.

Total lunar eclipse sequence

Celestial News & Events

Watch the Total Lunar Eclipse (March 13-14)

After more than two years, the Americas score a lunar eclipse bullseye.

Brightness temperature along a large swath of Mercury

Solar System

First Thermal Images of Mercury from BepiColombo

The European BepiColombo mission made a detailed heat map of a large swath of Mercury's surface during its most recent flyby.

Rocket launch

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson

Two Missions Launch: One to See the Sun, the Other to See the Universe

A successful rocket launch takes two innovative space science satellites — NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions — to orbit.

Venus full circle

Celestial News & Events

Venus Sprints from “Evening Star” to “Morning Star”

As Venus departs dusk for dawn, here's how to never lose sight of it.

Dessicated landscape and canyon under a red star

Exoplanets

Confirmed at Last: Barnard’s Star Hosts Four Tiny Planets

Following decades of disproven claims, four small exoplanets have been confirmed to orbit Barnard’s Star, the second-closest star system.

Chandrayaan 3

Solar System

Moon's Water Ice Might Be More Accessible Than We Thought

Results from India’s Chandrayaan 3 lander show below-freezing conditions exist farther from the poles than expected.

Galaxies

Hubble Investigates Dwarf Galaxies Aligned Around the Andromeda Galaxy

A new Hubble Space Telescope survey shows intriguing patterns of star formation in dwarf galaxies aligned in a plane around the Andromeda Galaxy.

IM2

Space Missions

Intuitive Machines' Athena Lands on the Moon, Then Dies

Athena landed in the lunar south pole region but fell on its side. After its batteries quickly depleted, the mission ended.

Moon passing Mars, Castor and Pollux, March 7, 8, 9, 2025

Celestial News & Events

This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 7–16

A late-night total eclipse of the Moon highlights the coming week, and never mind that this is a minimoon. Sirius holds the meridian at nightfall, just as the Winter Triangle tips to balance on its brightest point.

Europa Clipper art superimposed on photo of Mars

Solar System

Europa Clipper Successfully Passed By Mars En Route to Jupiter

NASA’s Jupiter-bound Europa Clipper flew past Mars today, using the planet’s gravity to slow its speed around the Sun

NASA meatball logo

Science and Space Policy

Federal Shake-up: Impacts on Space Science and U.S. Leadership

Ongoing efforts to streamline the federal workforce, with layoffs and funding cuts in the works, has already impacted scientists.

Blue Ghost

Space Missions

Blue Ghost Lands on the Moon (Update: New Photo)

Blue Ghost makes a pinpoint landing on the surface of the Moon.

How to spot Mercury in early March 2025

Night Sky Sights

March Podcast: Planets, Stars, and Eclipses!

This month we’ll mark two seasonal transitions, watch eclipses of the Moon and Sun, track down the elusive planet Mercury, and trace out the Winter Hexagon. So grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

The Moon with the Pleiades and Jupiter on March 5 and 6, 2025

Celestial News & Events

This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 28 – March 9

The Moon passes four bright planets this week, starting as a thin crescent below Mercury on February 28th, passing by Venus this weekend, and visiting Jupiter and Mars later in the week.