Space

The Curiosity rover captured images of iridescent and radiant martian skies as part of a recent cloud survey.

For the next few weeks in March, the sky to the west is illuminated by a pyramid of ethereal glow after twilight known as the zodiacal light.

Relativity Space, a California-based startup that counts billionaire Mark Cuban as one of its early investors, will try to launch the first 3D-printed, methane-fueled rocket into orbit from Cape Canaveral Wednesday. The Terran 1 rocket’s first test flight has a three-hour launch window opening at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT).

Soar to the moon and back in a new Minecraft adventure targeted for space fans 8 and older.

Japan’s first H3 rocket, designed to launch satellites and resupply space stations, fell back to Earth Monday after its second stage engine failed to ignite five minutes into an inaugural test flight, destroying the rocket and a three-ton Earth observation spacecraft.

Balloons offer an affordable way to climb high above Earth’s atmosphere, providing a clear view of space that’s inaccessible to ground-based telescopes.

Though too small for serious skywatching, these compact binoculars provide pleasing night sky views for the casual stargazer.

SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft linked up with the International Space Station Friday, delivering two NASA astronauts, an Emirati astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut to the complex after a short delay for ground teams to uplink a software fix to mask a bad sensor on the capsule’s docking mechanism.

Measuring cosmic volume is surprisingly down to Earth.

The newly discovered comet C/2023 A3 is making a close approach around the sun for the first time in 80,000 years, and might be as bright as a star in fall 2024.