March 28, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

In this roundup of space news, we talk about NASA's upcoming Artemis launch, space-based data centers and the new sci-fi movie Project Hail Mary.

From monitoring Mercury to launching a new adventure to an icy moon of Jupiter, spacecraft and astronauts made great strides in 2024. Here are some of the highlights of this year in space. The moon ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in ...

The world’s first commercial space science telescope, Mauve, just sent back data from low-Earth orbit, achieving “first light” — and signaling a potential new era for low-cost observation. Launched ...

New faculty member Anton Artemyev is bringing his award-winning research in space physics to The University of Texas at ...

IN one of her widely viewed TikTok videos, Florence Pauli Basubas introduces herself with a question: Do you believe an island girl from the Philippines can become an astronaut? She follows it with a ...

NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy.

Mars may look like a frozen desert today, but new evidence suggests its watery past didn’t simply fade away quietly—it may ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the future of astronautics and space technologies. That visibility naturally invites a follow-on question: what comes next ...

Space Science Week is the joint meeting of the Space Studies Board of the U.S. National Academies discipline committees in collaboration with the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Board on ...