Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, increasing the planet’s total to 274—more than any other in the Solar System. The discovery was made using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, with observations conducted in 2023.
PUNCH and SPHEREx were successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 20:10 LT (03:10 UTC on March 12, 2025) from Space Launch Complex 4 East on March 11. SPHEREx will conduct an all-sky infrared survey of the universe, while PUNCH will track the Sun’s corona as it transitions into the solar wind.
A total lunar eclipse will take place on March 14, 2025, offering skywatchers across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and western Asia a chance to witness the Moon turn a reddish hue. Two weeks later, on March 29, a partial solar eclipse will follow, concluding this eclipse season.
The mysterious X-ray emissions from the Helix Nebula’s central white dwarf, detected over four decades, may be the result of planetary debris accretion, according to new observations by Chandra and XMM-Newton.
The uncrewed SpaceX Starship exploded mid-flight on Thursday, March 6, 2025, after lifting off from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas at 17:30 CST (23:30 UTC). The Super Heavy booster successfully executed a return and mid-air catch, but the Starship upper stage was lost in a spectacular explosion, causing temporary air traffic disruptions.
A bright fireball was seen over the skies of the U.S. Midwest and Canada at around 00:38 UTC on March 4, 2025 (19:38 EST on March 3), with 85 people reporting sightings.
Two dense rocks that fell from the sky in the remote village of Khalwat-Nimgaon, located in Beed’s Wadwani taluka, Maharashtra, at around 14:00 LT (08:30 UTC) on March 3, 2025, have been confirmed as meteorites by scientists from MGM APJ Abdul Kalam Astro and Space Science Centre.
LuGRE successfully acquired and tracked Earth-based GNSS signal on March 3, 2025, becoming the first technology demonstration to achieve this feat on the Moon’s surface.
A bright fireball streaked across the sky south of London, U.K., at 18:36 UTC on February 26, 2025.
A rare celestial event will take place on Friday, February 28, 2025, when seven planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will align in the evening sky.
