| |    | | (NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss) | Happy Wednesday, Space Fans! As we wait for NASA's Artemis 2 mission update tomorrow, we're casting our gaze into deep space for today's top story, which reveals a suprising find on your favorite interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Check it out above.
And that's not all! We may get an Easter comet in the night sky, NASA has a new rocket stage for Artemis, and what's going on in Jupiter's auroras? Read on to find out. | | | Space Quiz! What new rocket upper stage did NASA pick for its new Artemis SLS megarocket this week? | | |   | | (Future/NordVPN) | If you're trying to catch up on Foundation, Invasion or just prepping for season 5 of For All Mankind coming on March 27, you may be wondering how to get your sci-fi fix securely on the go. These VPN deals can transport you there, save you 74% and even land you a free $50 Amazon voucher as a bonus. | | |  | | (ESA / NASA / SOHO. Comet track by Joe Rao, graphic created in Canva Pro) | We kicked off today's newsletter with a tale from an interstellar comet, but here's a bonus: There's ANOTHER comet making headlines and this one might be visible in daylight for Easter! We're watching it and here's what we know. | | |  | | (NASA) | When NASA launches its Artemis 4 astronauts to the moon, they'll be riding a new rocket upper stage on their Space Launch System megarocket. NASA's just traded Boeing's Exploration Upper Stage for one from a competitor: ULA. | | |  | | (NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team) | We've talked a lot about comets and moon missions so far today, but here's a twofer for deep space and our solar system: NASA's most powerful space telescope, JWST, has made a surprising find in Jupiter's auroras. And it involves some moons. This image is wild. | | |  | | (SpaceX) | SpaceX hit a milestone yesterday with its 30th launch of 2026, and it was a doozy: A massive EchoStar TV satellite that weighs over 7 tons. See video and photos of the launch here. | | |  | | (ESO/D. Ribeiro for the MPE GC team) | For today's space photo, we're looking inward ... to the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy, where astronomers have found a new gas cloud at our galaxy's core. Here's what the photo reveals, and where this giant cloud was found. | |  | | (NASA) | On March 11, 2008, the first piece of a Japanese module of the International Space Station launched on the space shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-123. Also hitching a ride: Canada's Dextre robot! Here's what happened. | | | | And that will be a wrap for today's daily dose of space from the Space.com team. Be sure to visit us on March 12 when we'll hear from NASA when Artemis 2 could launch.
Until then, keep looking up!
Tariq Malik
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