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NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission just etched its name in the record books. The four Artemis 2 astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any people in history, breaking

The Artemis 2 crewmembers captured a spectacular view of Earth setting behind the moon through the window of their Orion spacecraft on Flight Day 6 of NASA’s historic 10-day mission,

Artemis 2 is the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, so it’s no surprise that the Orion spacecraft is loaded with cameras, 15 mounted on the ship and

Reid Wiseman had one last decision to make before leaving his spacecraft post-splashdown: leave something behind in accordance with NASA’s post-splashdown checklist, or not? Reid Wiseman, the NASA Artemis 2

Acting as stellar archaeologists, scientists have found fossilized magnetism on long-dead stars known as “white dwarfs.” This discovery may help explain how stars evolve from their “puffed out” red giant

HOUSTON — The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal once again calls for steep cuts to NASA, and has set up a familiar clash with Congress over how the space agency

Mexico City is sinking, and a powerful new orbiting satellite that’s monitoring changes in land levels all across the globe has discovered how quickly this is happening. It’s all thanks

Wildfires don’t just scorch landscapes. Some are so intense that they create their own weather systems, such as pyrocumulonimbus thunderstorms that loft smoke up to 10 miles (16 kilometers) into

Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 million times larger than the sun, rocketing through space at a