Earth shines above the lunar crescent in the viewport of the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA) The Artemis 2 crew captured a spellbinding photo of the crescent Earth
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From spa to boat party: 10 epic events for the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse in Spain and Iceland
Where will you be for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026? If you’re within the roughly 190-mile (305 kilometers) wide path of totality through eastern Greenland, western Iceland
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WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab has won a contract from Japanese radar satellite company iQPS for three additional Electron launches. Rocket Lab announced April 9 it signed a contract with iQPS,
Asteroid Apophis to sweep close 3 years from tomorrow
Orbit of asteroid Apophis (pink) in contrast to the orbit of Earth (blue), from the years 2028 to 2030. The yellow dot represents the sun. Apophis takes 323.6 days to
Why do Jupiter’s large moons outnumber Saturn’s?
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'The most special thing that will ever happen in my life': Artemis 2 astronauts describe their epic moon mission
HOUSTON — The crew of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission around the moon is back on Earth — and now back home, here in Houston. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover
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Ripples in the very fabric of space and time called “gravitational waves” may have provided the first tantalizing evidence of tiny black holes born during the Big Bang. These primordial
After an extraordinary journey encompassing more than 800,000 kilometers, the Artemis II mission is poised to make its return to Earth this Friday evening. The Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, has
WASHINGTON — A budget proposal for the Department of Commerce raises new doubts about the future of a civil space traffic management system under development there. A high-level fiscal year
HELSINKI — China’s multi-element Chang’e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned liftoff in the second half of 2026. Chang’e-7 will be prepared
WASHINGTON — The Artemis 2 mission is set for a final, fiery test when the spacecraft reenters April 10 ahead of a splashdown off the California coast. Artemis 2 will
This artistic rendering shows the center of the distant galaxy Markarian 501 and its 2 powerful jets. A supermassive black hole at this galaxy’s center is thought to partly bend
NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully returned to Earth on April 10, 2026, at 17:07 local time, concluding the historic Artemis II mission. This marked the first crewed journey around the Moon
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