Another early heat wave hits this week, this time in the Northeast

by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science

Record-breaking heat is expected to take hold across states from the Plains to the Northeast this week, causing temperatures to soar to unseasonable highs.The early heat wave comes less than a month after oppressive heat choked much of the western United States. Now,...

Did the Artemis II spacecraft protect the crew well enough? NASA races to find out

by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science

Now that the four astronauts who flew around the moon are safely home, NASA is investigating how its spacecraft fared during the final minutes of the Artemis II mission.The Orion capsule’s heat shield — the protective layer at the bottom engineered to prevent it from...

SpaceX, Blue Origin moon landers in focus after NASA’s Artemis success

by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science

By Joey RouletteCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 14 (Reuters) – After the safe return of four astronauts from a historic flyby of the moon last week, NASA is shifting focus to its next challenge: putting competing lunar landers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and...

New federal figures reveal 1 in 3 US households struggle to pay energy bills, but the reality is likely even worse

by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science

Americans’ concerns about being able to afford electricity and home heating fuel are elevated since the beginning of the Iran war. But newly released nationwide data shows that even before the war began, these concerns were widespread, long-standing and getting worse...

Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever – what this research could mean for future clocks

by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions.To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a perfectly repeatable way. In a pendulum clock, that tick is the regular swinging of the...

Talk about long distance! Watch the farthest-ever crew call in space between Artemis 2 and the ISS

by News Feed Editor | Apr 14, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Inset crew images: NASA, graphic created in Canva ProWhat do astronauts near the moon do when it’s time to talk to their colleagues orbiting the Earth...