by News Feed Editor | Apr 10, 2026 | Science
Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors.Most movies and news alerts focus on large asteroids that could destroy the Earth. And your phones...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Science
The Artemis II astronauts have faced down numerous dangers on their historic moon mission — including white-knuckling through liftoff on April 1 as their rocket burned through millions of gallons of fuel and braving perilous fields of radiation en route to the...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Science
Before four Artemis II astronauts strapped into their Orion capsule to soar toward the moon, a tiny bit of each of them was already on board.Incubated in a small triangular container stowed on the spacecraft just before launch were four USB-size “avatars,” which rode...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Science
The four astronauts who flew around the moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission are nearly home, but one of the most dangerous and nerve-racking parts of the mission is still ahead.NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Science
When the Artemis II Orion crew capsule returns to Earth on Friday after flying around the moon, it will hit the discernible atmosphere some 75 miles above the Pacific Ocean at a blistering 24,000 mph — fast enough to fly from Los Angeles to New York in about 6...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Science
When four astronauts set off on their historic trip around the moon in NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft, they knew they’d be testing a known flaw with their spacecraft — one that had some experts urging the space agency not to fly the mission with humans on...
