Meet the rescue team behind the astronauts as Artemis II’s launch approaches

by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Science

The four-person crew of Artemis II is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida preparing to lift off and travel to the moon as early as Wednesday — and getting ready for any hurdles space may throw at them.The astronauts’ round-trip space journey will cover nearly...

As Western heat wave ends, scientists try to make sense of its length and intensity

by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Science

The scorching spring heat dome that baked the West for well over a week has finally moved along, after setting more than 1,500 temperature records across 11 states, according to the research group Climate Central.In its wake, climate scientists, irrigation managers...

Where should we send a real ‘Hail Mary’ spacecraft? A new study has the answers

by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A still from Project Hail Mary (2026). | Credit: Amazon MGM StudiosIn the new film “Project Hail Mary”, humanity sends an interstellar ship to another...

‘Inoculation’ helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds

by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Science

Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people’s ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues and I conducted.Although researchers...

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 203 — China Rising

by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: TWiT[embedded content]On Episode 203 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Namrata Goswami of Johns Hopkins University to examine...

Meet the Artemis crew in NASA’s first astronaut mission to the moon in more than a half-century

by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Science

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The four astronauts making NASA’s next lunar leap bear little resemblance to the Apollo era.The Americans who blazed the trail to the moon more than half a century ago were white men chosen for their military test pilot experience. This...