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Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Listen Expands Global Search with New Telescope Network
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has taken a significant step forward with the expansion of the Breakthrough Listen initiative to include new world-class telescopes. The program founded by Yuri Milner now operates across multiple continents, creating the...
CRISPR Gene Editing Study Demonstrates How Hox Genes Impact Appearance
Lots of scientists know of the “McGinnis experiment”, which William McGinnis undertook in 1990 to examine how high-level control genes, known as Hox genes, determine our physical characteristics. He investigated whether proteins encoded by the human or mouse Hox gene...
Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Is Living on Mars a Future Possibility?
Scientists have long been exploring the possibility of life on other planets and the ability of humans to live there one day too. There may come a time when earth is uninhabitable in many ways and having a backup planet to go to would be beneficial. In particular,...
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March smashes record as most abnormally hot month for continental US, federal meteorologists say
WASHINGTON (AP) — March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global...
Satellite data shows Earth is getting ever brighter at night
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Daily satellite observations have revealed a continued nighttime brightening globally due to artificial lighting, with important regional variations including a surge in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia alongside a...
Artemis 2 astronauts spy the Milky Way | Space photo of the day for April 8, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The Milky Way shines in a new image captured by the Artemis 2 crew. | Credit: NASAThe Artemis 2 crew captured this majestic photo of the Milky Way through the window...
‘Moon joy,’ a crater named ‘Carroll’ and space selfies: The moments from the Artemis II mission that are pulling at our heartstrings
Space travel has an unsurprisingly profound impact on the rare group of people who are lucky enough to experience it. Since the days of NASA’s earliest missions, psychologists have studied what happens to the minds of people who have left the Earth and had the...
NASA releases stunning new images captured by the Artemis II moon mission, including ‘Earthset’ and a solar eclipse from space
NASA has released the first images taken by the Artemis II crew during their historic trip around the far side of the moon.The four astronauts — NASA commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission...
Broken toilet, T-shirts on windows and collecting saliva: The weirdness of daily life aboard Orion
The Orion spacecraft may only be the size of two minivans on the inside — but for the Artemis II astronauts, the capsule taking them to the vicinity of the moon has already proved to be larger than life.As the backdrop of many unforgettable moments of life on board,...
Artemis II astronauts channel Apollo 8 with a striking Earthset photo
HOUSTON (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8.A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking new photos taken by the U.S.-Canadian crew.The four astronauts channeled Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise shot...
NASA releases new ‘Earthset’ and eclipse images taken during historic flyby of the moon
It was a moment for the history books: The Artemis II mission performed its much anticipated lunar flyby yesterday, and came within just 4,067 miles of the moon.While soaring aboard their Orion capsule beyond the far side of the moon, the crew also reached an...
Thousands of small fish defy gravity to climb Congo waterfall
By Marta SerafinkoApril 7 (Reuters) - A species of small fish has been observed by the thousands climbing a vertical waterfall 15 metres (50 feet) tall in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a behaviour that illustrates the surprising and ingenious ways animals can...
Get caught up on the Artemis II crew’s journey to the moon. What’s happened so far and what’s next
The Artemis II mission is now headed back toward Earth, with four astronauts having soared around the far side of the moon on an unprecedented path that reached deeper into space than any human has traveled before.The journey — crewed by NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor...
Artemis 2 astronauts fly around the moon in record-breaking lunar loop by NASA
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.In this fully illuminated view of the moon, taken by the Artemis 2 mission during its lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, the near side (the hemisphere we see from Earth),...
Moon memorial: Artemis 2 astronauts name lunar ‘bright spot’ after mission commander’s late wife
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASAHOUSTON, Tex. — Today (April 6), as NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts had their names etched into history books for becoming the farthest-ever humans from...