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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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),...

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...

Spiders are among Earth’s most resourceful predators, nabbing prey by any means necessary. Orb weavers spin webs for capture. Wolf spiders ambush on the ground at night. Almost all spiders use venom when they hunt.But each spider’s venom is a cocktail of ingredients...