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NASA announces 3 uncrewed missions to the moon this year to prepare to build a base
NASA on Tuesday announced plans for three uncrewed missions to the moon later this year that will serve as early steps toward the goal of building a permanent base on the lunar surface.During these missions — all robotic flights — NASA aims to scout locations at the...
‘Mind-bogglingly crazy’: Europe’s deadly, early heatwave is smashing records
Temperature records are being smashed across Europe as parts of the continent swelter in a heat wave that is bringing extreme temperatures alarmingly early in the year.The continent is grappling with a powerful heat dome, a persistent high-pressure system which acts...
NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan today. Here’s how to watch it live.
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA[embedded content]NASA will give an update this afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.The U.S. space agency...
Seeing double with the Artemis 2 rocket boosters | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The rocket boosters for NASA's Artemis 2 mission following separation. | Credit: NASAThe rocket boosters from NASA's Artemis 2 mission appear in striking unison in...
The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?
About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026, yet at the same time the country has been seeing more intense downpours. It might seem contradictory, but both are symptoms of rising global temperatures.The reason has to do with the water...
How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives
NASA had a big – and little – problem. For a small satellite, the agency needed a tiny antenna, with very specific communication capabilities and very strict limits on size and weight. The agency gave the problem to a design team adept at simulating the way natural...
New species of blue octopus discovered 5,900 feet underwater
Scientists connect the health of deep sea creature populations with global climate 06:13On the ocean floor near the Galapagos Islands, a submersible controlled by scientists came across a mysterious octopus as blue as the ocean that could "could curl up in the palm of...
Why did T. rex have tiny arms? A new study may finally have the answer
Scientists may have finally solved the riddle of Tyrannosaurus rex’s small arms, which have always stood out as the oddest feature in the mightiest of dinosaurs, prompting jokes and a century-plus debate on their purpose and evolutionary history.At about 3 feet long,...
What is the blue-white star next to the moon tonight?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The moon passes close to Spica in the spring sky later this week. | Credit: Background: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Moon: Alexandra...
NASA announces major overhaul to its Artemis moon program
NASA on Friday announced a major overhaul to its Artemis moon program, a “course correction” that will add missions and increase the pace of launches ahead of a targeted lunar landing attempt in 2028.NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the changes will increase the...
NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program by modeling it after speedy Apollo
NASA said Friday it's revamping its Artemis moon exploration program to make it more like the fast-paced Apollo program half a century ago, adding an extra practice flight before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a crew in two years.The overhaul in the flight...
Astronomers just watched a star 1,540 times the size of our sun transform into a hypergiant. Will it go supernova?
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration of WOH G64's binary system surrounded by a dense ring of dust. | Credit: Daniel Cea MartinezAstronomers have witnessed one of our universe's biggest...
US Space Force pauses national security launches on ULA Vulcan rocket due to booster glitch
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Closeup view of the first-stage engines of ULA's Vulcan rocket firing up during a launch on Feb. 12, 2026. | Credit: ULAThe U.S. Space Force is halting all national...
What happened when humans and Neanderthals hooked up
The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once encountered one another and had babies was a scientific bombshell that electrified the field of human origins.Now, geneticists at the University of Pennsylvania say they have a better understanding of the...
The science behind the ‘super-ager’ brain
Older adults who remain cognitively sharp as they age have a genetic advantage over their peers, new research shows.Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that so-called super-agers generate twice as many new neurons in the...
More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too
WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they're increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion,...
SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule heads for home after historic ISS-boosting mission (video)
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA+A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule undocked from the International Space Station today (Feb. 26) after spending six months at the orbiting lab.The robotic...
ByHeart infant botulism outbreak ends with 48 babies sickened
ATLANTA (AP) — A rare outbreak of infant botulism that sickened dozens of babies who drank recalled ByHeart formula is over, with no new cases reported since mid-December, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.In all, 48 babies were...
Rare ‘ring of fire’ eclipse seen by few | Space photo of the day for Feb. 26, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Annular solar eclipse captured by one of the few observers located at Concordia Research Station, Antarctica. | Credit: ESA/IPEV/PNRA-A. TraversoA blazing 'ring of...
Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?
In graduate school, my experimental archaeology professor told a student to create a door socket – the hole in a door frame that a bolt slides into – in a slab of sandstone by pecking at it with a rounded stone. After a couple of weeks, the student presented his...
7 easy tips for photographing the ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse on March 3
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Total lunar eclipse captured from Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 27, 2018. | Credit: Igor Alecsander via Getty ImagesOn the night of March 3, 2026,...
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