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NASA launches 4 astronauts to the moon on historic...
NASA launched its Artemis 2 mission today (April 1), sending astronauts toward the moon for the firs...
'Project Hail Mary' end credits showcase stunning ...
It started with an Instagram message, and ended on the silver screen.
Historic Artemis II launch sends astronauts bound ...
Four astronauts have begun a 10-day journey around the moon and back again, the first crewed flight ...
Tobacco plant altered to produce five psychedelic ...
Genetically engineering tobacco plants could enable a more sustainable production method for psyched...
2 bright planets light up April evenings — here's ...
Venus and Jupiter dominate April's evening sky, while Mercury, Mars and Saturn linger in the dawn — ...
What do scientists hope to learn from NASA's histo...
Here's what's on the experiment roster for the Artemis 2 moon mission.
The first quantum computer to break encryption is ...
Traditional encryption methods have long been vulnerable to quantum computers, but two new analyses ...
Oceans are darkening all over the planet – what’s ...
In a shift that is reshaping entire ecosystems, the open oceans are letting less light in. We don't ...
NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch may be visible from F...
Here's where you need to be to see the Artemis 2 moon rocket launch with your own eyes.
Male octopuses have a favourite arm that they most...
The third right arm of male octopuses has a specialised role in mating, and the creatures take extra...
Watch Artemis 2 fly through space in real time wit...
A Virtual Telescope Project livestream aims to track NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft after launch ...
The best new popular science books of April 2026
April has a lot to offer when it comes to popular science reading, promising to help us do everythin...
April's full 'Pink Moon' rises tonight — just as N...
The "Pink Moon" will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.
SpaceX Starlink spacecraft breaks apart | Space ph...
SpaceX Starlink spacecraft was seen prior to breaking up in orbit by a satellite.
Virus from marine animals is causing weird eye pro...
A virus seems to have jumped from marine animals into people for the first time ever, and it is caus...
Plug-in solar is coming – how dangerous is it and ...
Plug-in solar panels are a cheaper, simpler alternative to professionally installed panels. But can ...
Saturn's magnetic field is curiously warped, and o...
"A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to ...
Historians dispute link between drought and rebell...
A study based on tree rings claimed that droughts played a role in events that led to the Roman with...
NASA set to launch Artemis 2 moon mission today, t...
NASA plans to make history today (April 1) with the launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed moon missi...
The best new science-fiction books of April 2026
A collection of stories set in George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards universe and a novel from The Expans...
This star-forming galaxy is blowing out powerful w...
NASA's XRISM X-ray spacecraft has clocked 2 million mph winds ripping out of a distant galaxy bursti...
Yes, NASA's launching Artemis 2 astronauts to the ...
NASA is hoping for a historic moon launch, not a punchline on April 1.
Comet MAPS faces a make-or-break moment as it dive...
Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles above the sun's surfac...
How to use your Unistellar smart telescope to trac...
Unistellar co-founder tells Space.com about how citizen scientists are using smart telescopes to eng...
What will happen if Artemis 2 astronauts get hit b...
"If an event is particularly bad, there are some places in the capsule, such as storage bays and dow...
'Forbidden Planet' at 70: Why the original sci-fi ...
The movie that took Shakespeare to the stars, and wrote the blueprint for movie space opera.
A once-fantastical collider could answer physics’ ...
The muon collider was once dismissed as impossible, but is now gaining steam as the successor to the...
Attacks from our immune system are a cause of long...
The immune system going rogue and attacking healthy tissue seems to behind some cases of long covid,...
Here's what the Artemis 2 astronauts will be doing...
The crew's 10-day mission will be filled with science, spacecraft tests, medical checks, survival tr...
'It didn't feel like a sci-fi movie': Esai Morales...
"Playing military characters is always interesting for me. They're all homages to a family member."
Artemis 2 astronauts reveal adorable zero-g indica...
The four astronaut's of NASA's Artemis 2 mission arrived in style at Kennedy Space Center ahead of t...
New fibre optic record allows 50,000,000 movies to...
Improved hardware can send ten times as much data through existing fibre optic cables, potentially p...
April's full moon decides the date of Easter — her...
The first full moon of spring, known as the Paschal Moon, sets the date for Easter each year.
NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'W...
"It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."
Astronauts are ready to return to the moon on Arte...
NASA’s Artemis II mission will be the first time humans have been around the moon in half a century,...
Why won't NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts land on the ...
Artemis 2 will launch four astronauts around the moon no sooner than April 1. Why won't this quartet...
Northern lights could be visible in 16 states toni...
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Wyoming tonight as Earth braces for impact from a speedy coron...
What kind of olive oil is best for the brain?
The science suggests that olive oil can help us fight cognitive decline and even Alzheimer’s. Column...
Huge solar flare no threat to Artemis 2 astronaut ...
A massive X1.4 solar flare won't endanger NASA's four Artemis 2 astronauts on their way to the moon....
Record-breaking 'space laser' erupts from merging ...
Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, and it's blasting f...
25 years ago, 'Invader Zim' arrived, but it was to...
"You dare agree with me? Prepare to meet your horrible doom!"
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billi...
Our solar system's famous "invader" might be as old as the Milky Way itself.
Darth Maul was originally going to be the villain ...
George Lucas had dreams of Darth Maul as the big bad of his sequel trilogy; here's why that would ha...
Heading to Florida for NASA's Artemis 2 moon launc...
A lot of people are coming to Florida for the historic Artemis 2 moon launch, so they'll need to bud...
Food shock is inevitable due to the Iran war – and...
Even if the conflict in the Middle East ends today, higher fuel, fertiliser and pesticide prices wil...
Best moon movies: 12 lunar adventures to watch ahe...
From 'Destination Moon' to 'Apollo 13,' here’s a full spectrum of lunar-set films to count down.
The profound effect the heart-brain connection has...
Cognitive decline, mental health and heart disease are all shaped by the deep links between heart an...
Moon menu: Here's what the Artemis 2 astronauts wi...
The Artemis 2 astronauts will spend about 10 days flying to and from the moon, so they'll need to fi...
Sun rises on Artemis 2 launch pad | Space photo of...
NASA's SLS moon rocket casts a striking silhouette against the rising sun ahead of the agency's Arte...
'The sasquatch is honesty': Inside Canadian astron...
Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian flying to the moon on board NASA's Artemis 2 mission, included Indigenou...
