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With the upcoming Artemis 2 mission slated for launch in April 2026, the crew members practice all scenarios, including the worst cases.

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Crew members assigned to the Artemis 2 mission practice with mannequins inside the Crew Module…

Summary: A new study reveals that cognitive tests in infancy can modestly predict intelligence three decades later. Researchers followed over 1,000 twins from seven months of age, measuring behaviors like vocalization and novelty preference to…

Space is big, and human-made objects are slow. The record speed any human has ever traveled was set by Apollo 10 back in 1969,…

A new species of dragonfish has surfaced from the chilly waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula, and it has a story that spans nearly a million winters.

Researchers report that Akarotaxis gouldae (nicknamed the banded dragonfish) branched off…

Primordial black holes, formed in the earliest moments after the Big Bang, may have had the potential to grow at a rapid pace into supermassive black holes, according to new findings from cosmological simulations. This discovery could help solve…

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A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology has revealed a remarkable discovery in New South Wales, Australia: a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi, with preserved food still intact in its stomach….

The Moon has long captivated humanity, inspiring awe with its shifting appearance and mysterious, hidden side. Even though it’s the only celestial body where humans have walked, there’s still much we don’t know about the Moon and its…

The first time Gene Kozicki drove to Lompoc to see a rocket blast off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, it was night, and the whole scene reminded him of the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” The road was blocked off. There were…