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In early April 2026, the Artemis II mission captivated me and millions of people watching from across the world. The crew’s courage, skill and infectious wonder served as tangible proof of human persistence and technological achievement,…

Hydrogen gas clouds surrounding galaxies are far more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study that reveals hidden pockets of the universe’s first element.

Between 10 billion and 12 billion years ago, a period known as the “

Did WTOP’s coverage of Artemis II’s return to Earth…

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the Great Basin bristlecone pine, the oldest known individual non-clonal organism on Earth, in a study that may eventually help explain how the species survives for more than five millennia. The…

Imagine a single vaccine that protects against the flu, COVID-19, lung-invading bacteria and seasonal allergens all at once.

Scientists recently developed a nasal spray to protect against multiple respiratory diseases, including seasonal…

“Compleximers”—materials that can be molded like window glass but that resist impacts like plastic does—shouldn’t exist, researchers say. Nevertheless, a few grams of one such substance sit in a laboratory at Wageningen University in…

Yuancheng Ryan Lu could barely breathe while he waited for his labmate to adjust the microscope focus.

On the slide in front of them were the results of Lu’s latest attempt to turn back time for ageing retinal nerve cells. If it worked, the…

[CLIP of NASA’s Artemis II splashdown: “Integrity about to complete a journey spanning 694,481 miles from its launch from the Kennedy Space Center back on April 1st, and a trip around the moon.”]

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific…