The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission captured a new photo of the far side of the moon on Saturday, on the fourth day of the astronauts’ lunar journey.
NASA released the image on Sunday. In it, the moon is oriented upside down, with its South…

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission captured a new photo of the far side of the moon on Saturday, on the fourth day of the astronauts’ lunar journey.
NASA released the image on Sunday. In it, the moon is oriented upside down, with its South…

Researcher-poets use verse to help to ease isolation and grief, sing the praises of nature or depict the joys of commuting by bicycle.Credit: WeBond Creations/Getty
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The Artemis II astronauts have the Moon in their sights — literally. This photo was taken by the crew out the Orion capsule’s window on 5 April.Credit: NASA/Alamy
Updated 6 April 2026, 10.40 a.m. CDT (Houston time)
Just like it sounds, Artemis…

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The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission are more than halfway to the moon after launching Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center, but a familiar problem has…

From minimalist wrist designs to full sleeves, body art has become so common that it barely raises an eyebrow. But while the personal meaning of a tattoo may be obvious, the biological consequences are far less visible.
Once tattoo ink enters…

In a courtroom-TV-worthy twist, FBI agents and scientists used a tiny clump of moss to help convict four cemetery workers of their grisly grave-robbing crimes.
The scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery, located just outside of Chicago, Illinois, began…

The Artemis II crew is almost at the moon, and the astronauts spent this weekend carrying out preparations for their lunar flyby on Monday. That included manual piloting demonstrations, reviewing their science objectives for the six-hour…

As the four Artemis II astronauts closed in on the moon, they took time to send Easter greetings to Earth and had their own version of an egg hunt.
Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch on Sunday presented…