The reFocus Awards has announced the stunning winners of the 2025 Photographers of the Year at the World Photo Annual. “This year’s competition drew thousands of submissions from photographers representing…
Amid the 872-day siege of Leningrad in the early 1940s, nine people died protecting a library. This library was not for books, but for seeds collected from around the globe.…
Getting that annual check-up can feel daunting for anyone. For a 140-pound leopard whiptail ray (Himantura leoparda) living at the New England Aquarium in Boston, it’s a whole other animal.…
It’s something out of a dream or TV show: a married couple takes their dog for a walk and finds a buried treasure worth $10 million. But it actually happened,…
NASA/Adeline Morgan Santa Claus (NASA engineer Guy Naylor) poses with NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
Scientists are leaving space fans with one more tasty treat before the year comes to a close. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers captured a stunning image of the largest…
Deep down, we want to be cyborgs. We spend huge chunks of time interacting with technology every day, but the friction created by devices and interfaces persists. This year, we…
2025 was full of efficiency innovations and bold initiatives in the world of aerospace. From the most detailed movie of the night sky ever made to the first commercial soft…
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3 Min Read Get In, We’re Going Moonbound: Meet NASA’s Artemis Closeout Crew Members of the Artemis II closeout crew, from left, William Sattler; Tyler Sutherland; Michael Heinemann; Christian Warriner;…