Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers
5 Min Read Meet NASA’s New Artemis II Science Officers Artemis science officers, from left, Kelsey Young, Trevor Graff, and Angela Garcia stand at the new SCIENCE console in the…
Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic Sea Ice
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Barents Sea Tied to Low Arctic… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on…
NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon
Earth’s crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA For the first time in…
A ‘forbidden planet’ the size of Jupiter has astronomers stumped
There’s a “forbidden” oddball planet about 282 light-years away from Earth. The Jupiter-esque planet known as TOI-5205 b is the first exoplanet of its kind with an atmosphere containing far…
Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box
Archaeologists in the Netherlands recently discovered a sizable conversation starter tucked away in a forgotten storage box. Amid a long overdue archive cataloguing project at Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen southeast…
NASA’s 1977 computers aboard Voyager are still working in interstellar space
As millions around the world watched on smartphones, T.V.s, or in person, Artemis II and its four-person crew burst from the ground on April 1 and successfully began its 10-day…
Artemis II Astronauts Launch to Moon
NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover,…
These tiny fish climb waterfall cliffs for 10 hours
Nearly all fish spend their entire lives in water—it’s sort of a big qualification to classify as a fish, after all. However, some species occasionally behave in ways that recall…
Space now has 10 toilets
At this time yesterday, there were only nine toilets in space. Today, the freshly-launched Orion space capsule’s commode makes it an even 10. Orion (on its way around the moon):…
What’s a brain freeze and why do they happen?
It’s nearly ice cream season again, and with it, its accompanying nuisance—the brain freeze. You know the feeling: the sudden pain that erupts in your upper face and forehead when…