NASA’s Artemis II nears the moon, oil trumps endangered species, snowpack plummets
An update on NASA’s historic moon mission, alarm over the low snowpack in the western U.S. and a move that could endanger wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico
Where is Artemis II? NASA astronauts near the moon for first time in more than 50 years
Day four of the Artemis II mission to the moon saw the crew start to prepare in earnest for their lunar flyby and experience yet more toilet troubles
How Artemis II is beaming back stunning video from the moon
A new laser system aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft is sending sharper video and more data back to Earth
NASA’s Artemis II moon mission is gearing up for its lunar flyby
NASA officials and the Artemis II crew are starting to prepare in earnest for Monday’s lunar flyby—while also trying to fix the mission’s toilet
NASA’s Artemis II moon mission prepares for a host of science observations
The Artemis II crew will spend about six hours observing the moon on Monday. Here’s what they’ll be looking for
Trump administration proposes massive budget cuts to science
The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing
Where is Artemis II now? NASA mission is now closer to moon than Earth
The third day of the Artemis II mission was relatively quiet, as four astronauts continued on their trek to fly around the moon
The mathematical formula that reveals when Easter is every year
You can track the start of spring and the phases of the moon—or you can turn to a formula by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss
NASA Artemis II astronauts in ‘great spirits,’ space agency officials say, as mission nears moon
Friday is the Artemis II mission’s third official day as it makes a 10-day journey around the moon and back
What are NASA’s Artemis II astronauts eating? 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee and a lot of hot sauce
The menu for NASA’s moon mission has 189 unique items on it and mirrors that of the International Space Station
How NASA’s moon mission could help transform space medicine
Artemis II’s AVATAR experiment will see organs-on-a-chip travel to the moon and back, revealing how such a journey affects the body’s cells
Inge Lehmann and Earth’s deepest Secret
Science writer Hanne Strager explores how the trailblazing Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann overcame self-doubt to discover that Earth has a solid inner core, overturning the long-held belief that it was liquid