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1 min read Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as they orbit the far side of the Moon, roughly 4,000 miles above the lunar surface.  You can watch this historic broadcast on  NASA’sContinue Reading

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Heather Futrell Heliophysics Program Executive Heather Futrell is a program executive (PE) in NASA’s Heliophysics Division (HPD), managing the HelioSwarm and SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) missions. She steers the development and implementation of these vital missions from design to orbit, ensuring effective collaboration between individuals at NASA HeadquartersContinue Reading

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A view of the near side of the Moon, the side we always see from Earth, as seen from the Orion spacecraft. NASA The astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured this photo of the Moon’s near side on April 4, 2026. The image features dark patches at center and right;Continue Reading

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(April 6, 2026) – Before going to sleep on flight day 5, the Artemis II crew snapped one more photo of the Moon, as it drew close in the window of the Orion spacecraft. Orion and the four humans aboard entered the lunar sphere of influence at 12:37 a.m. EDTContinue Reading

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James Orr, until recently a relatively obscure academic theologian, now ranks among Reform UK’s most influential politicians, having been appointed as the party’s head of policy in February, following a four-month stint as a senior advisor to leader Nigel Farage. Orr’s friendship with U.S. Vice President JD Vance is widely known.Continue Reading

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Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands of years—long enough for life’s building blocks to form. Scientists now think these environments may have been common on early Earth, making them aContinue Reading

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Earth’s Moon Moon Home Facts Moon Facts Top Questions By the Numbers Inside & Out Composition Formation Atmosphere Craters Moonquakes Weather Water & Ices Solar Wind Moon in Motion Phases Eclipses Supermoons Tides Tidal Locking Moonlight Observe Daily Moon Guide Observe the Moon Night Moon Viewing Tips Moon Photography GuideContinue Reading