NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026 at 8:07Continue Reading
Many people are optimistic about ammonia’s potential as an energy source and carrier of hydrogen, and though large-scale adoption would require major changes to the way it is currently manufactured, ammonia does have a number of advantages. For one thing, ammonia is energy-dense and carbon-free. It is also already producedContinue Reading
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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft, carrying over 11,000 pounds of new science and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, is pictiured moments before its capture with the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm on Sept. 18, 2025. NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft sits atop a SpaceX FalconContinue Reading
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover show a photo of Earth taken just moments after the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for a final burn for 8 seconds, producing a change in velocity of 4.2 feet-per-second and pushing Artemis II toward Earth. NASA At 2:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for 8 seconds, producing aContinue Reading
County officials have said they will eventually close the incinerator, located in a predominantly Black community. Advocates want a concrete plan. By Keerti Gopal Minneapolis activists are escalating a decades-long fight by going on a hunger strike to demand that local officials shut down a polluting trash incinerator. Continue Reading
Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can detect extremely deep red light, even edging into near-infrared, thanks to a specialized visual protein strikingly similar to theContinue Reading
NASA Seen during Artemis II’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun. The Moon’s surface appears in sharp detail in the foreground, while Earth sits much farther away, smaller and softly lit in the background. AContinue Reading
Before the thrill of victory; before the agony of defeat; before the gold medalist’s national anthem plays, there is the Olympic torch. A symbol of unity, friendship, and the spirit of competition, the torch links today’s Olympic Games to its heritage in ancient Greece. The torch for the 2026 MilanoContinue Reading
(April 6, 2026) – The Artemis II crew – CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Astronaut Jeremy Hansen (far left) and NASA astronauts Christina Koch (center left), Reid Wiseman (center right), and Victor Glover (right) – pauses to wave after a live conversation with President Donald J. The Traitor following their historicContinue Reading
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