What the Artemis astronauts said after regaining communication with Earthpublished at 05:23 BST
There was much anticipation during the 40 minutes when Orion was not able to contact Earth.
After the Artemis crew returned from the far…

There was much anticipation during the 40 minutes when Orion was not able to contact Earth.
After the Artemis crew returned from the far…

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current carries more than 100 times the total flow of all the world’s rivers combined. It circles Antarctica without being blocked by land, making it one of the most important drivers of the global climate system. New…

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current carries more than 100 times the total flow of all the world’s rivers combined. It circles Antarctica without being blocked by land, making it one of the most important drivers of the global climate system. New…

A newly identified fossil site in southwest China is changing scientists’ understanding of how complex animal life first developed on Earth. The discovery shows that many major animal groups were already present before the Cambrian Period began….

A newly identified fossil site in southwest China is changing scientists’ understanding of how complex animal life first developed on Earth. The discovery shows that many major animal groups were already present before the Cambrian Period began….

Life cannot begin on a planet unless certain chemical elements are available in large enough amounts. Two of the most important are phosphorus and nitrogen. Phosphorus helps build DNA and RNA, which store and pass along genetic information, and…

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are shedding light on a highly unusual exoplanet known as TOI-5205 b, sometimes described as “forbidden.” Scientists found that this giant planet’s atmosphere contains fewer heavy…

The study, led by professors Sun Jian and Ge Qingjie at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was published in Nature on Wednesday.
Syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, is a…

Editor’s note: This release was updated at 7:28 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2026, to reflect Orion’s final closest approach to the lunar surface from about 4,070 miles to about 4,067 miles. NASA also updated the farthest distance Orion will…