Parents Find Comfort in Moon Crater Being Named After a NICU Nurse
When the four astronauts completing NASA’s Artemis II mission requested to name a lunar crater on the moon…
Artemis crew share stories of lifelong bonds, tears shed and fears of re-entry
Play Brightcove video The video includes live pictures of the scenes from space now as the astronauts look…
A house-size asteroid is heading toward Earth tonight: Here’s what you need to know
A house-size asteroid will make a close pass of Earth and the moon tonight (April 9), passing a…
Goonhilly Earth Station: The UK research station helping Nasa track Artemis II
who went to the ISS in 2016, said: “We can be very proud in the UK that we…
This Newly Found Galaxy Around Andromeda Is So Faint, It Almost Escaped Detection Forever
A newly confirmed galaxy lurking near Andromeda is shedding light on the universe’s earliest epochs. Named Andromeda XXXVI,…
‘We all pretty much broke down right there’: Inside the Artemis 2 astronauts’ emotional moment near the moon
Just after they broke a 56-year-old spaceflight record, the Artemis 2 astronauts shared a powerful moment that deepened…
Artemis 2 astronaut poses for epic selfie photo of the day for April 9, 2026
Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch smiles with the zero-gravity indicator “Rise” in an Orion spacecraft selfie. (Image credit:…
It Won’t Return for Another 157 Years
A total solar eclipse will cross the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain on August 12, 2026. The…
This founder helped build SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now he’s building a ‘fighter jet for orbit.’
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to…
Artemis II live: Nasa astronauts describe mission highlights from Orion spacecraft after circling Moon
Artemis crew is ‘locked in’ Nasa has shared these images of the astronauts at work on board the…
Would you go to the moon? Board an alien spacecraft? What nearly 80 years of polls say about US attitudes on space
Americans’ opinion of space exploration is pretty high. In an Ipsos poll conducted last week just after the…
The Brits Made A Rocket. What Happened To It?
Like many long-established broadcasters, the BBC put out a selection of their archive material for us all to…