Artemis II: News, features, and facts about the NASA moon mission
Artemis II is the first crewed spaceflight in NASA’s Artemis Program — a long-term campaign that aims to send humans back to the moon for...
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Antarctica could warm 1.4 times faster than the rest of the Southern Hemisphere in the coming decades, study finds
Antarctica could heat up 1.4 times faster than the rest of the Southern Hemisphere over the coming decades, which would lock in extreme sea-level rise...
Russian rocket en route to ISS suffers major antenna glitch, triggering remote-control astronaut ‘backup plan’
An uncrewed Russian rocket carrying vital supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) experienced a significant “glitch” after launch, meaning the cargo vehicle will no...
Watch sperm whale headbutt another for no apparent reason
Headbutting Sperm Whales – YouTube Watch On Scientists have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a sperm whale violently headbutting another sperm whale out of the blue....
Live Science Today: Earth hits record energy imbalance, Hawaii floods and NASA prepares for Artemis II launch
Today’s top story The Ala Wai Golf Course is seen inundated with water from Hawaii’s worst flooding in decades. (Image credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle...
Viruses in the gut may help prevent blood sugar spikes, mouse study hints
Viruses found in the intestines — collectively called the gut virome — activate the immune system to help metabolize carbohydrates, thereby reducing blood sugar spikes,...
Urfa Man: An 11,500-year-old life-size statue of a man holding his penis
Urfa Man is a life-size Neolithic statue found in Turkey. (Image credit: Getty Images) QUICK FACTS Name: Urfa Man What it is: A limestone statue...
Why do some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilizations?
Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself? The...
A secret weapon to fight carbon emissions was just discovered: Beavers
Beavers’ dams and ponds can turn a stream corridor into a net annual carbon sink, drawing in more carbon than it released over the course...
Rare star spotted in its original galaxy could answer a key question about the ingredients of life: Space photo of the week
Quick Facts What it is: Star PicII-503 inside the Pictor II dwarf galaxy Where it is: 150,000 light-years from Earth in the Pictor constellation When...