CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century arrived at their launch site Friday, joining the towering rocket that stands poised to blast off next week and send them around the moon. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman flew in with his three crewmates…
March 27, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA’s Artemis II astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of moon launch During their 10-day mission, this four-person crew will swing around the far side of the moon—and potentially travel farther from Earth than anyone in history By Meghan Bartels edited by Eric Sullivan Canadian…
A humpback whale stranded on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum into deeper waters, rescuers said on Friday. A flotilla of vessels were following the weakened animal at a distance, hoping to help guide it into the North Sea and toward the Atlantic Ocean, its natural habitat. The…
Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to basically tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are crucial to Earth’s climate because without the ice reflecting sunlight, more heat energy goes into the oceans….
Understanding gene expression within the body has been a boon for 21st century biology and therapeutics, but most discoveries that use these technologies only focus on one organ or one small area of tissue. At the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME), Assoc. Prof. Nicolas Chevrier’s group has developed a new…
More to come?… Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess, the Space Force’s deputy chief of operations, told a House subcommittee Wednesday that the military was looking at moving more missions off of ULA’s Vulcan rocket to other providers. Currently, only ULA’s Vulcan and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets are certified for national security launches. The Vulcan…
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QUICK FACTS Name: Lençóis Maranhenses National Park Location: State of Maranhão, Brazil Coordinates: -2.5299, -43.0250 Why it’s incredible: Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, yet it hosts thousands of temporary lagoons. Lençóis Maranhenses is a national park on Brazil’s northeast coast that is famous for its white sand dunes peppered with thousands of temporary, crystal-clear…
Listen to this audio excerpt from Michael Guzman, Artemis II main propulsion systems engineer: Your browser does not support the audio element. A clue to what Mike Guzman, main propulsion systems engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, loves most can be found in the signature of his work email: a complex string of…
“” Santa Monica Pier is among the most famous in the nation, but it’s far from the longest. Sandra Foyt / Shutterstock When people ask about the longest pier in the U.S., a helpful follow-up question is whether the pier is used for fishing, recreation, or transportation. Across the United States many piers extend hundreds…
