Artemis II astronauts will see parts of the moon no human has before. Here’s how

The distance Orion will travel during the Artemis II moon flyby will let the crew see the entire lunar disk, including ...

Get caught up on the Artemis II crew’s journey to the moon. What’s happened so far and what’s next

Artemis II hit a key milestone Thursday when Orion ignited its engine, propelling the crew on a trip that will reach deeper ...

Mourning for dinosaurs, 65 million years too late

Dino-heads on TikTok are chopping up animated footage of the prehistoric beasts (mostly taken from the recent Netflix ...

More than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts grappled with a toilet problem

Toilet issues have plagued the four astronauts on the Artemis II mission as the Orion capsule on its way to the moon.

As 4 astronauts aim to make history at the moon, Trump recommends slashing NASA’s budget

As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White ...

Fossils from China show complex life evolved millions of years earlier than once thought

Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

Four astronauts, four reporters. CNN crew squeezes into moon capsule-size van

The Artemis II mission around the moon is underway. Four CNN journalists cram inside a capsule-size van to show the ...

Scientists reveal earliest evidence for shifting of Earth’s crust

Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to have the geological process.

‘And then we saw the little head.’ Scientists witness rare sperm whale birth

Few people have been lucky enough to see a whale birth, with the last one witnessed decades ago. Now, two major papers ...

The end of the ISS is looming, and the US could have a big problem

As the US sets its sights on establishing a permanent base on the moon, its foothold in an area of space much closer to home ...

NASA announces new Mars mission, reshapes goals on the moon

NASA’s new chief is reshaping the space agency’s goals, unveiling at an event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday an ambitious ...

April’s full pink moon rose in the night sky this week

Named after spring blooms, April’s full pink moon rose Wednesday, coinciding with the successful launch of the Artemis II ...