Inside a bold plan to pulverize an Earth-bound asteroid

Scientists are designing techniques to smash up space rocks that could be headed our way

Artemis II’s toilet is a moon mission milestone

On their voyages to the moon, NASA's astronauts are finally getting some creature comforts of terrestrial toilets—such as having a door and being able to pee and poop simultaneously

Why do we have chins? Researchers may finally know

Humans are the only species that has chins. A recent study sheds light on how that came to be and why evolution doesn't always follow the rules

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58 Years After ‘Earthrise,’ NASA’s New Moonshot May Rediscover Earth

NASA is set to launch the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a trip around the moon. The first time they did this, it changed the world.

The Alaskan permafrost is thawing. Here’s why that’s so worrying

A Wisconsin-sized region of frozen soil is thawing fast, releasing three trillion more gallons of water per year than it did just four decades ago

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission heads to launch

The U.S. space agency is targeting Wednesday evening to loft four astronauts on what may be a record-breaking trip around the moon—see the spacecraft live

Artemis II Mission Timeline

The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will carry out a packed schedule during their trip around the moon's far side

April 1 snowpack this year is utterly dismal

A record warm winter meant that snow levels across the western U.S. were already low, but an incredible March heat wave has made things even worse

What the Meta and Google verdict means for social media design

A Los Angeles jury found Instagram and YouTube negligent in how they were built, opening a new legal fight over how courts view social media

Secrets of color vision could hold clues to treating nearsightedness

Knowing how your eye optimizes vision could have big implications for the progression of nearsightedness

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Meet the four astronauts of Artemis II.

NASA’s Artemis II mission launches four astronauts to the moon

A daring 10-day voyage will take four astronauts on a loop around the moon and set the stage for future forays to the lunar surface

NASA Artemis II astronauts “safe” and “secure" as they journey toward the moon, officials say

NASA launched the Artemis II moon mission on Wednesday, April 1—a date that will enable the crew to observe the moon pass in front of the sun from space

Humans have been gambling since the Ice Age

A new archeological finding shows that Native Americans were exploring probability through games of chance far earlier than their Old World counterparts

Why do Black women have worse IVF outcomes?

A new study helps narrow down the reasons why Black people undergoing infertility treatment have fewer live births