Science

Science • Apr 08

How Artemis II’s Earthset photo compares with the iconic Earthrise image from 1968

Artemis II astronauts updated the iconic 1968 image during their 2026 loop around the Moon.

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Science • Apr 08

Mystery giant 'forbidden planet' has been found - and scientists are baffled

The planet, TOI-5205 b, has been studied using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

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Science • Apr 08

Opinion | Artemis II cost billions of dollars. And it was worth every penny.

The Artemis II mission has, for the past 10 days, reminded people all across the world just how cool space exploration can be. From the jaw-dropping...

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Science • Apr 08

Earliest known octopus is not an octopus after all

Reading scientists use new technology to discover teeth within the fossil meaning its not an octopus.

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Science • Apr 08

NASA releases photos of far side of the moon taken from Artemis II

NASA's Artemis II astronauts captured images of the far side of the moon, revealing never-before-seen insight into the moon's surface.

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Science • Apr 08

The Artemis II Crew Has Sent Back Stunning Images From The Far Side of The Moon

After a historic lunar flyby that carried four astronauts farther from Earth than humanity has ever been, the Artemis II crew has sent home spectacular...

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Science • Apr 08

NASA releases report on fireball spotted in the Northeast, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

People across the Philadelphia region contacted Action News on Tuesday afternoon after spotting a fireball.

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Science • Apr 08

Remarkable discovery inside museum item after 26 years: 'Stopped us in our tracks'

The creature had even been included in the Guinness Book of Records.

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Science • Apr 08

Trump tells Artemis II crew he saved Nasa despite trying to slash agency’s budget

Astronauts had a call with the US president from space after setting record for the farthest-traveled humans from Earth.

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Science • Apr 08

Meteor Sightings Confirmed In Skies Above The Tri State

Video shared with News 12 from Forked River shows a small fireball quickly streaking through the sky.

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Science • Apr 08

Artemis II Lunar Flyby

The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA's Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions no human has ever seen...

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Science • Apr 08

Artemis II crew honors late wife of Reid Wiseman with naming of Crater

While making history as the farthest humans have traveled in space, the Artemis II crew also shared a special moment inside the moon spacecraft on Monday.

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Science • Apr 07

An Incredibly Weird Time to Be Alive

The world witnessed the best and worst of humanity in a single week.

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Science • Apr 07

Multiple Reports Of Fireball Sighting In Connecticut Skies

Multiple people in Connecticut reported seeing a fireball in the sky Tuesday.

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Science • Apr 07

Giant fireball spotted streaking across Mid-Atlantic states

A bright fireball was reportedly seen blazing across the sky over several states along the East Coast on Tuesday afternoon, stunning hundreds of eagle-eyed...

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Science • Apr 07

'Oldest octopus' fossil is no octopus at all, scans reveal

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records—has turned out to be...

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Science • Apr 07

World's Oldest Known 'Octopus' Turns Out to Be An Entirely Different Animal

A fossil that was fundamental to describing the evolution of octopuses turns out to have been an impostor, all along.

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Science • Apr 07

This Record-Breaking Octopus Fossil Isn’t an Octopus After All

In 2003, a fossil found in northeastern Illinois was declared the earliest known octopus, earning it a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Science • Apr 07

The ‘oldest fossil octopus’ is probably another animal

In 2000, researchers thought they found the oldest fossil octopus, which lived over 300 million years ago. But it may just be a half-rotten nautilus.

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Science • Apr 07

So long, sucker: world’s ‘oldest octopus’ is stripped of its title

An octopus that made the Guinness World Records as the oldest specimen of its species is to be stripped of the title after scientists discovered it was not...

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