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Science • Apr 09

Artemis II crew spots something silly on lunar surface: ‘Moon is smiling’

A photo of a giant lunar crater taken by NASA's Artemis II astronauts reveals that the man in the moon is not only real, but in a very good mood.

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Science • Apr 09

Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom

Tim Friede put his 'ass on the line' to help stop snakebite deaths – whose numbers appear to be rising amid the climate crisis.

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Science • Apr 09

The ‘oldest octopus’ in the world isn’t an octopus after all, scientists find

The story of a 300-million-year-old fossil has been rewritten after scientists discovered that it doesn't actually belong to the world's oldest octopus as...

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Science • Apr 09

'Go Birds!' (from space). Artemis II astronaut shows Eagles love on moon mission

Eagles fans are everywhere, including space. An Artemis II astronaut showed her love for the Eagles with a "Go Birds!" chant during the moon mission.

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Science • Apr 09

A cracked heat shield rattled NASA after Artemis I. Now, Artemis II will put the fix to the test

The Artemis II astronauts are scheduled to return Friday. When they do, they will slam into Earth's atmosphere using a reentry technique that has yet to be...

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Science • Apr 09

Artemis 2 astronaut poses for epic selfie photo of the day for April 9, 2026

Artemis 2 astronaut Christina Koch and zero-gravity indicator "Rise" posed for a selfie on the way to the moon in the window of their Orion spacecraft.

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Science • Apr 09

500-million-year-old clawed predator found in Utah desert forces scientists to rethink origin of spiders

Named after French explorer Jacques Cousteau, Megachelicerax cousteaui is the oldest of its kind ever found, not to mention one of the strangest…

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Science • Apr 09

'We all pretty much broke down right there': Inside the Artemis 2 astronauts' emotional moment near the moon

"That was, I think, where the four of us were the most forged, the most bonded, and we came out of that really focused on that day ahead.".

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Science • Apr 09

NASA’s Artemis program may be in the lead, but China could still win the new moon race

China is working toward its own moon landing. Could it put astronauts on the moon before NASA's Artemis program does?

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Science • Apr 09

Trump’s race to the moon is about dominance over China, not discovery

On Friday, the crew of the Artemis II mission will splash down on Earth after its historic 10-day flyby of the Moon. President Donald Trump is celebrating...

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Science • Apr 09

Who are the US scientists linked to NASA and military research vanished or died under unexplained circumst

A string of baffling deaths and disappearances among US scientists, including a retired Air Force general and NASA JPL researcher, has sparked concern.

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Science • Apr 09

As Artemis II hurtles home, a global space race accelerates

The United States and China are leading a global competition to build a permanent presence on the moon. Scientific research, national pride, and potentially...

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Science • Apr 09

A 289-Million-Year-Old Mummified Reptile From An Oklahoma Cave Shows How We Breathe The Way We Do

Scientists have discovered the remains of a tiny, mummified reptile in an Oklahoma cave. The species is Captorhinus aguti, a small lizard-like animal that...

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Science • Apr 09

Artemis II: Astronauts stuck using 'special bags' as $23 million toilet gets clogged

Four astronauts. One broken toilet. No way to flush: The Artemis II crew made it around the Moon just fine. Getting home with a working bathroom is proving...

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Science • Apr 09

Waiting for Artemis – behind the scenes of the long return to the moon

Spotlight on the Artemis II mission reveals the complexity of deep space travel.

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Science • Apr 09

Artemis II latest: Crew face questions as mission enters final stretch

The Artemis II crew have taken questions from the media live from their Orion capsule after travelling farther into space than any humans in history.

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Science • Apr 09

The Heavens Are Still Declaring—and Not Just to Astronauts

Most Christians would likely struggle if, out of the blue, someone asked them to share a message about Easter Sunday. But Victor Glover was put on the spot...

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Science • Apr 09

What if dark matter came in two states?

The absence of a signal could itself be a signal. This is the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics,...

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Science • Apr 09

Artemis II astronauts follow Apollo tradition of naming lunar features after loved ones

Lunar love knows no bounds. Artemis II's astronauts took a poignant page from Apollo 8 earlier this week, proposing deeply personal names for a pair of...

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Science • Apr 09

Scientists Baffled After World Guinness ‘Oldest’ Octopus Turns Out To Not Be An Octopus At All

A 300-million-year-old fossil that earned a Guiness World Record in 2015 as the world's oldest octopus, has now been reclassified after new research...

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