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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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Science • Apr 07

Astronauts' Perspective Offers Unifying Vision Amid Divisive Rhetoric

As the Artemis II mission returns to Earth, the astronauts' awe-inspiring views of the planet have sparked a sense of global unity, with pilot Victor Glover...

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Science • Apr 07

Fireball spotted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware traveled at 30,000 mph before disintegrating, NASA says

A meteor spotted across multiple states Tuesday afternoon traveled more than 100 miles before disintegrating, NASA said.

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Science • Apr 07

NASA confirms fireball seen over Philly region skies was a meteor on Tuesday

People across the Philadelphia region reported seeing a fireball in the sky on Tuesday afternoon that NASA confirmed was a meteor.

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Science • Apr 07

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Beams Official Moon Flyby Photos to Earth

Editor's note: Some photo captions were updated on April 8, 2026, to reflect ongoing scientific observations and discussion about the images.

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Science • Apr 07

Artemis II Crew Pays Tribute to its Commander's Late Wife

400,000 kilometers away from Earth, as Artemis II broke the distance-to-earth record set in 1970 by the infamous Apollo 13 mission, the crew decided to pay...

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Science • Apr 07

Artemis II crew tearfully proposes to name moon crater after astronaut Reid Wiseman's late wife

The crew of NASA's historic Artemis II mission memorialized the late wife of one of its astronauts by proposing to name a crater on the moon after her,...

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Science • Apr 07

'Moon joy,' a crater named 'Carroll' and space selfies: The moments from the Artemis II mission that are pulling at our heartstrings

Space travel has a profound psychological impact on the people who experience it. People back on Earth have been moved by humankind's return to the moon as...

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Science • Apr 07

NASA Cygnus Cargo Mission Set to Deliver Breakthrough Science to ISS

The countdown is underway as the NASA Cygnus cargo mission moves closer to arrival, carrying not just supplies but the seeds of scientific breakthroughs...

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