NASA is set to launch four astronauts on Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission around the moon marking humanity's farthest spaceflight in 54 years and a critical step toward lunar surface landing before China.
President Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts at Johnson Space Center, recognizing their historic lunar mission that took humans farther from Earth than ever before.
Astronomers discovered the fastest known star in the Milky Way orbiting the central supermassive black hole at 25,000 km/s, completing orbits in 8.7 years and passing 10 times closer than previously observed stars.
A Race Against Blindness relaunches its popular Baja adventure truck fundraiser through Labor Day, offering a $350,000 prize package to support childhood blindness research after the original winner chose a cash alternative.
A 5,300-year-old mummified man discovered in 1991 in the Alps shows evidence of violent death, with 61 tattoos, an embedded arrowhead, and an unfinished bow revealing insights into prehistoric conflict.
The James Webb Space Telescope detected a tiny 10-kilometre moon orbiting Uranus, designated S/2025 U1, that Voyager 2 missed during its 1986 flyby, bringing the known Uranian moon count to 29.
President Trump will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honour to four astronauts from NASA's Artemis II mission, which successfully orbited the Moon in April 2025, marking humanity's return to lunar space after 50+ years.
Astronomers discovered S301, the fastest known star in the Milky Way, traveling at 25,000 km/s around the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. The discovery could enable direct measurement of the black hole's rotation and test Einstein's relativity theory.
A compact UK-developed satellite called CosmoCube will study the cosmic dark ages from the Moon's far side, detecting hydrogen signals from 150 million years after the Big Bang to understand early galaxy formation.
Simulations suggest a 320-meter asteroid striking Deimos at 45 degrees created both the moon's south-polar depression and 120-meter debris layer, explaining its unusually smooth surface.
Un eclipse lunar parcial será visible desde Perú y gran parte de América, Europa y África la noche del 27 de agosto según la NASA. El evento astronómico ocurrirá desde la noche del jueves hasta la madrugada del viernes.
A loose bull ran for hours on a busy California highway until a local ranch foreman with 35 years of experience was called in after midnight to safely corral and contain the animal.
Estudo financiado pela NASA revela que a microgravidade altera a microbiota intestinal de astronautas, causando fermentação excessiva de proteínas e possíveis riscos à saúde em missões prolongadas.
Astronomers discovered evidence of a dwarf galaxy merger 12 billion years ago using globular cluster analysis, revealing a previously unknown chapter in the Milky Way's assembly history.
China is launching its Chang'e 7 moon probe this weekend to search for ice in the lunar south pole region, marking an ambitious step in the intensifying space race with the United States.
China is launching Chang'e-7, its most complex lunar mission, to search for frozen water near the moon's south pole using a lander, rover, and novel hopping probe. The uncrewed mission supports Beijing's goal of crewed lunar landing before 2030.
NPR's Short Wave podcast explores three recent scientific discoveries: mysterious black hole stars detected by James Webb Space Telescope, how leisure exercise better prevents dementia than work-related activity, and shrews' remarkable ability to shrink organs for winter survival.
Clayton Anderson applied to NASA 15 times over 15 years before selection in 1998, later logging 166+ days in space. His story illustrates how persistence combined with timing and qualifications—not grit alone—enables breakthrough success.
Investigação da Check Point Research revela que um operador de cibercrime infetou acidentalmente o seu próprio computador, expondo ferramentas internas e dados de uma rede que comprometeu mais de 5000 computadores via 2000 domínios WordPress vulneráveis.
A SpaceX recuperou com sucesso a Starship Ship 40 após 24 dias flutuando no oceano Índico, tornando-a um laboratório valioso para estudar o escudo térmico e preparar futuras capturas na torre de lançamento.
Un eclipse lunar parcial ocurrirá el 27-28 de agosto de 2026, cubriendo el 93% de la Luna con la sombra terrestre y creando el fenómeno de la Luna de Sangre visible desde Argentina y América.
NASA research shows certain microorganisms could survive in pockets of the lunar South Pole, offering insights for future moon base development but raising contamination concerns for scientific research.
NASA-led research shows certain Earth fungi and bacteria could survive weeks to months on the lunar surface, raising concerns about microbial contamination during future moon missions.
Astronomers identified 12 remnant radio galaxies with fading radio lobes, revealing what happens when supermassive black holes powering these structures shut down. The discovery shows these galaxies fade over 8-42 million years, filling a gap in understanding galaxy evolution.
Pew Research Center detectó que el 35% de las páginas web publicadas desde noviembre de 2022 muestran autoría o edición por IA, concentrándose en sitios comerciales mientras académicos y gubernamentales permanecen casi intactos.
