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Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis 2 crew’s flyby of the Moon

Happy Earth Day! Celebrate with these amazing photos of our planet from space, from Apollo 8 to Artemis 2

By Chelsea Gohd published

This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.

Earth
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5 best value streaming services for sci-fi fans in 2026: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus and more

By Grace Dean last updated

With so many streaming services out there, sci-fi fans are spoiled for choice. From Amazon Prime to Netflix and beyond, we've rounded up the best value streaming services for science fiction.

Entertainment
Steve Kapala, Jesse Wang, Vlad Link and Laddy Aldridge of the U.S. Navy dive medical team pose aboard the USS John P. Murtha ahead of Artemis 2 recovery operations in the Pacific Ocean.

Meet the US Navy divers who welcomed the Artemis 2 astronauts home from the moon

By Samantha Mathewson published

Four Navy divers made a contribution to the historic Artemis 2 moon mission, welcoming its astronauts home to Earth and making sure they were safe and healthy.

Artemis
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launches on its third-ever mission on April 19, 2026.

Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket grounded after launch mishap

By Mike Wall published

The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily grounded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which failed to deliver a satellite to the proper orbit during its third-ever launch on Sunday (April 19).

Launches & Spacecraft
This is an image of Earth captured in space.

Celebrate Earth Day with this Artemis 2 shot | Space photo of the day for April 22, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd published

Celebrating Earth Day with an image of Earth captured by NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the moon.

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Earth

See the moon shining in the daytime sky this week: Here's where to look

By Anthony Wood published

The moon is visible in the daytime sky as it grows thicker ahead of the full phase on May 1.

Stargazing

Spectacular photos of the 2026 Lyrid meteor shower captured from Earth and space

By Anthony Wood published

Lyrid meteors were photographed blazing through Earth's atmosphere on the nights surrounding the April 22 peak.

Meteors & Meteor Showers
This image of Uranus from NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet and its rings in new clarity. The Webb image exquisitely captures Uranus’s seasonal north polar cap, including the bright, white, inner cap and the dark lane in the bottom of the polar cap. Uranus’ dim inner and outer rings are also visible in this image, including the elusive Zeta ring—the extremely faint and diffuse ring closest to the planet.

Mysterious rings around Uranus point to hidden moons orbiting the ice giant

By Keith Cooper published

The two most puzzling rings around Uranus are gradually giving up their secrets, only to deepen the mystery of the Uranian system.

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Uranus

The moon and Jupiter steal the show after sunset tonight

By Joe Rao last updated

A half moon passes close to Jupiter on April 22, creating a striking scene.

Stargazing
Three large solar panels hang in the back of a cleanroom warehouse room where two workers dressed in white suits stand in the foreground

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is finally complete

By Monisha Ravisetti published

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is set to launch this coming September, has the potential to show us pockets of the cosmos we've yet to touch.

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