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- April 11
- April 10
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- NEAF 2026 returns to New York this weekend with all-star astronaut lineup and 'world's largest' space expo
- The Artemis 2 astronauts saw a rare solar eclipse from beyond the moon. Here's what it looked like
- Why I'm hunting for Comet Pan-STARRS right now — before it's too late
- 'They’re not shipping cows up to Mars': 'For All Mankind' creators talk scientific accuracy and colonial inspirations behind season 5 (interview)
- Artemis 2 spies a crescent Earth above the moon's horizon | Space photo of the day for April 10, 2026
- Ripples in spacetime may have revealed 1st evidence of tiny black holes born in the Big Bang
- Watch NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth live online today (April 10)
- Where will NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts make their splashdown today?
- What time is NASA's Artemis 2 splashdown today? Full schedule
- Today is splashdown day for Artemis 2 moon astronauts — What to expect at each stage of reentry & landing (timeline)
- April 9
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- The Artemis 2 astronauts got a private 'Project Hail Mary' screening before launch. Here's their verdict
- Crew of tiny worms readies for April 11 launch to International Space Station
- 'It probably will start a precedent': Why satellite company's withholding of Iran imagery has this expert worried
- A house-size asteroid is heading toward Earth tonight: Here's what you need to know
- Watch Artemis 2 race back to Earth in this telescope livestream tonight
- 1 week until the Lyrid meteor shower lights up April skies: Here's what you need to know
- NASA astronaut Leland Melvin makes a cartoon cameo in latest episode of Disney+'s 'Hey A.J.!'
- Artemis 2 astronaut poses for epic selfie | Space photo of the day for April 9, 2026
- 'We all pretty much broke down right there': Inside the Artemis 2 astronauts' emotional moment near the moon
- Light pollution has brightened Earth by 16% since 2014, satellites find
- Artemis 2 mission sends 'Kerbal Space Program' player numbers soaring to the Mun
- All eyes on Orion’s heat shield: Artemis 2 astronauts will hit Earth's atmosphere at nearly 24,000 mph on April 10
- April 8
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- Large Hadron Collider gives scientists their best look yet at conditions right after the Big Bang
- 'The Expanse: Osiris Reborn' has lots of 'Mass Effect' DNA, but its developers are teasing a far more grounded sci-fi RPG
- 'Audible screams of delight' from NASA scientists over micrometeorite impacts on the moon witnessed by Artemis 2 astronauts
- Artemis 2 astronauts spy the Milky Way | Space photo of the day for April 8, 2026
- Artemis 2 moon astronauts capture space history — on their iPhones
- Galaxy starves its supermassive black hole, loses 95% of its brightness
- 'It just made it even more special': Being so far from Earth makes you appreciate our planet even more, Artemis 2 astronaut says
- April 7
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- The Artemis 2 space toilet is actually working fine. But there is another problem
- 'Project Hail Mary' sound designers used surprising animal sounds to create Rocky's musical alien voice (interview)
- Relive Artemis 2's epic moon flyby with these amazing photos
- 'Maul – Shadow Lord' stars Sam Witwer and Gideon Adlon talk Maul's surprising honesty, becoming a Jedi, and George Lucas' original vision for the character
- A satellite just captured images of a tsunami being born. Here's why that's a big deal
- Artemis 2 captures historic 'Earthset' photo | Space photo of the day for April 7, 2026
- Watch Comet MAPS get destroyed by cataclysmic fragmentation near the sun
- 'Unreal' solar eclipse: Artemis 2 crew just saw one of the rarest sights in spaceflight history
- The Artemis 2 astronauts just flew by the moon. Lunar scientists can't wait for what's next
- Moon milestones: A rundown of Artemis 2's many spaceflight firsts
- 'This is really big stuff.' Trump hails NASA Artemis 2 astronauts after historic moon flyby feat
- Artemis 2 astronauts fly around the moon in record-breaking lunar loop by NASA
- April 6
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- Moon music: Here's a Spotify playlist of the Artemis 2 crew's wakeup songs
- Moon memorial: Artemis 2 astronauts name lunar 'bright spot' after mission commander's late wife
- Artemis 2 breaks humanity's all-time distance record during historic loop around the moon (video)
- 'Maul – Shadow Lord' is the darkest and most focused animated 'Star Wars' show yet
- The moon up close: How the Artemis 2 astronauts are photographing their historic lunar flyby
- Deja vu: Trump proposes cutting NASA science funding by 47% again
- Astronaut Victor Glover is the latest in a long line of Black American explorers − including York, the enslaved man who played a key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition
- NASA Artemis 2 astronauts to make historic moon flyby today. Here's what to expect hour by hour (timeline)
- Humanity is back at the moon! Artemis 2 astronauts arrive in lunar space
- When the moon hits your eye from your Orion ship up high, that's a 'mare' for Artemis 2
- April 5
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- Artemis 2 astronauts are about to see one of the rarest skywatching sights of all — a solar eclipse from beyond the moon
- The breakout star of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission isn't an astronaut — it's the space toilet
- The powerful new Rubin Observatory just found 11,000 new asteroids and measured 'tens of thousands more'
- Artemis 2 moon astronauts will try to recreate Apollo 8's historic 'Earthrise' photo during April 6 flyby
- This is the inspiring Easter message an Artemis 2 astronaut has for Earth while traveling to the moon (video)
- Dozens of hidden star streams found in the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy
- Lego's educational space sets are a stellar way to teach kids about the basic physics of collisions and impacts
- April 4
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- Artemis 2 astronauts — now halfway to the moon — report 'burning smell' from toilet, but everything's fine
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 204 — A New NASA
- 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' is finally available to buy digitally, and we've got an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip
- Disclosure day: If ET made contact, how would we handle the news?
- Defender at 45: How an icon of space gaming is in danger of being lost to history
- An Artemis 2 astronaut took a 'bath' on camera on the way to the moon. Mission Control's reaction was priceless (video)
- Artemis 2 astronauts are now headed to the moon. Why has it taken humanity so long to go back?
- April 3
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- It's official: NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission will break humanity's all-time distance record
- Astronauts on the ISS watched NASA's historic Artemis 2 launch from space
- Venus shines at its best in spring and summer 2026 — here's what to look for
- 1st results from Blue Ghost lunar lander reveal how much we still don't know about the moon
- Atlas V rocket launches its heaviest-ever payload, sending 29 Amazon internet satellites to orbit
- Artemis 2 astronauts see Earth in the rear-view mirror | Space photo of the day for April 3, 2026
- NASA is sending astronauts back to the moon. Can you see the Artemis 4 landing sites from Earth?
- Pulsars to the extreme: Spinning dead stars found blasting radio signals from the 'edge of their magnetic reach'
- NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are cruising to the moon. So why are they doing CPR tests today?
- Artemis 2 astronauts head for the moon after make-or-break engine burn (video)
- April 2
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- Lucky airplane passengers capture NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch from the sky
- In honor of "Project Hail Mary"'s Rocky, we celebrate 17 sci-fi aliens who look nothing like humans
- Watch comet C/2026 A1 plunge toward the sun online this week
- 'The universe shall quake in my shadow' — 'Masters of the Universe' looks like the summer's most metal movie
- 'Supergirl' goes full John Wick to save her dog Krypto in new trailer
- Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born
- NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch seen from space | Space photo of the day for April 2, 2026
- How to track the Artemis 2 astronauts on their journey around the moon
- Relive NASA's historic Artemis 2 launch to the moon in these stunning photos
- April full moon 2026 dazzles as 'Pink Moon' lights up skies worldwide (photos)
- NASA just launched Artemis 2. What happens today could make or break the moon mission
- There was a bit of toilet trouble on NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the moon
- Why is the Artemis 2 rocket launch different from all other rocket launches?
- April 1
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- NASA launches 4 astronauts to the moon on historic Artemis 2 voyage, a lunar leap for the 21st century
- 'Project Hail Mary' end credits showcase stunning nebula photos captured over 400 hours by a single astrophotographer — here's the inside story
- 2 bright planets light up April evenings — here's where and when to look
- What do scientists hope to learn from NASA's historic Artemis 2 moon flyby?
- NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch may be visible from Florida and southern Georgia today. Here's when to look
- Watch Artemis 2 fly through space in real time with this telescope livestream tonight
- April's full 'Pink Moon' rises tonight — just as NASA readies its Artemis 2 moon mission
- Satellite spies SpaceX Starlink before it breaks apart | Space photo of the day for April 1, 2026
- Saturn's magnetic field is curiously warped, and one of its moons may be to blame
- NASA set to launch Artemis 2 moon mission today, the 1st crewed lunar flight since 1972
