Artemis II’s toilet is a moon mission milestone
On their voyages to the moon, NASA’s astronauts are finally getting some creature comforts of terrestrial toilets—such as having a door and being able to pee and poop simultaneously
Inside a bold plan to pulverize an Earth-bound asteroid
Scientists are designing techniques to smash up space rocks that could be headed our way
How physicists proved that quantum weirdness is a feature, not a bug
Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard, winners of the latest Turing Award, spent their lives touting the advantages of the quantum world
How NASA will keep the Artemis II astronauts safe from space weather
A major solar storm during the Artemis II mission could harm astronauts. Here’s how NASA is protecting them
SpaceX Starlink satellite suffers mysterious ‘anomaly’ in orbit
Elon Musk’s space Internet company said this satellite, which appears to have blown to pieces, did not appear to pose a risk to the ISS or the upcoming NASA moon mission
Can NASA launch a nuclear mission to Mars by 2028?
The U.S. space agency’s Skyfall project calls for sending robotic helicopters to Mars on a nuclear-powered spacecraft before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency
NASA starts countdown clock to historic Artemis II moon mission launch
The space agency is targeting Wednesday, April 1, to launch a crew of four astronauts on a potentially record-breaking journey around the moon and back
Nuclear spaceflight, Iran war’s emissions crisis and a strong Lyme vaccine trial result
NASA’s nuclear Mars mission, the Iran war’s carbon fallout, the looming climate cost of rebuilding and a hopeful new Lyme vaccine
NASA astronauts are counting down to the Artemis II moon launch
NASA is targeting April 1 to launch a crew of four astronauts on a journey around the moon that will set the tone for the agency’s lunar exploration ambitions
The surprisingly baffling science of static electricity
This familiar phenomenon has puzzled researchers for centuries, but experiments are finally making sense of its unruly behaviors
How ultraprecise ‘nuclear clocks’ could transform timekeeping
Superprecise timekeepers based on atomic nuclei could be tested as soon as this year
NASA’s Artemis II astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of moon launch
During their 10-day mission, this four-person crew will swing around the far side of the moon—and potentially travel farther from Earth than anyone in history