The first mission of the program, Artemis I, lifted off on November 16, 2022. The uncrewed flight to test the equipment was, overall, a success. From the first thundering moments of liftoff to the ...

Bizarre NASA discoveries that we’re not allowed to talk about (but we will) Space exploration consistently reveals phenomena that challenge our understanding of the cosmos, from ...

Marilynne Robinson, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and recipient of a National Humanities Medal, is one of the world’s great writers. Her novels, including the four that have come to be known as the ...

In a time when many seek the secret to healthy ageing in pills or costly skincare, researchers may have unearthed a surprisingly familiar friend: cocoa. That’s right, the very bean behind your ...

The filament structure of the universe is strikingly congruent, in a topological sense, to the axon-neuronic structure of the brain, and begs the question of whether the heavenly dark matter is a ...

Israeli researchers use muon detectors, which detect elementary particles akin to heavy electrons, to reveal subterranean cavities; hope method will be deployed across the world ...

As artificial intelligence is pitted against the brain, Jim Al-Khalili, broadcaster and professor of theoretical physics, explores how the human brain has evolved into the most complex known structure ...

After all the tests, NASA determined that Artemis II was safe to fly with its current heat shield, but NASA decided to use a modified “loft” trajectory rather than skip entry. Orion program manager ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continues to affect infants and older and immunocompromised people around the world. These graphics reveal where the burden lies and what the effects of immunizations ...

NASA's AVATAR study will send Emulate organ chips containing human cells on the Artemis II mission to study how deep space affects health.

The year 2023 marked the debut of groundbreaking innovations to prevent severe RSV infections in infants. Now protected babies are way less likely to develop severe infections or to end up in the ICU ...

There are things we cannot fully comprehend unless we’ve been there, firsthand. It’s why many of us develop misconceptions about things, in this case, medical conditions and procedures. A recent ...