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'Pinprick of light': Artemis crew witnesses meteorite impacts on Moon 08 Apr 2026 - 07:30 pm
This handout picture released by NASA on April 7, 2026, shows the Orion spacecraft (L) and the Moon backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026. Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP
Laughter, tears: historic day for astronaut Jenni Gibbons in Houston 07 Apr 2026 - 10:11 am
Picture shared by Canadian astronaut Jenni Gibbons on her X account.
After milestone-rich lunar flyby, astronauts start trip home 07 Apr 2026 - 07:55 am
This screengrab from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II crew members Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover speaking with US President Donald Trump via a call aboard the Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP)
Artemis mission approaches lunar loop for first flyby since 1972 06 Apr 2026 - 01:11 pm
The Artemis II crew took this photo on day 4 of their journey to the Moon. In it, the Moon is oriented with the South Pole at the top and are beginning to see parts of the lunar far side. Orientale basin is on the right edge of the lunar disk in this image. Photo by NASA
Artemis astronauts glimpse Moon's 'Grand Canyon' ahead of historic lunar flyby 05 Apr 2026 - 12:51 pm
This screengrab taken from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II mission astronauts (L-R) NASA's pilot Victor Glover, NASA commander Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency's mission specialist Jeremy Hansen and NASA's mission specialist Christina Koch as they attend a
'Extraordinary' views of home as astronauts head towards the Moon 04 Apr 2026 - 08:28 am
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took these pictures of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn. Photos: NASA/Reid Wiseman
NASA gives Artemis crew green light to head towards Moon 02 Apr 2026 - 11:42 pm
The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 1, 2026. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP
Goat vs gecko: A tiny Caribbean island faces wildlife showdown 25 Mar 2026 - 01:10 pm
Goats walk on Pompierre Beach in Terre-de-Haut, Les Saintes, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Carla Bernhardt / AFP)
NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans 24 Mar 2026 - 07:48 pm
NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen at sunrise at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 24, 2026. Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP
UN warns migratory freshwater fish numbers are spiralling 24 Mar 2026 - 03:45 pm
An angler fishes by the Liangma River on a spring day in Beijing on March 24, 2026. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year? 22 Mar 2026 - 01:41 pm
Handout picture released by the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, shows a Hudsonian Godwit on Minimoy Island in the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts, US on August 21, 2017. (Photo by Luke Seitz / Cornell Lab of Ornithology / AFP) /
In Finland, divers learn to explore icy polar waters 21 Mar 2026 - 12:33 pm
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'Miracle': Europe reconnects with lost spacecraft 19 Mar 2026 - 07:15 pm
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Storms, warm seas drove sudden drop in Antarctic ice: study 18 Mar 2026 - 08:17 pm
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New particle discovered by Large Hadron Collider 17 Mar 2026 - 08:11 pm
TOSome of the 1232 dipole magnets that bend the path of accelerated protons are pictured in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in a tunnel of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), during maintenance works on February 6, 2020 in Echenevex, France, near Geneva. Photo by VALENTIN FLAURAUD / AFP
Ice melt threatens emperor penguins during annual moult: researchers 25 Feb 2026 - 01:16 pm
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Head injuries may trigger lasting brain changes study 24 Feb 2026 - 12:55 pm
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US SpaceX launches new set of "Starlink" satellites into space 17 Feb 2026 - 05:08 pm
File pic of SpaceX's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas for representational purposes only. AFP.