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There are 'reasons to be confident' about faulty Artemis II heat shield ahead of 25,000 mph reentry, space expert Ed Macaulay saysNASA's Artemis II heat shield is about to face its ultimate test as the Orion crew prepares for reentry. Physics and data science lecturer Ed Macaulay tells Live Science reasons to be confident ahead of today's historic splashdown.
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There's an issue with the Artemis II heat shield, but NASA isn't worried. Here's why.The Artemis II astronauts are about to fall to Earth at the fastest speed humans have ever travelled inside a spacecraft with a compromised heat shield. But NASA remains confident they will be safe.
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'We go for all of humanity': Artemis II rocket lifts off to the moon — look back at our live coverageLive Blog The Artemis II crew have left Earth and are bound for the moon. Take a look back at our live blog's launch coverage from the days, hours and seconds until takeoff.
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Artemis II blasts off: Humans are on their way back to the moonNASA's Artemis II rocket has taken off in a historic launch on Florida's Space Coast, sending humans back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
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Astronauts can face 'nearly lethal doses' of solar radiation — so why launch Artemis II during the sun's peak of activity? Space scientist Patricia Reiff explains.NASA's Artemis II flight around the moon will expose astronauts to space weather. Space scientist Patricia Reiff tells Live Science how solar flares and radiation will impact the lunar mission.
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How to watch NASA's historic Artemis II launch for the moonNASA's Artemis II mission is set to take four astronauts on a record-breaking spaceflight around the moon, bringing humans farther into space than ever before. Here's how to watch it.
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'We are getting very, very close': NASA makes final Artemis II preparations as expectation grows for Wednesday launchNASA's Artemis II crew is ready to fly around the moon, with promising weather forecasts for a Wednesday launch.
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NASA announces 'near‑impossible' space plans, including $20B moon base and humanity's first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraftNASA's Gateway lunar space station won't launch next year in new changes to the Artemis program, which include ramping up development of a $20 billion moon base and a nuclear-powered 'Freedom' spacecraft.
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All 5 'letters' of DNA found on an asteroid speeding through our solar system. What do they tell us about the origins of life?JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ingredients of life may be common in the solar system.
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Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back?NASA's Artemis II mission is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. Here are the reasons why the U.S. wants to return.
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'Super El Niño' could push global temperatures to unprecedented highs, forecasters sayA "super El Niño" could emerge by the end of the 2026 hurricane season, with forecasters predicting that the ongoing La Niña is about to finish.
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'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope observations revealThe comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe.
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1,300-pound spacecraft will crash to Earth today following intense solar activity, NASA warnsNASA's Van Allen Probe A is falling to Earth much sooner than expected, though the spacecraft's reentry poses a low risk to humans.
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NASA fixes Artemis II rocket for April launch to take astronauts around moonNASA's Artemis II is on track to shoot for the moon in April after engineers fixed the helium issue that grounded the mission's rocket last month.
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Birds are declining faster and faster in 3 US hotspots, new study findsResearchers have revealed that North American birds are declining at an accelerating rate in three regional hotspots associated with intense agriculture.
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Chinese astronauts describe moment a crack was discovered on Shenzhou-20 spacecraftTaikonauts from the ill-fated Shenzhou-20 mission have described what happened when they discovered cracks on their spacecraft as they prepared to depart China's Tiangong space station last year.
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Kazakhstan plants tens of thousands of trees in giant effort to reintroduce tigersKazakhstan planted 37,000 seedlings and cuttings in South Balkhash last year to prepare for the return of its tigers, which disappeared more than 70 years ago.
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NASA set to roll Artemis rocket back for urgent repairs after yet another delayNASA is about to roll its Artemis II moon rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to fix a helium flow issue that guarantees astronauts won't fly around the moon in March.
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NASA starts countdown clock for second Artemis II wet dress rehearsal after rocky first attemptNASA will attempt to fuel its Artemis II rocket again tomorrow after hydrogen leaks derailed the first wet dress rehearsal and delayed what is scheduled to be a historic crewed flight around the moon.
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Our adorable, noodle-like ancestor had 4 eyes, half-a-billion-year-old fossils revealThe earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to half-a-billion-year-old fossils from China that shed light on our evolutionary origins.
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NASA telescope spots the building blocks for life spewing out of comet 3I/ATLASNASA's SPHEREx space telescope detected organic molecules coming off comet 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar visitor made its closest approach to Earth in December.
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Hydrogen leak derails Artemis II wet rehearsal, pushing launch date back by weeksNASA has delayed the Artemis II launch until March at the earliest after engineers discovered hydrogen leaks during last night's wet dress rehearsal.
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Artemis II simulated launch window opens tonight as NASA delays mission due to 'rare Arctic outbreak'NASA's Artemis II simulated launch is scheduled for tonight after Arctic weather forced the mission to be delayed. The first crewed Artemis mega moon rocket could still leave Earth as early as this weekend.
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Next-generation AI 'swarms' will invade social media by mimicking human behavior and harassing real users, researchers warnArtificial intelligence experts have warned that AI "swarms" are poised to infiltrate social media by deploying agents that mimic human behavior and exploit our tendency to follow the herd.
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