1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (225+ words) Learn about space and the wonders of geology at a free open house at Augustana College. The John Deere Planetarium and Fryxell Geology Museum will open to the public on Saturday, April 25 for an evening of stargazing and space shows....

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (197+ words) The Artemis II mission marked the first crewed trip to the moon in over 50 years, with the crew of four astronauts taking photos of deep space, the far side of the moon, and other observations during their 10-day journey. SAN…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1261+ words) Editor's note: Each month, Dispatch reporters will profile astronauts from Ohio, culminating in a larger story toward the end of the year about all Ohioans who became astronauts. "Houston, we've had a problem." Those were the now-famous words of NASA…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (202+ words) NASA is set to launch astronauts around the moon later today in its widely anticipated Artemis II mission. It's the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. On Tuesday, Former NASA Deputy Administrator Pamela Melroy told me the launch…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1358+ words) The four Artemis II astronauts who launched on a trip around the moon this week stand out even in a NASA astronaut corps full of super achievers. They include three space station veterans and a Canadian rookie " a commander who…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (722+ words) These swimmers are sure to sink. Human sperm can get lost in space, new research shows. Scientists put sperm to the test to determine whether a child could be conceived in space, using a tiny plastic "obstacle course." The findings,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (597+ words) WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - As humankind moves toward the goal of establishing a long-term presence on the moon and Mars, the question of whether reproduction is possible in extraterrestrial environments may no longer be merely hypothetical. And new research using simulated…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1293+ words) For the last 10 days, four astronauts have been making history, travelling further into space than humans have been before as they voyaged to the Moon and back. I've been following every moment of the Artemis II mission: from lift off,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1191+ words) They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Not since the end of 1972 has a human set foot on the lunar surface. But with the success…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (288+ words) Astronomers may have discovered a new type of planet beyond our solar system, according to new research. The exoplanet, named "L 98-59 d," was first identified in 2019, but further observations using high-powered telescopes have allowed scientists to get a better understanding…...