Why Are Supermassive Black Holes Growing So Slowly?
About 10 billion years ago, the growth rate of supermassive black holes began to slow dramatically. To this day, the SMBH growth rate still appears to be low. There are…
Watch comet C/2026 A1 plunge toward the sun online this week
Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) belongs to a rare group of sungrazing comets.
Pentagon awards Raytheon $45 million for GPS ground system as program future is reassessed
The ‘unpriced change order’ supports satellite launches while officials reassess long-delayed ground system The post Pentagon awards Raytheon $45 million for GPS ground system as program future is reassessed appeared…
‘The universe shall quake in my shadow’ — ‘Masters of the Universe’ looks like the summer’s most metal movie
Jared Leto’s Skeletor slashes He-Man in rocking new ‘MOTU’ trailer.
Artemis II Astronauts Launch to Moon
NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover,…
Astronomers Find a Third Galaxy Missing Its Dark Matter, Validating a Violent Cosmic Collision Theory
Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense gravitational pull, the rotational spins of galaxies would force them to simply…
Réunion Island Lava Reaches the Sea
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Réunion Island Lava Reaches… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human…
March of the Harmattan
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Why is the Artemis 2 rocket launch different from all other rocket launches?
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Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission
The SLS (Space Launch System) launches with the Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft on April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Spurred…