Artemis astronauts glimpse moon’s ‘Grand Canyon’ ahead of historic lunar flyby

by quasarn01 | Apr 5, 2026 | Astronomy

The Artemis astronauts have taken in sights of the moon never before seen by human eyes, crew members reported on Sunday as their spacecraft crossed the two-thirds mark on their journey to a long-anticipated lunar flyby. Go to Source

Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13’s record

by quasarn01 | Apr 5, 2026 | Astronomy

Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. Go to Source

Two’s company: Scientists identify new class of star remnants

by quasarn01 | Apr 4, 2026 | Astronomy

In about 5 to 8 billion years, our sun is expected to evolve into a white dwarf—an extremely dense, Earth-sized stellar remnant that has exhausted its fuel and shed its outer layer. But while our sun is a solitary star, research over the past 15 years has demonstrated...

Microscopic mechanism of ‘quantum collapse’ in real-world environments uncovered for the first time

by quasarn01 | Apr 4, 2026 | Latest in Physics

A research team has, for the first time in the world, elucidated the microscopic mechanism by which quantum order is lost and collapses in “open quantum environments” existing in nature. Since perfectly isolated quantum systems cannot exist in reality,...

Artemis mission shares office space—and physics—with Apollo

by quasarn01 | Apr 4, 2026 | Astronomy

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago. Go to Source