Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago
Samples of Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show that the asteroid bears the scars of a recent bombardment by tiny space rocks.
Day April 24, 2026
I Am Artemis: Peter Rossoni
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Peter Rossoni Peter Rossoni in an optical lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts (MIT-LL) Credits: MIT-LL Listen to this audio excerpt from Peter Rossoni, Orion Artemis II Optical…
‘Guess I’ll be waiting a minute to surf again’: Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch shares her recovery journey
A week after the Artemis 2 moon mission ended, NASA astronaut Christina Koch struggled to walk in a straight line during a blindfold test. But it’s all part of readjusting to life on Earth.
A Lego ‘Project Hail Mary’ set just soared into the stratosphere, breaking the Guinness World Record for highest flight
Amaze, amaze, amaze! A Lego version of the ‘Project Hail Mary’ spaceship soared into the stratosphere and set an altitude record.
The Day of the Trifid Nebula
NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured in intricate detail by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in an image released on April 20,…