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A massive Western heat wave and a potential El Niño event raise concerns about a long stretch of unpredictable and extreme weather.

That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the next 5 billion years.

As soon as April 1, four people will embark on a journey that will take them farther from the Earth than anyone has ever traveled before.

Dealerships say they’re getting busier as the Iran war and the shipping crisis at the Strait of Hormuz drag on.

After traveling a greater distance from Earth than any humans before them, the astronauts of Artemis II have safely returned home.

The moon is not just a barren rock orbiting the Earth. The Artemis missions could answer the great unknowns that the satellite holds.

The Chinese automaker is racing ahead of global competitors—but don’t expect to see those gains in the US anytime soon.

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard pioneered quantum information theory. Now they’ve been awarded the highest honor in computer science.

The Gulf’s water system is built with layers of backup, but it relies on continuous operation to hold.

Splashdown for the Artemis II crew is scheduled for Friday evening, and NASA will livestream the historic homecoming.

The moon gets hit by space debris all the time, but some of it is so large that the impact generates light that can be seen thousands of kilometers away.

Entire space programs have been canceled after a failure in the reentry phase. In the final test for Artemis II, astronauts will travel at 32 times the speed of sound as they return from the moon.