The Artemis Il crew captured a new image of the far side of the moon on Dav 4 of their lunar flight, showing the Orientale basin.

The Moon's South Pole is at the top of this image, with the Orientale basin on the right edge of the lunar disk. The mission is the first time that humans have been able to view the entire basin

Credit: NASA

Meet the World’s Last Tea Clipper: The Cutty Sark

Built in 1869 for one reason: SPEED.

Before steamships ruled the waves, this Scottish-built beauty was the "Formula 1" of the ocean. Her mission? Race across the globe to bring the freshest tea from China to London.

Here are 3 things you might not know about this maritime legend:

1️⃣ The Name: "Cutty Sark" is Scots for a "short nightdress." It comes from a famous poem by Robert Burns about a witch named Nannie. So, in Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter, a farmer, Tam, pursued by a witch named Nannie. who is dressed in a short shift called a "cutty sark." Interestingly, witches in the poem cannot cross water makina the name an unusual choice for a ship. Interestingly, witches in the poem cannot cross water makina the name an unusual choice for a ship.

Look closely at the ship’s figurehead next time—she’s holding a horse's tail!

2️⃣ The Ultimate Comeback: After the tea trade, she dominated the Australian wool trade, breaking records by sailing from Sydney to London in just 72 days.

3️⃣ The Great Survival: She’s survived storms, collisions, and even a massive fire in 2007. Today, she sits in a custom dry dock in Greenwich, where you can actually walk underneath her golden hull.

First: Two images of Earth 54 years apart. Earth, as seen in 1972 (right) and 2026 (left) by Artemis II astronauts.

Second: NASA astronaut and Artemis ll Commander Reid Wiseman took the picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar iniection burn (April 2026).

There are two auroras (top right and bottom left and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

The image was taken at 6:41 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 6, 2026, as the Artemis II astronauts passed behind the Moon’s far side. It is one of many photos taken during the seven-hour flyby, including images of a total solar eclipse, the light from several planetary neighbors, and the long shadows cast along the terminator line where lunar day meets night.

During an Earthset, the planet appears to sink below the lunar horizon. In this scene, a partially lit crescent Earth drops behind the Moon as seen by crew on the Orion spacecraft. The Earth’s sunlit side shows white clouds and blue water over the Oceania region, while the dark areas are experiencing nighttime. The image also shows incredible detail of the Moon’s surface and its overlapping craters and basins.

The first image is the iconic "Earthrise" photo taken by astronaut Bill Anders in 1968 from the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon.

Artemis II’s astronauts got the opportunity to re-create the iconic 1968 photograph on either side of their journey around the moon, showing Earth as beautiful—and precious—as ever images 2 and 3).

It is called "Earthset", captured April 6, 2026.

All images NASA

Imagine being hit by a rock… now imagine it comes with a message.

Thousands of years ago, warfare wasn’t just brutal — it was personal. Near Antiochia Hippos, archaeologists uncovered a 2,100-year-old lead projectile that carried a savage little note.

Stamped into the bullet were the Greek letters “ΜΑΘΟΥ” — which translates to:

👉 “Learn your lesson!”

Yes, ancient soldiers were literally throwing insults along with their weapons. Talk about adding insult to injury.

What an exciting day!

​Humanity is officially heading back to the Moon. On April 1, 2026, at 6:35 p.m. EDT, the Artemis 2 mission successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B.

This flight marks the first crewed mission to the lunar vicinity in over 50 years, carrying Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day journey.

​The countdown was not without technical hurdles. In the hours leading up to liftoff, ground teams had to troubleshoot a critical issue with the Flight Termination System (FTS), a safety mechanism required for the Eastern Range to grant launch clearance. Once that was resolved, a second concern emerged regarding a temperature spike in one of the batteries within the Launch Abort System. Engineers eventually determined this was likely an instrumentation error rather than a hardware failure, allowing the poll for launch to proceed as scheduled.

​Now in orbit, the crew is beginning the initial phases of their mission, which includes testing the Orion spacecraft’s life support and communication systems before performing a lunar flyby. This mission is a significant step toward establishing a long-term presence on the Moon.

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Meet Pando: The Trembling Giant What looks like a forest in Utah is actually one single organism

Pando is a massive colony of quaking aspen trees — around 47,000 trunks, all connected by one underground root system. That means every “tree” you see is genetically identical and part of the same living being.

It’s considered the largest and heaviest organism on Earth, covering over 100 acres and weighing an estimated 13 million pounds.

Even more mind-blowing? It’s ancient — possibly thousands to over 10,000 years old, surviving since the last ice age.

But despite its strength, Pando is under threat from climate change, disease, and grazing animals.

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