not now, strange crystals inside wreckage from nuclear bomb test

The Artemis XVIII mission??? @danvergano.bsky.social has a clear-eyed look at what's required to pull off NASA's highly ambitious Moon base plans 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/insi...

Here's our story out of yesterday's NCAR hearing in Denver. We just used it as an opportunity to update on where things are with NCAR, as we haven't written about this topic since the December restructuring announcement. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

OK, so I was at the first court hearing over the NCAR lawsuit this morning in Denver. I, uh, am not a legal reporter so bear with me as I try to recap a few things. You can view all the court documents here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496...

I am now apparently a court reporter! I was at the legal hearing this morning in Denver over NSF's initial moves to dismantle NCAR. Some notes will follow later, as we're working on a story at the moment.

Wild that the era of exoplanet geology is beginning before our eyes

How are AI images and videos changing the world we live in? How can we even still tell what is real and what is not? In an effort to find out, I visited Hany Farid, „sort of the dean of digital forensics“, for a couple of days in Berkeley. It was eye-opening. My story in @science.org 🧪

Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.

Collected on April 23, 2026, by one of Vantor's WorldView Legion satellites, this image of the Hubble Space Telescope from above was acquired from only 61.8 km away.

🚨🧪 Are you a graduate student taking part in Harvard University’s strike? I’m a reporter working on a story for @Nature.com. If you’re open to talking, please reach out. I can keep your identity private if needed. Signal: humbertobasilio.24 Email: [email protected] Repost please!

Nature correspondent Alexandra Witze describes the joy and tension at mission control in Houston during last week's Moon fly-by. spklr.io/63322EJ9W4 #ArtemisII

“Our lunar companion is today as much a part of our living world as every organism on Earth—and always has been.” - @leebillings.bsky.social #ArtemisII 🧪🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Why go to the moon? NASA's triumphant Artemis II mission is a reminder of all the reasons our lunar companion is a fundamental part of Earth's past, present, and future. www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Back to Earth www.nasa.gov/image-detail... #Artemis 🔭🧪

Seriously, stop what you are doing and go here:

90 minutes until they're back, if you want to watch #ArtemisII 🧪🔭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfhD...

If you're wondering why Earth looks so distorted - its a result from the SuperView capture mode enabled on the GoPro HERO4 to stetch the native 4:3 image to 16:9. Here I'm showing the unstretching process I'm applying in Blender. #Artemis

We look beautiful. I know, because Victor Glover said so.

The #ArtemisII astronauts are almost home. Integrity will enter Earth's atmosphere in a little over four hours. Catch up on what to expect from the mission's heat shield, from @swapnakrishna.com www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti... 🧪🔭

Terre en vue ! 🌍 L’amerrissage des quatre astronautes de la mission Artemis II est prévu à 2h07 heure française cette nuit. Leur capsule Integrity entrera dans l’atmosphère à 1h53 à plus de 36000 km/h. #Artemis

How it started, how it's going Left: Lunar Orbiter I, 1966 Right: Artemis II, 2026 flic.kr/p/8Grtp2 flic.kr/p/2s68RXM #Artemis 🧪🔭

It's been a week. Re-live the #ArtemisII Moon flyby with me, in the room where the science happened. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

On Monday this week, as four humans flew around the far side of the Moon, Nature correspondent Alexandra Witze sat at the heart of the Artemis II mission’s science operations. Here's what she saw. go.nature.com/4dE5gpv

It's been a week. Re-live the #ArtemisII Moon flyby with me, in the room where the science happened. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Oh this is a fun view. The Orientale basin on the limb of the Moon as seen through an Orion capsule window. You can see, especially at around 7:00, lines of impact craters marking the giant splat of ejecta that was thrown out of the crater during the impact. www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

"It’s weird, really it is. We pack a few brave beloveds into a tin can, strap it to an explosion, and hurl them farther away than any other has ever gone. Because." - @rboyle31.bsky.social #ArtemisII 🧪🔭 lastwordonnothing.com/2026/04/08/t...

Check out today’s amazing images from #ArtemisII 🧪🔭🤩 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Um OKAY. Breathtaking photos from the Artemis II crew's lunar flyby and eclipse viewing

And here’s the eclipse photo from Artemis II. I am in tears.

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.

Communications are back, with a crescent view of Earth about 252,000 miles away.

The #ArtemisII crew just passed behind the Moon and have lost contact for around 40 minutes. Utter isolation, magnificent desolation.

“'Full Moon Joy' is becoming somewhat of a catchphrase of this mission" Follow our live blog to keep up with the action of the Artemis II fly-by of the Moon go.nature.com/47JGMHE

Moon fly-by live coverage: Artemis crew see intriguing colours on lunar surface. Our correspondent, @alexwitze.bsky.social is reporting from Houston 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New: Vertical video from the @nature.com team with the voices of excited lunar scientists in #ArtemisII mission control today 🧪🔭 youtube.com/shorts/No6pk...

For a visualization of what the #ArtemisII crew will see today, check out this view. It's otherworldly. 🧪🔭 images.nasa.gov/details/luna...

Follow along with us at @nature.com as we bring you today’s #ArtemisII lunar flyby - straight from mission scientists at Mission Control in Houston. I’ll have live updates throughout the day on this historic Moon mission. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Hello, Artemis 2. This is Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. Welcome to my old neighborhood." #Artemis2's wakeup call this morning included a message from the commander of Apollo 13, recorded prior to his passing last year. #Artemis2

Why yes we were in Mission Control when flight directors broadcast a message from Jim Lovell to the crew as they woke up on lunar flyby day #ArtemisII 🧪🔭

Inside the Science Mission Operations Room at the Johnson Space Center this morning. #ArtemisII 🧪🔭

Follow along with us at @nature.com as we bring you today’s #ArtemisII lunar flyby - straight from mission scientists at Mission Control in Houston. I’ll have live updates throughout the day on this historic Moon mission. 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am so thrilled to share this guide to the observations that the #ArtemisII crew will be making during their closest approach to the Moon!! I hope you'll follow along! science.nasa.gov/resource/art...

#NASA #ArtemisII - The link below has the visual representation of the lunar encounter for the crew for the close flyby. This is the "movie" that has been played at two previous press conferences, showing what the approach might look like. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5536/

If you're wondering what science will be done as the #ArtemisII crew fly around the Moon, check out this great article that features interviews with the science team supporting this mission.

New at @nature.com: what the #ArtemisII crew will see as they fly past the Moon on Monday 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Earth and Moon captured by an Artemis II crew member through a window of the Orion spacecraft, with a Nikon D5 camera, on the third day of the mission. Credit: NASA. 🌍 flic.kr/p/2s5Hk3B 🌕 flic.kr/p/2s5FiiE 🔭🧪 #Artemis

There are a lot of images now rolling out from the #ArtemisII mission - you can noodle through them in nice gallery formats at www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-m... 🧪🔭 I am off to Houston now to cover the lunar flyby on Monday! Stay tuned for reports from mission control.

NASA has just shared the first high-resolution images of the Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, meanwhile, massive budget cuts are once again proposed for US science, including for NASA 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

The #ArtemisII astronauts have fired the engines on their spacecraft and set course for the Moon. The Earth is falling away behind them. Watch live views of this extraordinary moment: x37b.nl/artemis/ 🧪🔭