Artemis II astronauts Wiseman, Koch, Hansen, and Glover pose aboard the USS John P. Murtha after Pacific splashdown—a triumphant group photo celebrating a 10-day lunar odyssey.

NGC 602, a 5-million-year-old star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, sculpts new stars from gas and dust—Hubble captures its oyster-like nursery of cosmic birth.

Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS brightens with a 10-degree tail—will it survive perihelion on April 19 or disintegrate in a final, luminous flash?

Artemis II splashes down in the Pacific on April 10, 2026—a 10-day lunar round trip that proves curiosity has gravity, and gravity can be overcome with a splash.

Artemis II’s Orion achieves the first lunar far-side flyby since Apollo 17, reaching 407,000 km from Earth—a milestone from ‘we might’ to ‘we did’.

From Artemis II’s window, the half-lit Moon and blue-green Earth share a synchronized selfie—home as a view from the same solar living room.

NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 collide 60 million light-years away—the Antennae galaxies ignite star formation in a gravity-fueled cosmic forge.

The Artemis II crew captures the Milky Way in all its star-studded glory—a cosmic selfie that turns spiral arms into stardust sequins across the night.

From Orion’s solar array, the April 2026 annular eclipse creates a cosmic photo-op—the Moon’s silhouette rings with sunlight as Artemis II captures the moment.

At 6:41 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2026, Earth slides behind the Moon from Artemis II’s window—a stunning Earthset that rewrites our relationship with gravity and home.