For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the Mission
After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.
After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.
New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.
Melissa Chiu is stepping down as director of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington to lead the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Marcel Duchamp flipped the notion of art’s value on its head. We need foundation-shaking badly today, our critic says, and a sweeping survey at MoMA is an arresting reminder.
John Healey, the defense secretary, said the vessels were gathering information about undersea pipelines, and said he believed President Vladimir V. Putin “would want us to be distracted by the Middle East.”
For Iran’s theocratic rulers, just surviving the U.S.-Israeli onslaught means victory. But the seeds of their next crisis may already be planted.
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The winners of a lottery for a presale prioritizing locals often came away with sticker shock. Still, organizers said early sales had “significantly exceeded” those of other Games.
Populations are declining as climate change causes the sea ice the birds need for survival to retreat, according to researchers.
Plus, the latest country planning to ban social media for teens.
The mission is seen as a key step toward resuming crewed lunar landings. Artemis II’s four astronauts are scheduled to land in the waters off Southern California on Friday.
An entrepreneur behind drones that make the final strike themselves epitomizes the transformation of Ukraine’s civilian technology industry into a defense powerhouse.
In the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany could win control of the government this fall. Once in power, it has a plan to overhaul German society.
The former senator wants to heal the America he’s leaving behind.
A conference near the White House drew dozens of people who reject the scientific consensus on climate change. The mood was triumphant.
An energy shock stemming from the fighting has added a layer of complexity to the Federal Reserve’s decision-making around interest rates.
Most stock investors have lost money during the Iran war, but returns have been splendid for the year since the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement.
Our children will pay the price for the president’s indifference.
We can’t let the most important medical achievement of a decade slip through our fingers.
The ascent of ube has little to do with the purple yam’s taste or Filipino origins. It’s the color, flavor experts say.
A new series on dangerous synthetic drugs called for sources on the other side of the law.
Homesteading, for all its bucolic imagery, taps into the desire to escape from the disquiet of modern America, where anything can happen.
The Tremont, Pa., area has roughly 2,000 residents and limited resources. The Trump administration plans to convert a warehouse there to hold nearly four times as many people.
Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs.
In person, on social media and in campaign ads, Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump.
Although Mayor Zohran Mamdani often seems to defer to his police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, he insisted that he had the final say in policing matters.
“The Late Show” host asked if being double-sided wasn’t a prerequisite: “I believe there’s a word for a single-sided cease-fire and it’s ‘murder.’”
Vietnam, the world’s No. 2 rice exporter, cut production as power prices surged. Even with a temporary cease-fire in Iran, worries linger over the world’s food supply.
Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule could be coming to a close.
Proponents of renewable power will control the Phoenix area utility’s policymaking for the first time after they won an unusually contentious race that drew attention from national groups.