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NASA

• NASA Invites Media to Latvia Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
  April 16, 2026 by Elizabeth Shaw
  The Republic of Latvia will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, April 20, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Dace Melbārde, Latvia’s minister for education and science; Jānis Beķeris, chargé d’affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the United States; and […]
• At the Edge of Light
  April 16, 2026 by Monika Luabeya
  In this photo taken on April 6, 2026, a portion of the Moon’s far side is seen along the terminator—the boundary between lunar day and night—where low-angle sunlight casts long shadows across the surface. A section of Orientale Basin is visible along the upper right portion of the lunar disk, its structure subtly revealed under […]
• Eyeing the Richat Structure
  April 16, 2026
  The circular geologic feature in northwestern Africa can be hard to recognize from the ground, but it is obvious when viewed from space.
• I Am Artemis: Rebekah Tolatovicz
  April 15, 2026 by Erika Peters
  Listen to this audio excerpt from Rebekah Tolatovicz, a mechanical technician lead supporting the Orion spacecraft’s main contractor Lockheed Martin: At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, there is a fleet of Orion spacecraft in work, and Rebekah Tolatovicz’s hands have helped build each one. Tolatovicz works to build, integrate, and test the spacecraft used […]
• NASA Selects Voyager for Seventh Private Mission to Space Station
  April 15, 2026 by Gerelle Q. Dodson
  NASA and Voyager Technologies have signed an order for the seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than 2028 from Florida. This is the company’s first selection for a private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, underscoring NASA’s ongoing investment in fostering a commercial space economy and expanding […]

SpaceNews

• India’s TakeMe2Space sets sights on 50-kilowatt data center
  April 16, 2026
• Countering missile threats ‘left of launch’
  April 16, 2026
• Taiwan floats shared satcom constellation amid calls for more space collaboration
  April 16, 2026
• Companies make the case for commercial space station markets
  April 16, 2026
• Boeing and its subsidiary Millennium Space team on new mid-size satellite
  April 16, 2026

ArsTechnica

• OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM
  by John Timmer
• Meet the Quantum Kid
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• New 3D map of Universe could solve dark energy mystery
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?
  by Jonathan M. Gitlin
• Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle
  by Jennifer Ouellette