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NASA

• Snow in the Shadow of the Andes
  April 9, 2026
  An early autumn storm left higher elevations in southern Argentina with a fresh and fleeting coat of white.
• Twin NASA Control Rooms Support Artemis Safety, Success
  April 8, 2026 by Jessica M. Barnett
  Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are actively supporting real-time mission operations in lunar orbit as part of the agency’s Artemis II mission, helping ensure astronaut safety and mission success as the crew prepares to return to Earth Friday, April 10. The LUCA (Lunar Utilization Control Area) and LESA […]
• Solar Eclipse of the Heart
  April 8, 2026 by Monika Luabeya
  The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. During lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts observed a solar eclipse that only they could see due to their unique position. See more photos from […]
• A Volcanic Medley Near Mammoth Lakes 
  April 8, 2026
  A massive, old caldera and more recently formed craters shape the landscape in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
• Celestial Wonders in Leo
  April 8, 2026
  Leo is a prominent sight for stargazers in April. Its famous sickle, punctuated by the bright star Regulus, draws many a beginning stargazer’s eyes, inviting deeper looks into some of Leo’s celestial delights, including a great double star and a famous galactic trio. Leo’s distinctive forward sickle, or “reverse question mark,” is easy to spot […]

SpaceNews

• China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations
  April 9, 2026
• A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites
  April 9, 2026
• Portal Space Systems raises $50 million to accelerate spacecraft development
  April 9, 2026
• What returning to lunar space means for human health
  April 9, 2026
• Space Force taps 14 firms for $1.8 billion GEO surveillance program
  April 9, 2026

ArsTechnica

• The Moon is already on Google Maps—did Artemis II really tell us anything new?
  by Stephen Clark
• Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored
  by Stephen Clark
• Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science
  by John Timmer
• Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon
  by Stephen Clark
• Ice Age dice show early Native Americans may have understood probability
  by Jennifer Ouellette