National SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service. The Associated Press
Science NASA advisers call for a visit to Uranus, plus more science during moon landings NASA should send probes to the ice giant planet of Uranus and to a moon of Saturn where conditions could be right for life. Those are some of the recommendations in a new report to the space agency. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Science The Hubble telescope confirms the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That's bigger than Rhode Island and about 50 times larger than the heart of most comets. Deepa Shivaram
No, Russian cosmonauts were not making a pro-Ukraine statement with their spacesuits Mark Vande Hei, a NASA astronaut who returned to earth on March 30, said the yellow and blue colors were from the university the Russian cosmonauts attended. Deepa Shivaram
Science The light from this star that astronomers just spotted is 12.9 billion years old Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted light from what appears to be the most distant star ever seen. It offers a glimpse into an early moment in the history of the universe. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Science There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes." Joe Hernandez
Science NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad NASA's Artemis 1 rocket, the Space Launch System, reached the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B on Friday. The successor to the Apollo program could one day send humans back to the moon. Brendan Byrne
Science The James Webb Space Telescope is working as well as astronomers dreamed it would Picture perfect: Mission managers say the telescope's mirror segments have been aligned and have focused on single stars, a critical milestone, and the telescope is working flawlessly. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Science NASA is just now opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50 years ago Astronauts hammered collection tubes into the lunar surface on the last Apollo mission to the moon. Now a sample is being carefully pierced open — to be analyzed by today's latest tech. Laurel Wamsley
A piece of space junk the size of a school bus is barreling straight toward the moon Astronomers predict that on March 4th, a piece of a rocket launched in 2015 will crash into the moon. It's believed to be first time something man-made has accidentally crashed into the moon. Deepa Shivaram
