Tag: Exploration

NASA’s Artemis II rocket launches a 10-day mission around the moon, traveling roughly 230,000 miles from Earth — the farthest humans have traveled, April 1, Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Gregg Newton/Getty Images)

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next

Daniel Ross Goodman · April 17, 2026 5:24 am

Jim Whittaker, 1929–2026. (Courtesy of jimwhittaker.com)

Jim Whittaker, 1929–2026

Daniel Ross Goodman · April 17, 2026 4:44 am

This photo provided by NASA shows the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Jim Ross/NASA via AP)

WATCH LIVE: Artemis II to launch four astronauts to moon and back

Molly Parks · April 1, 2026 5:30 pm

A vandalized statue of Christopher Columbus is seen at Bayfront Park in Miami on June 11, 2020. (Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

In Columbus’s wake

Varad Mehta · October 17, 2025 4:17 am

Christopher Columbus is believed to be from Genoa, and Italian-Americans were the ones who first lobbied for a Columbus Day celebration in the U.S. (Wikipedia)

Beltway Confidential

‘We’re back, Italians,’ Trump proclaims in recognition of ‘hero’ Christopher Columbus

Christopher Tremoglie · October 13, 2025 11:05 am

This image combines 678 separate images taken by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in just over seven hours of observing time. Combining many images in this way clearly reveals otherwise faint or invisible details, such as the clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Trifid nebula (top) and the Lagoon nebula, which are several thousand light-years away from Earth.

World’s largest telescope helps scientists better ‘understand the history of the universe’

Grace Hagerman · June 23, 2025 3:07 pm

Billionaire pursues Titanic-depth dive with $20 million submarine after OceanGate implosion

Ailin Vilches Arguello · May 29, 2024 12:28 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

The greatness of Captain Cook

Sean Durns · April 11, 2024 9:00 pm

Explorer claims to have found location of Amelia Earhart’s plane

Luke Gentile · January 30, 2024 11:15 am

Magazine - Features

Fury Road: Rally racing on roads made of anything except pavement

Nicholas Clairmont · April 7, 2023 12:15 am

Magazine - Life & Arts

The most interesting man in the frozen world

J. Oliver Conroy · February 24, 2023 3:15 am

Section of Space Shuttle Challenger found in ocean

Section of Space Shuttle Challenger found in ocean

Shana Donahue · November 11, 2022 12:00 am