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Topics and developments in science and medicine, presented by Futurism.

Artemis II Is Home — Four Astronauts Just Splashed Down After the Most Historic Space Mission in 53 Years
It is over. After ten days of staring at the sky and waiting for the unknown, the clouds off the coast of San Diego finally opened up and gave them back to us. At exactly 8:07 p.m. on Friday night, a scorched metal cone violently slammed into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Mission control called it a perfect, dead-center bullseye.
By Wellova about an hour ago in Futurism
The iPhone 11 Pro Max Is Now Shockingly Cheap — But Should You Still Buy It?. AI-Generated.
When a Flagship Becomes Budget: The Strange Case of the iPhone 11 Pro Max There was a time when owning the iPhone 11 Pro Max meant you had one of the most powerful phones you could buy.
By Muhammad Abbas khana day ago in Futurism
NASA records a young star performing an unprecedented action.
The first X-ray image of a bubble surrounding HD 61005, a young Sun-like star, has been obtained by researchers, displaying heated gas that extends well beyond the star. With that revelation, a far-off system becomes a direct window into the type of shield that originally encircled the early Sun.
By Francis Dami2 days ago in Futurism
An unexpected revelation regarding Jupiter's actual size and shape is revealed by a recent NASA investigation.
Jupiter is somewhat smaller and flatter than astronomers had thought for almost 50 years, according to a new analysis. The largest planet in the Solar System's basic dimensions are reset by this adjustment, which also refines a norm that is applied well beyond Jupiter.
By Francis Dami2 days ago in Futurism
We Went to Mars' Doorstep But Still Can't Land on the Moon — The Artemis II Story Nobody Is Fully Telling
There is something deeply strange about the year 2026. Right now, as you read this, four human beings are traveling through deep space inside a capsule the size of a large SUV, having flown further from Earth than any human beings in all of recorded history — 252,756 miles. They photographed the far side of the Moon, a region of space that no human eye has observed from that angle since 1972. They broke a record that had stood for 56 years.
By Wellova 2 days ago in Futurism
The Lunar Joke That Became Reality: Artemis 2 is Already There! 🚀
Everything coincided with April Fools' Day, so I wasn’t a hundred percent sure at first, but now I know: Artemis 2 has flown! 🛰️ It’s truly fascinating how thin the line has become between monumental historical events and internet memes.
By Piotr Nowak3 days ago in Futurism
After learning that DNA can be created from scratch, scientists reconsider
Long, organised segments of new genetic information can be written by DNA polymerases without the need for a template, according to research. This discovery reinterprets a well-known but ignored behaviour as a possible means of constructing DNA at lengths that conventional chemistry still finds difficult to achieve.
By Francis Dami3 days ago in Futurism
18.7.7: Apple Issues Emergency iPhone Upgrade For All Users. AI-Generated.
April 3 update. This post, first published on April 1 (but no April fool) was updated on April 3 with further details of why it’s unprecedented and, in Apple’s view, urgent.
By Muhammad Abbas khan5 days ago in Futurism
Why does Saturn seem to rotate at various speeds? Astronomers believe they have the answer.
Scientists have discovered that Saturn's northern lights cause winds to imitate variations in the planet's spin and heat one side of the upper atmosphere. A long-standing discrepancy between Saturn's actual rotation and the signals astronomers have used to track it has been resolved by that discovery.
By Francis Dami5 days ago in Futurism
During formation, baby stars "sneeze" out enormous rings of gas.
A heated ring that is roughly 93 billion miles across surrounds a young star in the Taurus constellation, a nearby star-forming region. Previous observations had not shown this structure.
By Francis Dami5 days ago in Futurism
THE FRAILTY OF FLESH IN THE ABYSS: THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH ABOUT ARTEMIS II
APRIL 6, 2026 (MISSION UPDATE) — When the Space Launch System tore through the Florida sky on April 1, humanity held its breath. The fire was glorious. The radio transmissions were historic. Commander Reid Wiseman told the world, "We go for all of humanity," and we all felt a collective shiver of pride. We watched the glowing screens, believing we had finally conquered the darkness that kept us grounded for fifty years.
By Wellova 5 days ago in Futurism
Humanity's Return: The Journey of Artemis II
On the evening of April 1st, 2026, the sky above Florida cracked open with fire and thunder. NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, carrying four human beings aboard the Orion spacecraft—named *Integrity*—on a planned journey around the Moon and back.
By Aarsh Malik7 days ago in Futurism