9+ hour, 15+ min ago  (178+ words) This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. Personally, I'm missing four of my 46. 10 Gems of Bluesky Today homepage & story list which was founded Jul 31, 2025 by belinda ridgewood " Pause the doom scrolling and take…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (308+ words) In the style of Harper's Index, I present: The EXAMINED Index: Stardate April 7, 2026 " Total distance traveled by the Artemis II crew, in miles: 694, 481 Distance in miles by which they broke the Apollo 13 record for farthest human travel: 4, 105 Number of humans…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (374+ words) After the long 10-day voyage around the moon, the first such mission in 54 years, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will arrive on Earth, with splashdown off the coast of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (477+ words) It feels like there have been precious few feel-good stories these days, as President Donald Trump has unleashed worldwide chaos with his ill-planned war in Iran and threats of literal genocide. But Monday's footage from NASA's ongoing lunar flyby really…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (32+ words) Daily Kos Consider supporting my work so I can continue creating it: Related |Artemis II's moon-bound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1493+ words) Researchers found that common nitrile and latex lab gloves can shed stearate particles that closely resemble microplastics, potentially "increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution," reports Science Daily. "We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (405+ words) The Artemis II Orion spacecraft Integrity is now just over half way through on its journey to the vicinity of the moon. It will take 3 more days to arrive near the moon as its velocity decreases over time, currently at…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (670+ words) It's humanity's'first flight to the moon'since 1972. In a'throwback to Apollo, NASA's Artemis II mission will'send four astronauts'on a lunar fly-around. They'll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come straight back. No circling around the…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (337+ words) The very framing of this question is problematic. Let's rephrase that "Do you believe there's life on other planets?" Answering yes, becomes much less controversial. Now, if one were to ask, do you believe beings from other planets are here…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (388+ words) Maybe Trump simply doesn't know what NASA is doing? There are ballrooms and Birthright Citizen cases to sit in on. Despite a record length State of The Union Speech, Trump never mentioned the upcoming Artemis II Lunar Mission. And'the actual…...