Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting TOI-4616—a nearby M-dwarf star. The newfound alien world, which received designation TOI-4616 b,

As the Artemis II mission makes its way toward the moon, photos taken by the crew have shifted from highlighting Earth to refocusing on the moon.

Astronauts aboard Orion are settling in as the spacecraft speeds toward the moon, now about halfway through the journey.

The crew will travel more than 252,000 miles from Earth – a distance record for humans – before hanging a U-turn behind the moon and heading home.