This week in science

Artemis targets November launch and more: Understand the world through 8 images

Updated: Feb. 20, 2024

Originally Published: November 10, 2022

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile lau...

NASA/Joel Kowsky

Immune cell infiltrate (in deep red) around senescent cancer cells (large nuclei marked in blue)

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NASA returned its Artemis I SLS to the launchpad yet again the week of November 2–9, as astronomers made spectacular discoveries in Earth’s cosmic neighborhood.

NASA/Joel Kowsky

Here are the biggest science stories of the week, told in 8 stunning images.

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