Space

Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge talk with Rachel Smith, an astrophysicist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science who studies star and planet formation. She talks about her research and some of humankind's biggest questions, like – are we alone in the universe?

NASA astronaut Christina Koch touches down in the Due South studios for a wide-ranging conversation on space exploration and some of the common questions she gets about living and working in space.

Christina Koch wanted to be an astronaut for as long as she could remember. And so she became one. Was it as simple as that? The North Carolina State University graduate stopped by the WUNC studio during a recent visit back to the Tar Heel State.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch touches down in the Due South studios for a wide-ranging conversation on space exploration and some of the common questions she gets about living and working in space.

Jeff Tiberii and Leoneda Inge talk with Rachel Smith, an astrophysicist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science who studies star and planet formation. She talks about her research and some of humankind's biggest questions, like – are we alone in the universe?

The three sophomores were selected to be commissioned as officers in the U.S. Space Force after they graduate.

NASA, along with the Canadian Space Agency, has named the four astronauts that will be the next group to head to the moon as a part of Artemis II. A North Carolina State University graduated is going to be one of them.

"We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*," an international team of astrophysicists and researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope team said.

The newest military service branch is responsible for protecting satellites and other objects in space, which it expects will be critical parts of future wars.

This was Blue Origin's fourth human spaceflight and 20th overall.