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TL;DR: Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Perfect Order Elite Trainer Box listed for $79.99, while TCGplayer listings start at $63.34 plus shipping. Against TCGplayer’s current $71.25 market price and $80 listed median, this ETB is looking like a strong buy right now.

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Perfect Order pricing has been steadily dropping off, now with ETBs available for under $80 across multiple retailers. 

As of April 8, Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Perfect Order Elite Trainer Box listed for $79.99. Over on TCGplayer, the lowest listing is $63.34 plus shipping. Multiple other sellers are offering unopened boxes for around $73.35 to $73.43 with shipping included. That puts TCGplayer closest to its own $71.25 market price, while Amazon is now just under TCGplayer’s $80 listed median — a much better place for this ETB to land.

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That lower pricing also lines up with how the ETB has been moving more broadly. Over the past three months, as preorders went live, the unopened market price has dropped by more than 50%, which helps explain why more listings are now landing in the low-$70 range instead of the much higher prices Perfect Order ETBs were seeing closer to release.

Perfect Order Elite Trainer Boxes will include nine booster packs (each holding 10 trading cards), a full-art foil promo card featuring Tyrunt, 65 card sleeves, Energy cards, a player’s guide to the expansion, damage-counter dice, a collector’s box with dividers, and a code card for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live. Among those packs, you’ll have the chance to pull cards from the Mega Evolution Perfect Order expansion, including Mega Zygarde ex, Mega Clefable ex, Mega Starmie ex, and Meowth ex, among a wider selection of 120 cards themed around the Pokémon Legends: Z-A game.

For even more booster packs from this latest Pokémon TCG expansion, you can still grab the Perfect Order Booster Bundle for around $43 at Walmart. Meanwhile, you can also buy the Pokémon TCG Ascended Heroes First Partners Deluxe Pin Collection for just over market price.

It's been an emotional journey as always, but Shrinking Season 3 managed to end on its usual bittersweet note — leaving us equal parts sad and tentatively hopeful for Jimmy (Jason Segel) and the gang.

So what happened, what does it mean, and what might be next? Let's unpack.

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The entire main cast of Shrinking goes on a big journey in Season 3, with most of the core players ending the season at the start of a new life chapter: Alice (Lukita Maxwell) is heading to college, Liz (Christa Miller) and Derek (Ted McGinley) are off to Spain, Gaby (Jessica Williams) is engaged to other Derrick (Damon Wayans Jr.), Brian (Michael Urie) is going to Tennessee, Sean (Luke Tennie) is moving out, and Paul (Harrison Ford) has moved across the country to be near his daughter.

In other words, everybody is beginning an exciting new adventure — except Jimmy (Jason Segel), who suddenly finds himself facing a pretty lonely stretch without his friends and family around. To make things worse, he appears to have blown his chances with Sofi (Cobie Smulders), and his relationship with Paul is in tatters after their argument at the end of episode 10.

What happens between Jimmy and Paul?

Jimmy and Paul start the episode barely speaking to each other. They share some tense exchanges over the phone, but it's not until Paul is reprimanded by his daughter and Alice that he finally decides upon a Jimmy-style intervention.

He calls Jimmy and invites him to breakfast, but then instead of sitting down with him he pulls his colleague to one side for some real talk. We've copied their exchange, which feels like a key moment the show has been building to all season, below:

Paul: "Let me talk. OK? Life threw you a curveball. So to try and control things you picture how you want them to go in your own head. That doesn't work. If you can't let go of this shit on your own then I have to...I have to keep trying to shake it out of you. You hear what I'm saying?"

Jimmy: "Yeah I do, but can we just talk about this over waffles?"

P: "No, you're not eating with me. You're eating with her... [Paul points to Sofi, who's sitting at a table by herself.] Not how you pictured it, huh?"

J: "You fucking Jimmied me!"

P: "That's right, I fucking Jimmied you! Look kid, if you're ever gonna move forward, you've gotta let go of the past. And I know that's scary. But you...you're never gonna forget Tia. Hell, you're never gonna forget me. No one will. Letting go of the past just means you don't allow your scars to hold you back anymore."

J: "I'm covered in them, Paul."

P: "Good. What a shame to be 42 years of age and not completely covered in scars. They're the evidence of a life fully lived."

J: "I don't want this. I don't want you to have to fly all across the fucking country just to make sure that I'm OK. I don't want to be a burden to you."

P: "You're not. You're more of a son to me. I don't know why I never said that before. I think you're strong. I think you don't need me. But for as long as I'm around, if you think you need me, I will be there for you. Because I love you. OK?"

J: "OK."

P: "Now you got a choice to make. Either stay stuck, or you can go make some new scars."

After a moment's hesitation, Jimmy does exactly what we're all willing him to: He goes into the restaurant, sits down opposite Sofi, and starts talking.

Will Jimmy finally be able to move forward?

Shrinking has been renewed for a fourth season, which means it won't be long before we find out how Jimmy and Sofi's breakfast went.

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But while Season 3 ended on a note of tentative hope for all the characters, we know Shrinking is never plain sailing. The new season is bound to come with a fresh set of challenges for all the characters, and we can't imagine Jimmy's foray into dating will be any exception.

The main issue we can see? With all of his close friends and Alice gone, it feels like there might be a lot of pressure placed on Jimmy's budding connection to Sofi. And with Paul across the country, despite what he says about being there for Jimmy, the distance might still prove a strain on their friendship.

Shrinking Season 3 is now streaming on Apple TV.

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

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If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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Composure.

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POISE

Hurdle Word 2 hint

A park seat.

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BENCH

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Hurdle Word 3 hint

To unnotice.

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UNSEE

Hurdle Word 4 hint

A small island.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

ISLET

Final Hurdle hint

A cat breed.

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TABBY

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Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.

How to play Pips

If you've ever played dominoes, you'll have a passing familiarity for how Pips is played. As we've shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don't necessarily have to match.

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The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible – and common – for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.

Here are common examples you'll run into across the difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.

• Equal: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.

• Less than: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.

• Greater than: Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.

If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.

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Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 2-2, placed vertically; 1-4, placed horizontally.

Number (4): Everything in this space must add up to 4. The answer is 1-4, placed horizontally; 0-5, placed vertically.

Number (6): Everything in this space must add up to 6. The answer is 2-2, placed vertically; 4-4, placed horizontally.

Greater Than (8): Everything in this space must be greater than 8. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally; 0-5, placed vertically.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for April 8 Pips

Number (8): Everything in this purple space must add up to 8. The answer is 4-4, placed vertically.

Number (8): Everything in this red space must add up to 8. The answer is 6-4, placed horizontally; 4-3, placed vertically.

Number (8): Everything in this light blue space must add up to 8. The answer is 6-4, placed horizontally; 4-3, placed vertically.

Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 4-3, placed vertically.

Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 1-5, placed horizontally.

Number (10): Everything in this space must add up to 10. The answer is 2-5, placed horizontally; 1-5, placed horizontally.

Equal (6): Everything in this space must be equal to 6. The answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 6-2, placed horizontally.

Equal (2): Everything in this space must be equal to 2. The answer is 2-2, placed vertically; 6-2, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for April 8 Pips

Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 3-6, placed vertically.

Number (11): Everything in this space must add up to 11. The answer is 3-6, placed vertically; 5-5, placed horizontally.

Number (10): Everything in this space must add up to 10. The answer is 5-5, placed horizontally; 2-5, placed vertically.

Equal (1): Everything in this space must be equal to 1. The answer is 0-1, placed horizontally; 3-1, placed vertically.

Number (3): Everything in this space must add up to 3. The answer is 3-1, placed vertically.

Equal (0): Everything in this space must be equal to 0. The answer is 0-1, placed horizontally; 0-5, placed vertically; 0-4, placed vertically; 0-6, placed vertically.

Number (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 0-5, placed vertically.

Number (11): Everything in this space must add up to 11. The answer is 0-6, placed vertically; 5-1, placed vertically.

Equal (1): Everything in this space must be equal to 1. The answer is 1-1, placed horizontally; 1-4, placed horizontally.

Equal (4): Everything in this space must be equal to 4. The answer is 0-4, placed vertically; 4-4, placed horizontally; 1-4, placed horizontally; 4-2, placed vertically.

Number (6): Everything in this space must add up to 6. The answer is 5-1, placed vertically; 5-3, placed horizontally.

Number (9): Everything in this space must add up to 9. The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally.

Equal (2): Everything in this space must be equal to 2. The answer is 4-2, placed vertically; 2-3, placed horizontally.

Equal (3): Everything in this space must be equal to 3. The answer is 5-3, placed horizontally; 2-3, placed horizontally.

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Today's Connections: Sports Edition is for people who like to work out.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier — so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake — players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. Here's a hint for today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Gym exercises

• Green: Mask up

• Blue: Edge rushers

• Purple: Types of jumps

Here are today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Exercises, in Singular Form

• Green: Sporting Roles That Require Masks

• Blue: Hall of Fame Defensive Ends

• Purple: ____Jump

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #562 is...

What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

• Exercises, in Singular Form - CRUNCH, PLANK, SITUP, SQUAT

• Sporting Roles That Require Masks - CATHCER, FENCER, FOOTBALL PLAYER, GOALTENDER

• Hall of Fame Defensive Ends - DENT, PEPPERS, STRAHAN, YOUNGBLOOD

• ____Jump - BROAD, HIGH, LONG, TRIPLE

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

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Updated on April 7 at 5:30 p.m. ET — Following rumors that Apple's unannounced foldable iPhone might not be launching until 2027, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has reported that the launch remains on track for fall 2026. According to Gurman's latest report, the foldable iPhone will still be released alongside the new iPhone 18 lineup in September, as expected.

Apple's iPhone Fold might be coming to market later than anticipated.

A new report by Nikkei claims Apple has hit some engineering hurdles that may delay the launch of the first foldable iPhone, perhaps even into 2027.

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According to the report, which cites multiple sources familiar with the matter, developing the iPhone Fold has proven more complex than the company had expected. "It's true that more issues than expected have emerged during the early test production phase, and additional time will be needed to resolve them and make necessary adjustments. ... The current situation could put the mass production timeline at risk," a source told Nikkei.

The report doesn't have many details on what, exactly, these issues are. One source, however, said they have to do with engineering challenges, and are not related to components and materials supply issues.

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Nothing is set in stone yet, but Apple needs to overcome these problems until early May, or the launch of the iPhone Fold may have to be moved to a later date.

Most of the reports we've seen so far said that Apple plans to launch the iPhone Fold in September 2026, alongside its iPhone 18 Pro models. However, a recent research note by analyst Tim Long claimed that the shipments for the Fold would likely start in December 2026, a few months after the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max models become available.

This doesn't necessarily mean the iPhone Fold won't be unveiled in September alongside other new devices. Apple may officially announce it in September but launch it a few months later, like it did with the iPhone X in 2017.

The 2027 BMW i7 might not be a complete Neue Klasse overhaul like the iX3, but it could still represent a technological breakthrough. The German brand is partnering with Croatian supercar maker Rimac, specifically Rimac Technology, to bring its sixth-generation (Gen6) battery technology to the i7's luxury sedan format.

Toyota is known for reliability, practicality, and long-term value, but some recent models are stepping into luxury territory. These SUVs bring refinement, comfort, and craftsmanship usually reserved for European luxury crossovers.

April brings forth several key movie anniversaries, the most famous being one from 1976, a legendary year for cinema. 50 years later, this film remains the gold standard in its portrayal of journalism.

CarPlay is a useful tool while driving, especially when you want to control music, make a call, or send a quick text without taking your eyes off the road. It's designed to be safer to use, but only if you're taking advantage of voice commands.

Rumors and leaks usually lead to real products, but that’s not always the case with Apple. Remember the Apple Car? So, when rumors of an iPhone Fold started popping up, people were understandably skeptical. The evidence is getting hard to ignore, though.

The news around PlayStation hasn't been great lately, and Sony has just the thing to fix that. Maybe.

On the PlayStation Blog, Sony announced a new initiative called The Playerbase. Through The Playerbase, fans of PlayStation games can apply to have their faces scanned and their likenesses used in PS5 games. The first game to do this will be Gran Turismo 7, in which one lucky fan who makes it through the application process will appear as a time-limited character within the game.

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This initiative will be available to players in "select markets" in most parts of the world, per PlayStation. There's an application webpage you can visit if you'd like to put your face in GT7 or whichever future games Sony wants to do this with. The application process itself seems interesting, as you'll have to "answer a few questions about your experiences on PlayStation," log in to your PlayStation Network account, and undergo a video interview before making it into any games. It seems like Sony wants to prioritize people with a long history of playing PlayStation games, so this might be the first time in history that having a high Trophy count can come in handy.

For PlayStation, this is a lightweight and frivolous headline in a sea of bad ones recently. Sony recently increased the prices of PS5 consoles nearly six years into the console's lifespan due to economic pressures, for example. A report also came out indicating the PlayStation 6, which may also have its planned 2027 launch delayed, might not include a built-in disc drive at all.

But hey, maybe The Playerbase will get people excited about PlayStation again.

The Mazda CX-5 remains one of the most compelling compact SUVs on sale, blending upscale design, sharp driving dynamics, and everyday practicality. But with multiple 2026 trims now offering bigger tech upgrades, more premium interior features, and a wider spread in pricing, figuring out which one actually gives you the most for your money isn’t as straightforward as it seems. Recent updates across the lineup have made those differences more meaningful than ever.

After months of teases, laptops based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 processors are available in the US — and might be good enough to choose over computers based on AMD, Apple, and Intel chips. ASUS has released the second-generation Zenbook A14 and its first-ever Zenbook A16, both of which are claimed to deliver high performance and lengthy battery life while remaining lightweight.

Lanterns is one of the most highly anticipated HBO Max releases of 2026. The series is set to bring the popular Green Lanterns officially to the DCU, although Guy Gardner has already appeared in 2025's Superman.

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If you've been using OpenClaw, the wildly popular AI agentic tool that took the developer community by storm, you should probably update it if you haven't done so already.

OpenClaw, as we've reported in the past, has widely known security problems. From the beginning, OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger has warned potential users on GitHub that "There is no 'perfectly secure' setup."

Users can grant OpenClaw control over their devices and access to specific apps, local files, and logged-in accounts, allowing it to act on their behalf with full user permissions. That's the whole point of this agentic AI assistant. That's also why, as security researchers have been warning for months, it's a significant risk if something goes wrong.

Now, predictably, something went wrong.

According to Ars Technica, developers at OpenClaw patched three high-severity vulnerabilities early last week, the most serious of which — CVE-2026-33579 — scored 9.8 out of 10 on the severity scale. Researchers at AI app-builder Blink found that the flaw allowed anyone with the lowest possible level of access to silently upgrade themselves to full administrator.

The mechanics, as Blink described them, are straightforward. OpenClaw's device pairing system failed to verify whether the person approving an access request actually had the authority to grant the request. So, an attacker with basic pairing privileges could simply ask for admin access and approve their own request. The door was, functionally, unlocked from the inside.

Just how many users' Claw setups were vulnerable to takeover? Blink researchers reported that about 63 percent of internet-connected OpenClaw instances were running without any authentication. On those deployments, an attacker didn't even need a low-level account to get started — they could walk in off the street and work their way up to admin.

Ars Technica notes that the patch was released on Sunday, April 5, but the official CVE listing didn't appear until Tuesday. That two-day gap gave attackers who were paying attention a head start before most users would have known to update.

Blink noted that CVE-2026-33579 is the sixth pairing-related vulnerability disclosed in OpenClaw in six weeks — all variations on the same underlying design flaw in how the tool handles permissions. Each patch has addressed a specific exploit in isolation rather than rearchitecting the authorization system responsible for all of them.

If you're running OpenClaw, update to version 2026.3.28 immediately. If you were running an older version in the past week, Ars Technica and Blink both recommend treating your instance as potentially compromised and auditing your activity logs for suspicious device approvals.

Beyond that, it may be worth asking whether the productivity gains from a tool this powerful are worth the security risks that come with it.

Artemis II astronauts spent Monday rounding the moon's edge, digital cameras in hand, snapping views of craters, an eclipse, and a blue marble rising and setting in deep space.

Inside NASA's Orion spacecraft, Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen took turns at the windows like kids on their first plane ride.

They spent about seven hours rotating through observation shifts on the sixth day of the mission, swapping lenses, calling out features, and firing off photos as the spacecraft arced around the far side of the moon.

At closest approach, they skimmed within about 4,000 miles of the lunar surface — close enough for every ridge, crater, and shadow to snap into sharp relief. The astronauts surprised mission control with descriptions of the surface appearing more brown than gray, with even some splotches of green and snowy white.

The latest Artemis II images don't just revisit Apollo — they mark a leap beyond it. Apollo crews captured their own iconic shots of the Earth and moon, but Artemis II delivered longer looks, sharper detail, and a front-row seat to the experience. Their extended total solar eclipse, for example, was a moment that earlier NASA missions could only catch in passing, if at all. That's the difference between spaceflight half a century ago and the 10-day Artemis journey that launched April 1.

"At one point towards the end of the images of my time in Window 3, I just had an overwhelming sense of being moved by looking at the moon," Koch said. "It lasted just a second or two, and I actually couldn't even make it happen again, but something just drew me in suddenly to the lunar landscape, and it became real." 

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The moon didn't exactly sit still for its portrait. Sunlight slid low across the surface, throwing long, dramatic shadows along the terminator — that line between light and shadow across the lunar face — turning familiar terrain into something theatrical. When it was Glover's turn at the window, he couldn't stop studying the ominous boundary.

"There's just so much magic in the terminator," he said, "the islands of light, the valleys that would look like black holes [that] you'd fall straight to the center of the moon if you stepped in."

The massive Mare Orientale basin unfurled in rings of mountains, its dark, hardened lava floor a testament to ancient eruptions. The crew suggested names — Carroll and Integrity — for smaller "fresh" craters, to honor Wiseman's late wife and their spacecraft.

The Artemis II crew observed an Earthset before a total solar eclipse on its lunar flyby April 6, 2026. Credit: NASA

"Something that's truly awesome up here is we now have the moon and the Earth in Window 3  simultaneously, and the moon is a gibbous, and the Earth is a crescent," Wiseman said. "I'm guessing in about 45 minutes, we'll have two identical crescents as we change our position in the universe." 

That made Kelsey Young, head of Artemis's science flight operations, literally giggle from mission control in Houston. 

Artemis II captured an Earthrise view as the Orion spacecraft reemerged from the far side of the moon. Credit: NASA

"That is pretty darn cool, thank you," she said.

Then came the stark perspective shift.

The moon looms large as the Earth sets in the distance. Credit: NASA

As Orion slipped behind the moon, Earth began to sink. In one frame, it hangs as a thin crescent, clouds swirling over the Pacific, the rest of the planet swallowed by night. Minutes later, the crew lost contact with Earth entirely, cut off for about 50 minutes as the moon itself blocked radio signals. 

And, perhaps just to raise the stakes, the sky went dark.

For nearly an hour, the astronauts got to experience a total solar eclipse from space, with the moon blocking the sun. Credit: NASA

From their vantage point, the astronauts watched the moon swallow the sun in a total solar eclipse that stretched almost an hour. The sun's corona glowed, stars pricked through the darkness, and even Venus made a cameo. But the backlit moon stole the show. 

Not long after, Earth came back — this time rising. A pale blue crescent emerged from beyond the bumpy lunar surface in a historic Earthrise.

As the moon blocks the sun, creating a solar eclipse for the astronauts, Venus, left, glints brightly from beyond. Credit: NASA

NASA says the images will help scientists better understand how giant asteroid impacts shape worlds, and how the moon built its battered surface over billions of years. Those craters, ever etched in its surface, log the history of the solar system. 

But they also do something more profound: make us cherish home.

The Artemis II crew sees the sun peak out from behind the moon as the Orion spacecraft reemerges from the far side. Credit: NASA

"The truth is the moon really is its own body in the universe. It's not just a poster in the sky that goes by," Koch said. "When we have that perspective, and we compare it to our home of the Earth, it just reminds us how much we have in common, everything we need, the Earth provides, and that, in and of itself, is somewhat of a miracle."

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UPDATE: Apr. 7, 2026, 2:04 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with an additional quote from pilot Victor Glover.