Climate in Crisis: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Skyrocket
Scientists’ annual checkup on Earth’s carbon cycle found that burning oil, coal, and natural gas is impeding progress to limit climate change. Carbon dioxide emissions…
Scientists’ annual checkup on Earth’s carbon cycle found that burning oil, coal, and natural gas is impeding progress to limit climate change. Carbon dioxide emissions…
The effects of a warm winter in the upper Midwest are evident in the lack of lake ice. Ice coverage on the Great Lakes typically…
Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat turn the rainforest into tinder. Roraima—Brazil’s northernmost state—has a wet…
ISS transitions with new crew learning the ropes, conducting crucial experiments, and a quartet preparing to depart after months in space. Four new flight engineers…
NASA’s AIM mission concluded after over a decade of groundbreaking research on Earth’s upper atmosphere, leaving behind a legacy of scientific discoveries and a wealth…
MIT geologists unlock the orientation of Martian rocks collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The “oriented” samples, the first of their kind from any planet, could…
The ice-covered Jovian moon generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours – enough to keep a million humans breathing for a day. Scientists with…
11 crew members now reside aboard the International Space Station (ISS) following the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission early Tuesday morning. The four new…
NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin arrived at the International Space Station, as the SpaceX…
Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed that many distant galaxies in the early universe possess unique flat and elongated shapes, differing…
Astronauts on Expedition 71 will explore neurological, botanical, and physiological responses to space, contributing to safer space travel and sustainable life support systems. Studies of…
An international crew launched on SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission to the ISS, demonstrating the strength of commercial partnerships and American ingenuity in space exploration. The mission…
NASA’s UVEX mission, launching in 2030, will conduct a groundbreaking ultraviolet light survey of the entire sky, offering new insights into galaxy evolution, stellar explosions,…
The surface melting of a high-elevation glacier in the Alps has rendered it unusable for scientific research. Glaciers are natural archives of past climate. In…
A historic delivery to the Moon’s South Pole… A record-breaking scientific balloon flight… And an asteroid mission’s close pass of the Sun… A few of…
The future site of Indonesia’s new capital saw rapid change between 2022 and 2024. Since the summer of 2022, the jungles of eastern Borneo have…
Ground tests for NASA’s X-59 aircraft show promising advancements in recording quiet sonic booms, setting the stage for quieter supersonic travel. NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft…
NASA is pioneering solar sail technology for space exploration, offering an eco-friendly propulsion system that harnesses sunlight. This advancement enables potential missions to study space…