NASA’s Cutting-Edge Missions To Crack Earth’s Climate Code
NASA’s Earth System Explorers Program selected four proposals to study greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean currents, and ice changes. Each will get $5 million…
NASA’s Earth System Explorers Program selected four proposals to study greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean currents, and ice changes. Each will get $5 million…
An unusual surge in plant productivity may signal impending severe soil water loss. NASA satellites track this subtle glow, offering early warnings of potential flash…
NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program is advancing six “‘science fiction-like” space technology projects, including a lunar railway and a fluid telescope. Six visionary concept studies…
NASA’s Hi-C Flare mission, employing innovative technology and a new algorithm for predicting solar flare behavior, successfully launched a rocket to capture detailed solar images….
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on course to explore an asteroid by 2029, using innovative solar-powered electric thrusters for deep space travel. It is already beyond…
Iceberg A-83, approximately the size of Portland, Oregon, detached from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf in late May 2024, an event recorded by Landsat 9. A…
NASA, Boeing, and ULA are assessing a path forward for the upcoming Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station, targeting June 1 for…
A heat dome in May 2024 triggered record temperatures and severe storms in Central America and the U.S. Destructive winds left many people in Houston,…
Voyager 1, after overcoming a computer issue, has resumed sending scientific data from two of its instruments, with plans to recalibrate the remaining two soon….
Ancient hominin fossils lie beneath the sandy soils on the outskirts of this village in southern Spain. Located on the high plateau of Granada in…
NASA and Rocket Lab have postponed the launch of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to no earlier than Saturday, May…
May 2024 witnessed one of the most significant solar storms in decades, featuring a barrage of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that caused historic…
Large tidal swings expose a plateau-shaped reef around Australia’s Yawajaba island at low tide. The Kimberley coast of Western Australia has one of the largest…
For the second year in a row, California’s largest reservoir filled to nearly 100 percent capacity. Following consecutive wet winters, Shasta Lake in Northern California…
A new superconducting camera with 400,000 pixels offers unprecedented capabilities in low-noise, high-resolution imaging for astronomy and quantum technology applications. In the pursuit of faint…
Space scientists and sky-watchers were treated to a stunning display of the northern lights. The strongest geomagnetic storm in over 20 years occurred in May…
A surprising deficiency of methane suggests that tidal heating has puffed up the atmosphere of the warm gas giant WASP-107 b. Why is the warm…
NASA, Boeing, and ULA have postponed the Boeing Crew Flight Test until May 25 to address a helium leak in the Starliner spacecraft. The additional…