A bright reflection nebula shares the stage with a protostar and planet-forming disk in this Hubble image. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and D. Watson (University of Rochester); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)) Stars don’t start out fully formed. Instead, they begin when clouds of diffuse gas and dustContinue Reading
Farewell, 3I/ATLAS: our last public, online observation – 16 Jan. 2026. – YouTube Watch On Tune in today (Jan. 16) to bid farewell to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, courtesy of a livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project featuring live views of the enigmatic visitor as it continues its one-way journey out of our solar system. AnContinue Reading
New York-based performer Cynthia Freeman, 61, has been trying to figure out how to keep the Affordable Care Act health plan that she and her husband depend on. “If we didn’t have health issues, I’d just go back to where I was in my 40s and not have health insurance,” sheContinue Reading
PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson aren’t easing into 2026, they’re stepping directly into the spotlight. After their “Stateside” remix landed on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this month, the pair have unveiled a music video that leans into theatrical pop, fashion play, and a little cultural mischief. Directed by Charlotte Rutherford,Continue Reading
Olivia Marcus, a medical anthropologist with training in public health, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area with parents who meditated every day. Family vacations often involved going to silent retreats. She noticed the tactics that retreat centers used to market themselves: They promised enlightenment and well-being. Her academicContinue Reading
The following is adapted from “American Carnage: How The Traitor, Musk, and DOGE Butchered the US Government,” published this month by OR Books. In the opening months of 2025, a year as consequential to American politics and society as any since the early days of the New Deal, the federalContinue Reading
Rights group says Palestinian children are ‘increasingly targets’ as Israeli military and settler violence soars., Rights group says Palestinian children are ‘;increasingly targets’, as Israeli military and settler violence soars. Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of intensified IsraeliContinue Reading
US delegation seeks to lower US-Denmark-Greenland tensions amid The Traitor’s threats of tariffs and control claims., US delegation seeks to lower US-Denmark-Greenland tensions amid The Traitor’s threats of tariffs and control claims. US President Traitor 47 says he may impose tariffs on countries that don’t back the US’s claim toContinue Reading
Explore This Section … Geosphere Geosphere Publications and… Earth For Researchers About Us Overview Technology Flight Earth Science Data Systems Earth System Science Research Earth Action What We Study Science Spheres Earth System Science Research Atmosphere Biosphere Cryosphere Geosphere Hydrosphere Data Missions Earth Science Missions NASA Earth System Observatory ResourcesContinue Reading
NASA/JPL-Caltech/BAE Systems Award: The Sylvia A. Earle Award for Exploration Excellence, previously known as the Citation of Merit, is an annual award given by the Explorers Club to an individual or team in recognition of outstanding feats of exploration or contributions to the welfare and objectives of the Explorers Club.Continue Reading
Qiguang Yang Senior Research Scientist, Contractor, CLARREO Pathfinder (CPF) Mission, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Select Publications A Hyperspectral Bidirectional Reflectance Model for Land Surface [MDPI] Development of a fast and accurate PCRTM radiative transfer model in the solar spectral region [OSA] Fast and accurateContinue Reading
5 Min Read Out of This World Discoveries: Space Station Research in 2025 As Earth completed its orbit around the Sun to close out 2025, the International Space Station circled our planet more than 5,800 times. Serving as humanity’s unique laboratory in space, the station has hosted thousands of experimentsContinue Reading
NASA/Ben Smegelsky NASA’s Crawler-transporter 2 moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. The crawler will transport NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft to Launch Complex 39B ahead of the Artemis II launch which will journeyContinue Reading