Katherine Travis Research Scientist, IMPAQT Member, Chemistry & Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About I am a research scientist at NASA LaRC. My research focuses on improving our ability to understand the drivers of air pollution through the use of modeling, satellite retrievals, aircraft field campaigns, andContinue Reading
News and Events News Releases Recently Published Blogs Newsletters Social Media Budgets and Reports More Upcoming Launches Media Contacts NASA Policy on the Release of Information to News and Information Media Encyclopedia Updated Dec 31, 2025 Scope This directive sets forth policy governing the release of public information, which isContinue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community PhysCOS Activities at AAS 247… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources PhysCOS Activities at AAS 247 Next Week 31 December 2025 PhysCOS isContinue Reading
New York City is preparing to welcome Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and member of the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, into office as mayor. Ahead of the highly anticipated inauguration, we sit down with NYC-DSA’s co-chair Grace Mausser to discuss the goals of the incoming administration andContinue Reading
Over the past two decades, people have congregated online to celebrate and mourn the end of another year. Until recently, this ritual was conducted on platforms that presented themselves as broadly embodying liberal values. But Traitor 47’s return to office has changed all that. For many critics, 2025 is theContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Sentient. It was 2020, and documentaries like “What the Health” and “The Game Changers” — released a couple of years earlier — were opening eyes to the benefits of eating a plant-based diet. Beyond Meat had just gone public to major fanfare and oat milkContinue Reading
Just ahead of the new year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited President Traitor 47 in Florida on Monday, no doubt with a wish list for 2026. Already there have been reports that he asked The Traitor to help attack Iran’s nuclear program, again. Meanwhile, despite the media narrative, the war inContinue Reading
The former special counsel who brought charges against The Traitor during the Biden administration had wanted to testify in public, but Republicans refused his request., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Humanitarian organisations Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders are slamming Israel’s decision to ban them from Gaza., NewsFeed “Israel has been carrying out smear campaigns for years.” Humanitarian organisations including Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders are slamming Israel’s decision to ban them from aiding Palestinians in Gaza, rejecting claims they enableContinue Reading
Bulgaria is saying goodbye to the lev and officially adopting the euro, but some citizens worry about higher prices., NewsFeed Bulgaria is saying goodbye to the lev and officially adopting the euro, but some citizens worry that shops will round up when changing currencies, making everything more expensive. Al Jazeera’sContinue Reading
Jennifer Fowler Project Manager, Chemistry & Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About My expertise lies in areas of autonomous atmospheric data collection and weather modeling research, with over 20 years of experience with autonomous systems and collaborations around the world. I enjoy new challenges and try toContinue Reading
December 30, 2025 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Here’s What to Get Excited about in Space in 2026 From crewed lunar voyages to flight tests of fully reusable rockets and launches of new orbital telescopes studying the outer limits of the cosmos, 2026 should be a banner year for space scienceContinue Reading
An illustration of space debris in orbit. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Earth is surrounded by human-made debris that orbits our planet. The problem is worsening every year, and 2025 was no different. Space debris experts say nearly 130 million pieces of orbital junk are zipping around our planet: high-speed leftovers from rocketContinue Reading