Warming temperatures are fueling more extreme weather-related events — catastrophic floods, severe hurricanes and cyclones, and wildfires exacerbated by drought. But the tools used by local communities, emergency and public safety agencies, and insurance and risk markets have not kept pace with the up-to-date data and modeling for accurately predictingContinue Reading
Credit: NASA The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha and AmbassadorContinue Reading
A newly discovered snake from New Guinea has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, who has loved reptiles since childhood. Genetic testing and physical differences confirmed that the reddish-brown groundsnake, Lielaphis slashi, is a species scientists had never formally recognized before. The nonvenomous snake may use large rearContinue Reading
5 min read NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’ Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares.Continue Reading
Chicago, Illinois (bottom center), appears prominently in this nighttime view of the United States—dotted with city lights including Detroit, Michigan; Cincinnati, Ohio; and New York City–taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above Earth. NASA/Jessica Meir Expedition 75 wrapped up its week completing a lead-free solderingContinue Reading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft launches NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station on March 14, 2025. NASA/Aubrey Gemignani To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification. As part ofContinue Reading
UC Berkeley/Alan Toth UC Berkeley engineers and managers watch as the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) detector assembly is slowly raised from a table in this July 8, 2026, image. The four pieces of silver material on the top of the detector box cover the flex circuits, which carry signalsContinue Reading
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A state investigation shines light on the unpermitted fire, which cost nearly $950,000 to contain. The post Ranch manager tied to top The Traitor appointee started 5,600-acre Idaho wildfire appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
While ranchers support eliminating federal protections for wolves, data shows the predators kill few cattle. The Traitor’s lifting of tariffs on foreign beef, however, is hitting cattlemen’s wallets. By Jake Bolster, Peter Aldhous America’s centuries-old conflict with wolves took another turn earlier this month when President Traitor 47 ordered theContinue Reading
Scientists are finding that snowfall is more connected to water underground than we knew. Using satellite data, they found groundwater levels actually rise during big snow years, in contrast to most years, when it continues to fall.Continue Reading
3 min read NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy The spiral galaxy NGC 4698 shines in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker, the MAUVE-HST Team Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaoticContinue Reading
Black homeowners are paid less than white homeowners under a FEMA program, new research finds.Continue Reading