High in a South American rainforest canopy, scientists have discovered a bizarre new termite species that looks strikingly like a miniature sperm whale. Named Cryptotermes mobydicki, this tiny insect has an elongated head and concealed mandibles that give it an uncanny resemblance to the iconic marine giant. Researchers were soContinue Reading
A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly in and around the tropics. But climate change is making humid heat waves and extreme storms more common in traditionally temperate midlatitude regions such as the midwestern U.S., which has seen episodes of unusuallyContinue Reading
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A view of the Earth’s horizon from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the first hours of the Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, launchedContinue Reading
Ames Partnerships Office Annual Report 2025 Last year the Ames Agreements office brought in $133,011,050 from Reimbursable Agreements. The Ames Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program gave $321,190,616 in seed funding. The Ames Technology Transfer Office received $655,231 in Patent and Copyright Royalty. Learn MoreContinue Reading
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket launches carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on NASA’s Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Operations and Support Building II at NASA’sContinue Reading
The SLS (Space Launch System) launches with the Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft on April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby inContinue Reading
Georgia Peterson NASA Postdoctoral Researcher, Mars Climate Modeling Center (MCMC) Affiliation: NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) Division: Space Science and Astrobiology Division (ST) Branch: Planetary Systems Branch (STT) Email: georgia.a.peterson@nasa.gov Websites: MCMC Homepage | Personal Website Professional Biography My research focuses on the thermal and climate evolution of terrestrial planets.Continue Reading
Major reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are still on track, but procedural gridlock and a looming funding shortage hint at future problems. By Bob Berwyn At a time when cascading climate shocks are unfolding faster than scientists can track them, the UN’s scientific body that assesses globalContinue Reading
Explore This Section … Citizen Science Projects Impact Flash! Projects Highlights Publications NASA Citizen Scientists Science Activation Resources Impact Flash! Small space rocks—from grains of sand to ones as big as boulders—hit the Moon all the time. They travel extremely fast, at tens of kilometers per second. Most ofContinue Reading
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