NASA Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 EVA (extravehicular activity) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The front portion of the LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle) is visible on the left. ThisContinue Reading
By Kyle Turner, Charlotte Rhoads, Maria Tzortziou, Joaquim Goes, and Antonio Mannino In early 2025, Maria Tzortziou and members of her lab at the City College of New York, Joaquim Goes from the Goes-Gomes Lab at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Antonio Mannino from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, joined forces with OceanX—a global nonprofit working to unlock the ocean’s sustainable potential—to collectContinue Reading
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NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway shows off scientific hardware that processes research samples aboard the International Space Station. NASA/Jessica Meir Cartilage engineering and blood pressure studies to improve health on Earth and in space continued aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 74 crew members also serviced an experimentalContinue Reading
The Southwest Pacific is facing mounting climate risks as its vast ocean expanse becomes hotter, more acidic and more dangerous for coastal communities, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report published on Tuesday. Continue Reading
Many experts refer to hydrogen as “the fuel of the future.” It is expected to help decarbonize the global economy in two main ways: burning it or feeding it into a fuel cell produces storable energy with no carbon emissions, just water. And it can be used in place ofContinue Reading
3 min read NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes from Hibernation in Good Health Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto. FromContinue Reading
NASA/James Blair In this photograph, the Artemis II crew participates in the dedication of the Apollo 14 Moon tree at the Lunar Receiving Park at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on June 25, 2026. This tree is a second-generation Apollo Moon tree of the loblolly pine species. The original Apollo MoonContinue Reading
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Researchers working with one of NASA’s DRIVE (Diversify, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate) Science Centers are closer to unraveling a long-standing solar mystery surrounding the extreme thinness of the Sun’s tachocline layer, a region critical for creating space weather. The COFFIES (Consequences Of Fields and Flows in the Interior and ExteriorContinue Reading
The UN and its partners are ramping up assistance for people affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela, working alongside the Government’s response effort, as a new UN estimate puts direct physical damage at $37 billion.Continue Reading
In cities across the U.S., parades were canceled and events were delayed because of the heat. Meanwhile, emergency rooms saw a high number of people with heat-related illnesses. (Image credit: Amid Farahi)Continue Reading