Scientists exploring ancient seafloor rocks in Morocco discovered mysterious wrinkle patterns where they were never expected to occur. These structures are normally linked to microbial mats in shallow, sunlit waters, yet the rocks formed hundreds of feet below the surface in darkness. Evidence indicates that chemosynthetic microbes created the wrinkles,Continue Reading
A century-old Oregon water law lets one wealthy region turn the desert green while water-starved ag fallows commercial crops. The post The Deschutes River goes to the water-rich few during drought. Farmers are paying the price appeared first on High Country News. Your browser does not support the video tag.Continue Reading
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a crackdown on pesticide smuggling into the United States.Continue Reading
Storytelling Kit Langley Science Personnel Our Impacts Data Center BalNeO : Balloon Network for stratospheric aerosol Observations Figure 1. Stratospheric Aerosol Optical Depth (SAOD) from the Global Satellite-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (GloSSAC) The Stratospheric aerosol layer is a key component of the climate system with global implications on surface temperature and the hydrologicalContinue Reading
3 Min Read NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander Challenge. The announcement marks the culmination of months of research by university teamsContinue Reading
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Engineers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and L3Harris con-duct operational testing on a developmental cryocoupler, a vital technology for future in-orbit spacecraft refueling. NASA/Tyson Eason For NASA’s nextContinue Reading
Carl A. Norlen Research Scientist Affiliation: Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Ames Research Center Division: Earth Science Division (SG), NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) Email: carl.a.norlen@nasa.gov Professional Biography Carl Norlen is a Research Scientist with the NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) at the NASA Ames Research Center contributing to the Wildfire,Continue Reading
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is pictured outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to complete the build and installation of a solar array modification kit on March 18, 2026. It was William’s first spacewalk of his career, and the 278th in support of space station maintenance, upgrades, and assembly.Continue Reading
5 min read Partners, NASA Ready for June Launch of Swift Boost Mission NASA is on a mission to lift its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory along with partners Katalyst Space and Northrop Grumman. Watch to get a sneak peek. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katalyst Space/Northrop Grumman A mission toContinue Reading
Credit: NASA NASA selected 41 proposals from 37 companies to advance technologies in support of the agency’s goals to establish a long-term presence on the Moon and enable human exploration of Mars. These American companies, picked from NASA’s 2025 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), will mature technologies creating solutions forContinue Reading
This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will repeatedly observe during the upcoming years. ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEAContinue Reading
As a record-breaking heatwave grips large parts of Europe, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), national weather services and partners are mobilising heat-health action plans for millions of people facing dangerous temperatures. Continue Reading