For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments for early survival. But a groundbreaking discovery in West Africa is rewriting that story. Researchers uncovered evidence that humans were living deep within rainforest environments in present-day Côte d’Ivoire around 150,000 years ago — farContinue Reading
5 min read NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse thatContinue Reading
A broad swath of the Pacific Ocean is simmering from an exceptional marine heat wave that scientists warn could just be settling in. Marine animals are already feeling its effects.Continue Reading
Soil DNA from Chile to the Antarctic Peninsula ties warmer climates to more plant fungal pathogens, with abundance projected to double by 2100., Read MoreContinue Reading
Shifting winds placed a former nuclear reactor and rocket testing site in the path of the growing Sandy Fire. The region’s first major blaze of the season raised alarm from families aware of the site’s history and spotty cleanup. By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz WEST HILLS, Calif.—Her gray SUV packedContinue Reading
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Forests cover more than 40 per cent of Belarus. At the same time, the country recorded twice as many forest fires last year compared to the year before.Continue Reading
A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research reveals that smaller “secondary” faults in the Seattle Fault Zone appear to rupture roughly every 350 years — much more often than the massive main fault that has long worried geologists.,Continue Reading
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5 min read NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. The image has been processed into a natural-colorContinue Reading
Storytelling Kit Langley Science Personnel Our Impacts Data Center Langley Science Highlights Archive View or download NASA Langley’s science highlights and resources. Download from the Langley Science Highlights archive: Return to the Langley Science Impacts Page MELTING THE RISK: NEW PREDICTIVE MODELS AIM TO MITIGATE HIGH-ALTITUDE ICING Apr 30, 2026Continue Reading
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, with its nose cone open to reveal its docking mechanism, approaches the International Space Station carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew on May 17, 2026. NASA/Jessica Meir The Expedition 74 crew explored advanced treatments for cancer andContinue Reading
Rosa Avalos-Warren Program Executive Program Executive, Astrophysics Division Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Rosa Avalos‑Warren is the Program Executive for the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as a broad portfolio of NASA astrophysics missions including the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array,Continue Reading