The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.Continue Reading
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft reached its target speed and altitude for future community overflights for the first time during a flight on Friday, June 12, 2026. The milestone marked the first time the aircraft flew at Mach 1.4 and 55,000 feet — conditions it will fly when gatheringContinue Reading
Lead researcher Federico De Pascalis of the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) holds a Mediterranean storm petrel. A. Benvenuti You might think birds skimming over the ocean wouldn’t seek wind unless it was pushing them in the right direction, but NASA-funded researchers have learned that storm petrels find stiff crosswinds worth the slowdown, in return for theContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Join Us at the 248th AAS… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Join Us at the 248th AAS Meeting in Pasadena, 14 – 18 June, 2026 12 June 2026 Cosmic OriginsContinue Reading
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The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken at approximately 11:32 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia. NASA/Jessica Meir Space agriculture, stem cells, and cargo operations wrapped upContinue Reading
Big cuts in generating capacity are coming as the Colorado River struggles to meet demand. Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Some day in the next 12 months—maybe in late August, maybe not until next spring— Lake Mead will drop below the critical threshold of 1,035 feet above sea level.Continue Reading
The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft supporting the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA approaches the International Space Station on May 17, 2026, carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew. Credit: NASA NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientificContinue Reading
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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Announcement of Opportunity… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Announcement of Opportunity Astrophysics Explorers Program 2026 Small Explorer (SMEX) Final Text Released 12 June 2026 The National Aeronautics and SpaceContinue Reading
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Easily identified by the spectacular band of dark dust that partially obscures its bright core, Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is characterized by its bizarre internal motion. NASA, CSA, ESA, F. Belfiore (European Southern Observatory – Germany), J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute), A. Leroy (The Ohio StateContinue Reading