Giant sequoias are built to withstand ordinary fires, but recent extreme wildfires killed thousands of trees that had survived for centuries or even millennia. A new analysis of about 26,400 sequoias found that trees in areas treated with prescribed burns were nearly four times more likely to survive. Researchers estimateContinue Reading
The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. NASA+ Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned toContinue Reading
The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carrying three Expedition 74 crew members parachutes to a landing just feet above the steppe of Kazakhstan ending an eight-month research mission at the International Space Station. NASA+ The Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft touched down at 5:27a.m. CDT (3:27 p.m. local time), completing a parachute‑assisted landing onContinue Reading
Expedition 74 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev are riding back to Earth inside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. NASA/James Blair NASA’s live return coverage for the return of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online atContinue Reading
When summer rolls around, many parents scramble to sign up their young kids for outdoor activities. But what do you do when extreme heat and wildfire smoke increasingly make the outdoors dangerous? (Image credit: YMCA of the North)Continue Reading
The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft (right) backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking from the Rassvet module. The Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft (left) is docked to the Prichal module. NASA+ The Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Rassvet module at 3:03 a.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronautContinue Reading
The Soyuz MS‑28 crew spacecraft, which launched and docked to the International Space Station on Nov. 25, 2025, is pictured docked to the Rassvet module. NASA NASA’s live coverage of the Soyuz MS‑28 undocking from the International Space Station is streaming across multiple platforms. Watch online at https://www.nasa.gov/live/. The spacecraftContinue Reading
France is using a massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on a wildfire near the wine country city of Bordeaux.Continue Reading
Soyuz MS-28 crew members (from left) Chris Williams of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov say farewell to their crewmates before closing the hatch to the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. NASA+ The crew closed the hatch between the Soyuz MS‑28 spacecraft and the International Space Station at 11:45Continue Reading
Soyuz MS-28 crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia on Feb. 10, 2025. GCTC NASA’s live coverage of crew farewells and Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft hatch closing aboard the InternationalContinue Reading
Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a warmer, wetter Kyushu and may have reached 1.1 meters in length. Its discovery hints that many more unknownContinue Reading
The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers — and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online? A new study byContinue Reading
Demand for lithium has surged in recent years as lithium-ion batteries power increasingly more of our world. And yet, even as places like the U.S., Europe, and Australia have abundant lithium resources within their borders, China dominates global lithium refining. The biggest hurdle to tapping into the U.S. and Australia’sContinue Reading