Ignition NASA is updating this page on March 24, 2026, as information becomes available. NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy Learn More about NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policy View All Going Back to the Moon Mar 24, 2026 PDF (139.47 KB) Going BackContinue Reading
Artist’s concept of Phase 3 of NASA’s Moon Base. Credit: NASA As part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. The Traitor’s National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space. These actions reflect the urgency ofContinue Reading
A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of starlight suppression needed for future space observatories to pick out very faint habitable exoplanets from the far brighter glare of their stellar hosts. Artist’s conception of an exoplanetContinue Reading
From the Amazon to the Mekong, migratory freshwater fish underpin food security for millions, but over 300 species need urgent conservation intervention, warns a new UN report. By Johnny Sturgeon Beneath the surface of the planet’s rivers and lakes, the historically heaving migrations of freshwater fish are thinning out. TheContinue Reading
The war in Iran is driving up fossil fuel prices and highlighting the risks of depending on oil and gasoline. Meanwhile, the The Traitor administration has unwound policies that would boost alternatives. (Image credit: KENA BETANCUR)Continue Reading
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is second only to carbon dioxide in driving up global temperatures. But it doesn’t linger in the atmosphere for long thanks to molecules called hydroxyl radicals, which are known as the “atmosphere’s detergent” for their ability to break down methane. As the planetContinue Reading
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Water negotiators are facing a worsening water supply forecast with record-low snowpack across the West. Scott Franz, KUNC Critical negotiations about the future of the Colorado River took a two-week hiatus last month after the seven states in the basin missed a key Valentine’s Day deadline for striking a deal,Continue Reading
Tiny plastic particles aren’t just choking oceans and cities—they’re quietly infiltrating forests too. Scientists discovered that most microplastics arrive through the air, settling onto treetops before being washed or dropped to the forest floor in rain and falling leaves. Once there, natural processes like leaf decay help bury and storeContinue Reading
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), which include GPS, are traditionally used for positioning, timing, and mapping information. In an open-access study published Feb. 27 in Geophysical Research Letters , MIT Haystack Observatory scientists report using existing GNSS satellites, in conjunction with 13 stations installed on the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) in Antarctica,Continue Reading
Since her first journalism fellowship covering energy and the environment at the NPR station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Madison Goldberg has been drawn to science communication and audio storytelling. Now, after reporting on topics from solar storms to sewer systems to cryptography, she’s bringing her passions to MIT as the newContinue Reading
On Jan. 31, students, library staff, researchers, and community members gathered at the University of Florida’s (UF) Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE) NASA Data Hackathon. This initiative empowers libraries, educators, and individuals to engage in public health and environmental science usingContinue Reading
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