NASA astronauts (from left) Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, pose for a portrait inside the International Space Station’s cupola. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir New science experiments are getting underway and new research hardware is being activated aboard the International Space Station after being delivered by aContinue Reading
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above the Mojave Desert during its first wheels-up flight on April 3, 2026. NASA As NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet takes to the air, its sleek configuration is now on display thanks to a key milestone it reached in April – flying wheels-up.Continue Reading
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The The Traitor EPA’s repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding revokes the agency’s authority to regulate climate pollution. Environmental activists are mourning the loss while vowing to resurrect it. By Liza Gross A procession of mourners representing sea level rise, melting permafrost, ecocide and other climate calamities grieved the demiseContinue Reading
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Episode description: NASA’s Artemis II astronauts are back home. Hear reactions from the Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—as they returned to Earth. For more information about Artemis II, visit nasa.gov/artemis-ii. NASA is going back to the Moon, and Curious Universe is bringing podcastContinue Reading
Before a solar storm races across space and impacts technology on Earth, it starts with an explosive process on the Sun known as magnetic reconnection. Now, observations from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe have uncovered new details about how these types of magnetic events fling particles to dangerous speeds. On aContinue Reading
3 Min Read NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Maps Water Ice Throughout Cygnus X PIA26748 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC/Hora et al. Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Maps… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Maps Water Ice Throughout Cygnus X JPEG (1.99 MB) PIA26748Continue Reading
6 min read ‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions Water ice highlighted Interstellar dust highlighted These observations made by NASA’s SPHEREx mission reveal vast frozen complexes in the Cygnus X star-forming region of the Milky Way galaxy. Water ice, shown as bright blue structures at left, exactlyContinue Reading
How much planet-warming methane is coming from water reservoirs? Environmental groups want California to track emissions.Continue Reading
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