“At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an EV?” NPR listener Guadalupe Higuera of Phoenix asked this question and worked with Climate Desk reporter Jeff Brady to answer it. (Image credit: Jeff Brady)Continue Reading
NASA’s C-20A research aircraft takes off from the Edwards Air Force Base runway on an envelope-expansion flight test with the unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar pod. NASA/Tony Landis Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday,Continue Reading
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In preparation for the journey to reach the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, the heat shield for NASA’s Dragonfly mission completed thermal-structural testing in the New Mexico desert. Dragonfly team members, including those from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)Continue Reading
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has collected its first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object during a recent revisit to comet 3I/ATLAS. The team’s results published recently in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The observations were taken using Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) on two separate dates as the comet traveledContinue Reading
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An artist’s concept of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) transmitting data. NASA/Morgan Johnson NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal ( PExT ), designed to enable interoperability between satellite relay networks, has completed its planned technology demonstration. Given the primary mission’s success and the flexibility of the technology, NASA has extended operations to pursueContinue Reading
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir nourishes stem cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox to help researchers learn how to manufacture space‑designed therapies to treat cancer and blood disorders. NASA/Chris Williams The Expedition 74 crew kicked off June with a busy schedule of microgravity research harvesting stem cells,Continue Reading
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Kitchen sponges release microplastics as they wear down during everyday use, with some sponge types shedding far more than others. Researchers estimated that millions of households could collectively release hundreds of tons of microplastics annually., Read MoreContinue Reading
Scientists’ discovery of hollowed coral skeletons after a 2019 bleaching event reveals a reef that isn’t coming back. By Ryan Green This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.Continue Reading