A new border wall has turned one end of the long-distance trail into a construction zone. The post The Continental Divide Trail is being militarized for the border wall appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Volvo has agreed to pay $197 million to settle allegations that its heavy-duty truck engines released excessive pollution across California.Continue Reading
A broad swath of the Pacific Ocean is simmering from an exceptional marine heat wave that scientists warn could just be settling in. Marine animals are already feeling its effects.Continue Reading
The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. NASA/Bill Ingalls The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewedContinue Reading
4 Min Read Johnson’s Cindy Evans Prepares Artemis Teams for Lunar Science Cindy Evans, Artemis exploration scientist and geology training lead at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, preparing for a deep-field deployment to collect meteorites in Antarctica. Credits: Cindy Evans NASA’s Artemis II crew had many technical and operationalContinue Reading
Dr. Kelly Korreck Program Scientist, Living with a Star Dr. Kelly Korreck is the program scientist for the Living with a Star (LWS) program within the Heliophysics Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. She leads the strategic planning and programmatic management of the LWS mission portfolio, which focuses on theContinue Reading
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The Sun sprays an extremely fast stream of charged particles called the solar wind. At approximately 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) in front of the Earth toward the Sun, the solar wind collides with the Earth’s protective magnetic field, generating a long-lasting shock wave that stretches for hundreds of thousands ofContinue Reading
Explore This Section … Citizen Science Projects Shock Detectives Projects Highlights Publications NASA Citizen Scientists Science Activation Resources Shock Detectives The Sun throws off an extremely fast stream of charged particles called the solar wind. This solar wind collides with the Earth and its protective magnetic field, generating aContinue Reading
The world has “entered the age of clean energy” and renewables are now the cheapest, fastest and safest source of new electricity almost everywhere, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the International Energy Agency ministerial meeting in Paris on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Authorities in Sinton won’t confirm or deny Corpus Christi’s suggestion that the small town is hoarding its precious groundwater for data centers. Across Texas, a booming buildout of server farms is adding strain to water resources that are already stretched to their limit. By Emily Salazar, Dylan Baddour This storyContinue Reading
Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier collapsed with shocking speed, retreating 15 miles in only 15 months and setting a modern record for grounded ice loss. Scientists say warming conditions and ocean-driven instability turned the glacier from seemingly stable to rapidly unraveling almost overnight., Read MoreContinue Reading