SPEED Act Passes in House Despite Changes That Threaten Clean Power Projects
If enacted, the bill’s measures would significantly curtail the scope and timelines for the federal environmental review process. By Aidan Hughes, Carl David Goette-Luciak The House of Representatives cleared the way for a massive overhaul of the federal environmental review process on Thursday, despite last-minute changes that led clean energyContinue Reading
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4743-4749: Polygons in the Hollow
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars MissionsContinue Reading
NASA Announces 2025 International Space Apps Challenge Global Winners
NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551 local events across 167 countries and territories to showcase their STEM skills and proposed ways to transform NASA’s open data into actionable tools. Participants work on their projectsContinue Reading
Expedition 74 Advancing Space Health and AI Research on Station
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke works inside the NanoRacks Bishop airlock and installs technology demonstration hardware that may support orbital debris capture techniques or future space mining on small asteroids. NASA The Expedition 74 crew’s research schedule was filled with biomedical duties and artificial intelligence on Thursday to promote crew healthContinue Reading
State regulators vote to keep utility profits high, angering customers across California
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 4 to 1 on Thursday to keep profits at Southern California Edison and the state’s other big investor-owned utilities at a level that consumer groups say has long been inflated.Continue Reading
Building reuse into the materials around us
In a field defined by discovering, designing, and processing the materials that underpin modern technology, Diran Apelian ScD ’73 has a resounding message: Reuse can’t remain just the focus of a PhD thesis or a startup. It needs to be engineered from the beginning. Apelian, a metallurgist and MIT alumnusContinue Reading
Quantum modeling for breakthroughs in materials science and sustainable energy
Ernest Opoku knew he wanted to become a scientist when he was a little boy. But his school in Dadease, a small town in Ghana, offered no elective science courses — so Opoku created one for himself. Even though they had neither a dedicated science classroom nor a lab, OpokuContinue Reading
The western U.S. Tried to stop wildfires and it backfired
Much of the western U.S. is overdue for wildfire, with decades of suppression allowing fuel to build up across millions of hectares. Researchers estimate that 74% of the region is in a fire deficit, meaning far more land needs to burn to restore healthy forest conditions. Catching up would requireContinue Reading
Dr. John Sullivan
Dr. John Sullivan Atmosphere and Enabling Capabilities Program Manager Dr. John T. Sullivan is currently serving on detail at NASA Headquarters since Spring 2025 as the Ground-Based Networks and Calibration/Validation Facilities Program Scientist and Deputy Program Manager for the Multi-Source Integrated Observatory. With a background in the Atmospheric Chemistry andContinue Reading
Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge
4 min read Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge A graphic for the Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge. Freelancer Whose Moon Mascot design will join the Artemis II astronauts on their historic voyage around the Moon in early 2026? Between March 7 and Jun. 16,Continue Reading
Webbys FYC 2025: NASA Newsletter
NASA Newsletter NASA’s weekly newsletter is delivered every Friday and offers a curated look at the week’s top stories, from Earth to the Moon, the Solar System, and beyond. Current Edition about NASA Newsletter SUBSCRIBERS 5+ million OPEN RATE 34-36% The Newsletter For the Benefit of Humanity NASA’s flagship newsletterContinue Reading
Mihailo Derek Rutovic
Mihailo Derek Rutovic Director, Airborne Science Program, Earth Science Division Derek Rutovic has served as the director of the Airborne Science Program (ASP) since June 2025. As the ASP director, he is responsible for managing the cost, schedule, and performance of the aircraft NASA uses to meet Earth Science airborneContinue Reading












