Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 27 min read Terra: The End of An Era Introduction Launched into the night sky nearly 26 years ago, on December 19, 1999,Continue Reading
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 14 min read The Final Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: October–December 2025 It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA EarthContinue Reading
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 42 min read The State of CERES: Updates and Highlights Introduction The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) was initially designedContinue Reading
1 min read 2025 Space Station Science Snapshots NASA astronaut Zena Cardman processes bone cell samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox. NASA 2025 marks another year pushing the boundaries of scientific research aboard the International Space Station. This past year, over 750 investigations were conducted aboard theContinue Reading
What a difference a year (and a political leadership change) makes. At this time in 2024, Michigan was expecting a windfall of federal funds to fuel a transition to clean energy, along with billions of dollars’ worth of green manufacturing projects subsidized…Continue Reading
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers is pictured during a spacewalk to upgrade the orbital outpost’s power generation system and relocate a communications antenna. Credit: NASA NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installationContinue Reading
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare Mid-infrared data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (in white, gray, and red) and X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (in blue) come together in this photo of colliding spiral galaxies released on Dec. 1, 2025. The pair grazed one anotherContinue Reading
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Jen Madsen and Trey Perryman Artemis II Orion Mission Evaluation Room Leads Jen Madsen and Trey Perryman stand in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerptContinue Reading
As its polluting coal ash ponds remain in groundwater, Alabama Power has doubled down on fossil fuel energy investments. By Lee Hedgepeth Wired for Profit: Third in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State.Continue Reading
A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)Continue Reading
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.Continue Reading
Scientists have built the most detailed 3D models yet of temperatures deep beneath Greenland. The results reveal uneven heat hidden below the ice, shaped by Greenland’s ancient path over a volcanic hotspot. This underground warmth affects how the ice sheet moves and melts today. Understanding it could sharpen predictions ofContinue Reading
There’s no doubt that 2025 has been one of the most politically chaotic years of the 21st century. Amid the domestic and geopolitical mayhem unleashed by Traitor 47’s return to the White House, powerful interests were busy enacting a radical anti-democratic agenda that has already changed our world and willContinue Reading