Explore the Observatory Support Systems This the main body and structure that all other spacecraft pieces are attached to. It holds the electronics and equipment that support the telescope and instruments. Primary Structure Lower Instrument Sun Shade (LISS) Attitude Control System (ACS) Propulsion Power Command and Data Handling (C&DH) BackContinue Reading
Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no containment. (Image credit: Noah Berger)Continue Reading
7 Min Read NASA Johnson Interns Shaping the Future of Exploration NASA’s Johnson Space Center interns pose for a group photo in the Teague Auditorium in Houston. From left are Macie Landon, John Graham Reynolds, and Morgan Gridley. Credits: NASA/Sumer Loggins NASA interns at Johnson Space Center are applying their talents to real-world projectsContinue Reading
Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.Continue Reading
As Europe’s climate warms, even moorlands and forests in the Cairngorms, in the Scottish Highlands, have fallen victim to rapidly spreading flames.Continue Reading
Officials call push to remove an oil and gas buffer around the culturally critical monument ‘an absolute gut punch.’ The post Pueblo leaders, New Mexico lawmakers speak out to protect Chaco Canyon appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Famous bald eagle Jackie has been moved out of intensive care. While still ‘a very sick patient,’ her progress offers hope to fans. It’s still unclear what’s behind her illness.Continue Reading
Three teams comprising 35 students across eight different MIT departments and Wellesley College have been at work since fall 2025, designing critical early infrastructure elements that a moon base would require. This June, their designs were recognized with five awards at NASA’s 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts — Academic LinkageContinue Reading
An MIT-led research program aimed at creating future microsystems capable of sustainably transmitting data with greater bandwidth and higher efficiency than is possible today has made several significant advances since it was established in 2022. These include the invention of devices within systems that can much more easily integrate electronicsContinue Reading
As European transport officials scramble to deal with melting train tracks and buckling roads amid a crushing heatwave, a UN report released Tuesday warns of more extreme weather in the decades ahead for Europe, Central Asia and North America.Continue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: July 30 – Red Sun… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written byContinue Reading
Deep beneath submarine volcanoes, Earth may be running a natural “gold kitchen.” By analyzing volcanic glass from the Kermadec island arc north of New Zealand, researchers found that water-rich mantle repeatedly melts beneath subduction zones, gradually concentrating gold in rising magma. The process works because intense melting breaks down sulfur-richContinue Reading
“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of fuel is responsible .” Commissioned by Shell, the memo was the first in a series of secret reports byContinue Reading