A natural color view from Cassini of Saturn with Titan, one of Saturn’s many moons, in the foreground in August 2012. Titan’s diameter is 50% larger than Earth’s moon. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Host (Andres Almeida): Behind every NASA mission is an enormous web of decisions, requirements, risks, and work that makes explorationContinue Reading
3 min read NASA-Supported Space Tech Advances Earthly Construction Branch’s work outfitting a prototype of a lunar surface habitat they developed, pictured here, under a cooperative agreement with Marshall Space Flight Center, helped the company evolve its printing processes. Credit: Branch Technology Inc. An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfittingContinue Reading
A controversial land swap orchestrated by the mega rich could be ‘a harbinger of what’s to come’ for public lands under The Traitor. The post The billionaires’ club at the center of America’s public lands fight appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
As more rain is concentrated in heavier storms, many parts of California and the western U.S. are drying, new research shows.Continue Reading
The Sun rises behind NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on top of a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 30, 2026. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross NASA is moving quickly to define next year’s Artemis III missionContinue Reading
Snow and rain in the American West is concentrating at one of the highest rates in the world, researchers found, with implications for ecosystems, water management and this year’s El Niño. By Jake Bolster Scientists have uncovered a new driver of aridification, potentially reshaping how drought across the globe isContinue Reading
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NASA Helio Club is a collection of six club sessions, or lessons, that complete a comprehensive module created for a middle-school audience (ages 10-14) to introduce basic heliophysics concepts to learners. Designed for both after school clubs and classroom environments, each session takes approximately two hours, or approximately two class-periods. Each session includesContinue Reading
NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway works on MVP Cell-09 research inside a portable glovebag aboard the International Space Station. ESA/Sophie Adenot Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are uncovering how bacteria that causes pneumonia can lead to long-term damage in the heart. Researchers are leveraging the space environment toContinue Reading
3 min read NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has released its most complete view of the starry sky to date, filling in gaps from previous observations. Nearly 6,000 colored dots scattered across the image show the locations of either confirmed or candidateContinue Reading
Scientists at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound with promising anti cancer potential. The team identified two enzymes that work together to build the molecule’s unusual twisted structure, solving a mystery that had puzzled researchers for years. Because mitraphylline appears only in tiny amountsContinue Reading
Emerging Pacific Ocean heat, combined with ongoing human-caused global warming, is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes. Heat alone already kills more than 500,000 annually. By Bob Berwyn Scientists said this week that a developing El Niño is likely to amplify heatwaves, droughts and floods this year, but warnedContinue Reading
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