Soil DNA from Chile to the Antarctic Peninsula ties warmer climates to more plant fungal pathogens, with abundance projected to double by 2100., Read MoreContinue Reading
Shifting winds placed a former nuclear reactor and rocket testing site in the path of the growing Sandy Fire. The region’s first major blaze of the season raised alarm from families aware of the site’s history and spotty cleanup. By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz WEST HILLS, Calif.—Her gray SUV packedContinue Reading
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Forests cover more than 40 per cent of Belarus. At the same time, the country recorded twice as many forest fires last year compared to the year before.Continue Reading
A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research reveals that smaller “secondary” faults in the Seattle Fault Zone appear to rupture roughly every 350 years — much more often than the massive main fault that has long worried geologists.,Continue Reading
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5 min read NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. The image has been processed into a natural-colorContinue Reading
Storytelling Kit Langley Science Personnel Our Impacts Data Center Langley Science Highlights Archive View or download NASA Langley’s science highlights and resources. Download from the Langley Science Highlights archive: Return to the Langley Science Impacts Page MELTING THE RISK: NEW PREDICTIVE MODELS AIM TO MITIGATE HIGH-ALTITUDE ICING Apr 30, 2026Continue Reading
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, with its nose cone open to reveal its docking mechanism, approaches the International Space Station carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew on May 17, 2026. NASA/Jessica Meir The Expedition 74 crew explored advanced treatments for cancer andContinue Reading
Rosa Avalos-Warren Program Executive Program Executive, Astrophysics Division Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Rosa Avalos‑Warren is the Program Executive for the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as a broad portfolio of NASA astrophysics missions including the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array,Continue Reading
The lawsuit challenges Alabama Power’s plans to leave more than 21 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pond at the head of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, an area sometimes called “America’s Amazon” for its rich biodiversity. By Dennis Pillion A yearslong court battle over the 21.7 million tons ofContinue Reading
Urbanization in the Asia-Pacific region of the world is occurring at an alarmingly rapid pace, with more than 2.2 billion people now living in cities in the region, and an additional 1.2 billion projected to migrate to cities by 2050, according to a February 2026 report from the U.N. Economic andContinue Reading
1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PIA26775 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PNG (3.47 MB) Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrumentContinue Reading