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A wispy aurora australis arcs across the Indian Ocean as the Milky Way protrudes above Earth’s atmosphere in this photograph taken at approximately 8:55 p.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 270 miles above the planet. NASA/Chris Williams After reviewing the International Space Station flight schedule,Continue Reading
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As climate change, wildfires and other extreme weather events intensify, the demand for native seeds is surging in order to help preserve plant biodiversity.Continue Reading
A dozen MIT students recently set out for Barcelona — not just to study climate resilience, but to experience it firsthand. As part of STS.S22 (How to Grow Resilient Futures: Regenerative Agriculture and Economies in Catalunya, Spain), an Independent Activities Period course taught by Kate Brown, the Thomas M. Siebel DistinguishedContinue Reading
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Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areasContinue Reading
Portrait of Janet Petro, center director for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA NASA announced Friday Janet Petro, center director for the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is retiring. Prior to joining NASA, Petro worked in a variety of military and industry positions, ultimately beginning her careerContinue Reading
NASA/Bill Ingalls Nasdaq Chair and Chief Executive Officer Adena T. Friedman, left, and NASA’s Artemis II crewmembers CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, right, ring the closing bell of the Nasdaq market session, Thursday, April 30, 2026. NASA’s ArtemisContinue Reading
Technicians at NASA’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida offloaded eight high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) wall modules and other ground support equipment on April 27. The equipment will support launch processing of the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Each 1,800-pound module enhancesContinue Reading
5 min read NASA’s STORIE Mission to Tell Tale of Earth’s Ring Current Earth’s magnetic field is like a powerful trap. It lures electrically charged particles in space, near our planet, and snares them in an invisible, doughnut-shaped pen around Earth known as the ring current. This captive swarm ofContinue Reading
NASA’s WB-57 airplane idles on the runway in preparation for a SABRE mission flight in 2023. Nic Beres, University of Vienna Scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have turned to one of NASA’s high-altitude research planes to characterize a population of tiny particles in Earth’sContinue Reading
Participants broke a long-standing taboo by openly linking oil and gas not just to emissions, but to war, displacement and economic instability. By Bob Berwyn While some major fossil fuel producers keep pushing for expanded oil and gas use, which is linked to warfare, economic shocks and ecological damage, moreContinue Reading