Core Stage 3 Rollout
2026-04-27
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NASA’s Perseverance, Curiosity Panoramas Capture Two Sides of Mars
2026-04-27
Learn how NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers are exploring different chapters of the Red Planet’s ancient history. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/ESA/University of Arizona/JHUAPL/USGS Astrogeology Science Center NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight how the missions are revealing details of the Red Planet’s formation, watery past,Continue Reading
Offshore wind farms rise along Rhode Island’s coast, even as The Traitor tries to stop them
2026-04-27
Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the regionContinue Reading
You Can Help Humans Thrive in Space
2026-04-27
The second Artemis mission took four astronauts around the moon and back – the first crewed deep-space flight since 1972. Not everyone gets a chance to put on a space suit, but you can still be an important part of NASA’s human space exploration story by doing NASA science! VolunteersContinue Reading
Volunteers Help NASA Astronauts Record Lunar Flashes
2026-04-27
As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts zipped around the Moon in early April, they observed flashes of light caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. At the same time, volunteers for the NASA-funded Impact Flash project scanned the Moon with their own telescopes and sent their videos to scientists to shareContinue Reading
The Traitor’s Environmental Cuts Further Marginalize Vulnerable Communities
2026-04-27
In Florida, majority Black and brown communities face hotter temperatures, rising seas and more damaging storms. One advocacy group is considering other ways of helping them. By Amy Green Since returning to the White House for his second term, President Traitor 47 and his administration have drastically cut environmental programsContinue Reading
Pesticide exposure linked to 150% higher cancer risk in major study
2026-04-27
A major new study finds that living in pesticide-heavy environments could raise cancer risk by up to 150%, even when the chemicals are considered “safe” on their own. The research suggests these mixtures may silently damage cells years before cancer appears., Read MoreContinue Reading
A faster way to estimate AI power consumption
2026-04-27
Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12 percent of total U.S. electricity by 2028, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Improving data center energy efficiency is one way scientists are striving to make AI more sustainable. Toward thatContinue Reading
Snow Is Scarce in the Upper Colorado Basin
2026-04-26
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Snow Is Scarce in the Upper… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World ofContinue Reading
Designing a more resilient future for plants, from the cell up
2026-04-26
In a narrow strip of land along the Andes mountain range in central Chile, an Indigenous community has long celebrated the bark of a rare tree for its medicinal properties. Modern science only recently caught up to the tradition, finding the so-called soapbark tree contains potent compounds for boosting theContinue Reading
Fossil-Fuel Funded GOP Leaders Claim a Renowned Scientific Institution Has ‘Potential Conflicts of Interest’
2026-04-26
Republican allies of the oil and gas industry question the objectivity of an independent report from the nation’s top science advisers on the harms of human-caused climate change. By Liza Gross Soon after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a plan to revoke its legal authority to regulate climate pollutantsContinue Reading
Renewables rising, Part 2: Seeking stability amid volatile fossil fuel markets
2026-04-26
As global energy markets remain volatile and the price of oil high due to instability and conflict in the Middle East, more countries are looking at investing in renewables to shield their economies from the shocks caused by fossil fuel reliance, rein in import bills – and meet key climateContinue Reading
Renewables rising, Part 1: How four countries are reshaping energy security
2026-04-26
The ongoing insecurity in the Middle East, where a large proportion of the world’s oil and gas is extracted, is forcing many countries to focus on how they can ensure access to cheap and reliable energy supplies primarily through the use of renewable power sources.Continue Reading