CHAPEA CHAPEA About CHAPEA Habitat Missions Mission 1 Mission 2 How to Apply News Official Crew Portrait of the CHAPEA Mission 2 crew for NASA’s one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate living on Mars. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas/Bill Stafford A crew of four research volunteers stepped inside NASA’sContinue Reading
Batteries that use solid metal as their charge-carrying electrolyte could potentially be a safer and far more energy-dense alternative to lithium-ion batteries. However, these solid-state batteries have been plagued by the formation of metallic cracks called dendrites that cause them to short circuit. The problem has so far prevented suchContinue Reading
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Explore This Section … ROSES-25 Blog ROSES-25 D.4 Theoretical and… Overview ROSES FAQ Solicitations ROSES Blog ROSES 2025 ROSES 2024 ROSES 2023 ROSES 2022 ROSES 2021 ROSES 2020 NAC Science Committee Team More Help & Support Advisory Committees Announcement of Opportunity Public Meetings Dual-Anonymous Peer Review Grant Stats Library andContinue Reading
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams are pictured outside the International Space Station during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk on March 18, 2026. NASA/Jack Hathaway Science preparation and procedure reviews topped the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The seven Expedition 74 crew members conducted a variety ofContinue Reading
5 min read NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82 The cool wind of galaxy M82 drives gas and dust up to 40,000 light-years from its core, as shown here using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. The inset shows a ChandraContinue Reading
This image captured by the L-band SAR instrument on the U.S.-Indian NISAR mission on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Seattle in the center of the image with Bainbridge Island at left. The satellite can peer through clouds to view Earth’s surface below. NASA/JPL-Caltech Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiestContinue Reading
Caroline Tracey’s book “Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History,” traces the history and decline of some of the world’s saline lakes, but also looks at how “queer ecology” can help us find our place in ephemeral environments. By Wyatt Myskow When Mormon settlers descended upon the Salt Lake Valley in 1847,Continue Reading
Critics say the state’s attempt to boost ungulate populations lacks scientific grounding and transparency. The post Utah’s new study aims to kill ‘as many cougars as possible’ appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Crews are evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu.Continue Reading
In a remarkable deep-sea breakthrough, researchers have discovered 24 new species of amphipods in the Pacific’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone—including a rare, entirely new superfamily. The findings reveal previously unknown branches of life and push the boundaries of how deep these creatures are known to live., Read MoreContinue Reading
With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.Continue Reading
From wood-based panels used in construction, to charcoal for cooking food, forest products are valued and traded all around the world.Continue Reading