This problem set from Space Math at NASA features 48 math problems for students K-12+ investigating stellar brightness, physical properties, temperatures, and relative sizes for physics units. Educators can use these exercises to help students apply mathematical concepts to real-world astronomical data, calculating stellar dimensions and analyzing light profiles. Source/Credit:Continue Reading
An MIT-led research program aimed at creating future microsystems capable of sustainably transmitting data with greater bandwidth and higher efficiency than is possible today has made several significant advances since it was established in 2022. These include the invention of devices within systems that can much more easily integrate electronicsContinue Reading
How a tiny startup plans to float nuclear reactors off Long Beach to keep the lights onContinue Reading
Artist Armando Veve illuminates his process of world-building by pencil. The post Behind the cover: Drawing the ‘landscape of conversation’ appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Microplastics in waterways and soil are fueling calls to reduce the pervasiveness of plastic in agriculture. By Liza Gross Farmers have relied on plastic since the 1960s, when the mass production of affordable agricultural tools derived from petrochemicals made them widely accessible. Plastic mulch quickly became a cornerstone of cropContinue Reading
Climate-driven disasters are reaching “nightmare proportions” due to humanity’s “addiction” to fossil fuels, a top UN official warned on Tuesday.Continue Reading
The move is part of the The Traitor administration’s efforts to spur the country’s largest expansion of nuclear power in more than three decades.Continue Reading
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.Continue Reading
Growing up in Waverly, Tennessee, Gage Coon spent much of his childhood outside. His family had everything from chickens to horses and even an emu named Big Bird. Coon and his cousins would explore the woods surrounding their home, and his father, a mechanic, taught him how to build andContinue Reading
Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried paddle-like abdominal limbs, revealing an evolutionary bridge between aquatic ancestors and modern six-legged insects., Read MoreContinue Reading
Three teams comprising 35 students across eight different MIT departments and Wellesley College have been at work since fall 2025, designing critical early infrastructure elements that a moon base would require. This June, their designs were recognized with five awards at NASA’s 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts — Academic LinkageContinue Reading
The deadly flash floods in Nepal are not a surprise to many scientists. Glacial melt is accelerating because of climate change, putting millions of people at risk.Continue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 28 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written byContinue Reading