5 min read NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet This artist’s concept depicts a near-Earth asteroid with an elongated orbit. A few objects such as these can exhibit significant perturbations in their motion around the Sun and, like the asteroid 1998 SH2, could turn out to be regularContinue Reading
As wildfires intensify, threatening more people, a nonprofit is studying how to rethink homes and neighborhoods to prevent catastrophe.Continue Reading
Higher oil prices since the Iran war began mean many oil companies have brought in excess profits. Some U.S. lawmakers want to tax those windfall profits and give the money to lower-income Americans. (Image credit: Brandon Bell)Continue Reading
Technicians and engineers inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida clean and inspect the Solar Array Sun Shield (SASS) on the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz) The solar panels that will help power NASA’s NancyContinue Reading
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Will a warming climate and changing weather patterns lead to more grid blackouts and other energy disruptions? Answering that question requires studying both regional climate forecasts and local energy systems, including emerging renewable generation, storage, transmission lines, and demand forecasts. The lack of such studies is one reason why energyContinue Reading
Dr. Tahani Amer Acting Associate Director of Flight Dr. Tahani Amer is a distinguished NASA leader with over three decades of experience in engineering, science, program management, and strategic leadership across federal and private sectors. She currently serves as the Acting Associate Director for Flight Programs in NASA’s Astrophysics DivisionContinue Reading
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ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, S. Fujimoto NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. The cluster is composed of two actively merging sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass. Each sub-cluster is anchored onContinue Reading
Humans are often described as the planet’s ultimate “super-predator,” but wild animals do not fear every human the same way. After analyzing three decades of research, scientists found that animals become much more alert and spend less time feeding when people pose a real threat, such as hunters or fishers.Continue Reading
Powerful American groups linked to the The Traitor administration are expanding across the Atlantic, opening up offices in the U.K. and Europe, fighting climate action, waging religious right culture wars and aligning with far-right political movements. But as organizations including the climate-denying Heartland Institute , abortion-fighting Alliance Defending Freedom andContinue Reading
More than half (57 percent) of the donations to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK since the 2024 general election have been from individuals featured in a major tax haven database, DeSmog can report. These 12 donors, collectively behind £16.8 million in donations to the party since July 2024, represent a significantContinue Reading
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