As opposition to data centers grows, researchers eye the state’s thousands of acres of polluted mine lands as potential solutions. By Jessica Klein Almost nobody wants a data center for a neighbor. Residents fear noise and air pollution, excessive energy and water use and the loss of open land. InContinue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community PhysPAG Community Meeting, 28… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources PhysPAG Community Meeting Location Virtual Dates 28 September 2026 12:00pm ET /Continue Reading
Amy Westervelt’s new book Brought To You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy is a must-read for anyone tracking the machinery of climate denial and delay. The book offers a forensic account of how corporate America built a vast apparatus of public relations firmsContinue Reading
Climate science is filled with “conflicting facts and opinions” and experts are “divided” on whether humans should be blamed for a warmer atmosphere. Those were some of the “quick facts” and “speaking notes” disseminated by the Petroleum Communication Foundation (PCF) on December 15, 1997, just days after nations negotiated the world’sContinue Reading
Genetic evidence has revealed a previously unknown gentoo penguin species on the remote Kerguelen Islands and shown that gentoos actually consist of four distinct species. The discovery also highlights a growing threat, as warming oceans could leave several island populations with little suitable habitat by 2050., Read MoreContinue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 22 –… 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 by aContinue Reading
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Explore This Section Home Framework for Heliophysics Education Learn More 1.1 | Eclipses & Seasons 1.2 | Space Weather 1.3 | Climate 2.1 | Habitable Zones 2.2 | The Heliosphere 2.3 | Light 3.1 | Solar Magnetism 3.2 | Structure of the Sun 3.3 | Life Cycle of Stars |Continue Reading
The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers — and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online? A new study byContinue Reading
The Solar for All program was intended to provide dozens of grants for clean energy programs in underserved communities. The The Traitor-appointed judge said the program’s termination was unlawful. By Amy Green A federal judge has declared that the The Traitor administration unlawfully terminated $7 billion in grant funding forContinue Reading
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Environment Connor Tomlinson, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha, and Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United States Ervin Bushati, right, are seen at the conclusion of an Artemis AccordsContinue Reading
Explore This Section Home Framework for Heliophysics Education Learn More 1.1 | Eclipses & Seasons 1.2 | Space Weather 1.3 | Climate 2.1 | Habitable Zones 2.2 | The Heliosphere 2.3 | Light 3.1 | Solar Magnetism 3.2 | Structure of the Sun 3.3 | Life Cycle of Stars |Continue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community Post-Ad ASTRA Workshop PhysPAG… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Post-Ad ASTRA Workshop PhysPAG Community Meeting on 28 September 2026 21 SeptemberContinue Reading