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
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In the two years since dam removal on the Klamath River in California and Oregon, fall-run chinook salmon have come back in full force, but water allotments, remaining dams and drought conditions still pose challenges for recovery. By Claire Barber In August 2024, excavation crews breached the last of fourContinue Reading
Search Search Sort: Publish date Title Publish date Last modified date Relevance Order: Descending Ascending Descending El Niño Is Underway 4 min read Satellite observations of sea surface height indicated that the 2026 event continued to strengthen in early June. Article International Sea Level Satellite Observes El Niño Precursor 2Continue Reading
Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) The Airspace Operations Laboratory (AOL) participated in a multi-lab effort and a field evaluation of the integration of a number of tools that comprise the Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2) system. ATD-2 is an ambitious NASA project which, in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), airContinue Reading
This problem set from Space Math at NASA includes a total of 31 mathematics problems that deal with our Moon. Designed for students K-12+, many of the problems use simple scaling rules to measure the diameters of craters on imagery of the lunar surface obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) andContinue Reading
This problem set from Space Math at NASA provides 17 math exercises exploring the shapes, geometry, and scale of magnetic fields. For students grades K-12+, the problems serve as an engaging tool to supplement physics and solar science units, allowing students to apply practical mathematical concepts to heliophysics topics likeContinue Reading
This problem set from Space Math at NASA provides 34 math problems exploring exoplanet statistics, classifications, and habitable zones to apply mathematical reasoning to astronomy concepts. For students grades K-12+, teachers can integrate these problems into math or space science units as independent practice, group challenges, or warm-up exercises, allowingContinue Reading
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