As planets and stars travel through the streams of charged particles flowing across space, their magnetic fields act like obstacles. Incoming particles are slowed and deflected, forming a boundary called the bow shock. Just ahead of this boundary lies the foreshock, a variable region where magnetic conditions can accelerate someContinue Reading
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A powerful but mostly unseen water system at work during rocket engine tests at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, underwent an upgrade in May. Crews brought the High Pressure Industrial Water Facility’s 66-million-gallon reservoir to its lowest level since construction in the 1960s by pumping outContinue Reading
Artist’s concept of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at Mars. The spacecraft entered orbit around the planet in 2014 and has completed over eleven years of observing the Martian upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interactions with the Sun and solar wind to explore the loss of the Red Planet’s atmosphere to space. Credit: NASA/Goddard/UniversityContinue Reading
This story is published in partnership with the Guardian. When Christiaan van Woudenberg moved to Erie, Colorado in 2007, he never imagined he’d become an anti-fracking activist. He simply thought he was buying his dream home — a four-bedroom with a panoramic mountain view, 30 minutes north of downtown Denver. Continue Reading
Scientists are venturing into the Grand Canyon’s hidden cave networks to solve a mystery: how snowmelt travels underground to supply the park’s vital springs. Their discoveries could help protect the canyon’s water from drought, contamination, and other growing threats., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Sun emitted strong solar flare, peaking at 7:28 a.m. ET on June 3. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash toward the upper rightContinue Reading
Procurement Divisions and Offices Encyclopedia Updated Jun 3, 2026 Senior leadership from the Office of Procurement gather at the Senior Leadership Offsite Meeting at Johnson Space Center. NASA Procurement Headquarters Divisions Enterprise Service and Analysis Division (ESAD) Division Director: Geoffrey Sage Procurement and Grants Policy Division (PGPD) Division Director: JuliaContinue Reading
Emily M. Gargulinski Research Engineer, National Institute of Aerospace, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About My expertise lies in the application of satellite data, GIS, and environmental analysis to better understand air quality, wildland fire, and ecosystem processes. Over the past eight years, I haveContinue Reading
The price of fuel, such as natural gas, and the build-out of fossil fuel infrastructure are largely behind recent rate hikes in the state. By Lisa Sorg RALEIGH, N.C.—The Ratepayer Protection Act, wending its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas: rein in data centers and theirContinue Reading
Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Researchers say sonic blasts from oil exploration are a top threat to the species. See and hear why.Continue Reading
New guidance from the Energy Department would prevent people from receiving rebates after making such swaps.Continue Reading
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