What Can Climate Change and Covid Teach Us About A.I. Doom?
2026-09-26
From climate to Covid to A.I., we face a terrifying feeling of exponential growth spinning out of our control. Are we right?Continue Reading
Millions in Indonesia Breathe In Toxic Haze From Months of Wildfires
2026-09-26
For months, millions of people have been living under a stifling blanket of toxic haze, fueled by a punishing drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern.Continue Reading
Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data
2026-09-26
As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the The Traitor administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. By Christian Schwägerl, Yale Environment 360 This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360.Continue Reading
Gage Coon: An Earth scientist exploring the power of microbes
2026-09-26
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
MIT student teams win top honors in NASA competition
2026-09-26
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
APOD: 2026 September 26 – Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way
2026-09-25
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 26 –… 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
Shock and devastation remain, a day after Himalayan flood disaster
2026-09-25
Amid reports that hundreds of people are still missing in Nepal and China after a floodwater surge slammed into towns and villages on Wednesday, aid teams have been working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.Continue Reading
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief
2026-09-25
Countries are spending too little to restore degraded land even as the economic cost of doing nothing climbs towards $1 trillion a year, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned at a major UN land conference in Mongolia. Continue Reading
The Pacific is churning with hurricanes. The Atlantic is quiet. Blame El Niño
2026-09-25
The Pacific Ocean has had an unusual number of storms this year, while the Atlantic hasn’t recorded a single full-blown hurricane. Scientists point to an exceptionally strong El Niño. (Image credit: NOAA via AP)Continue Reading
Two More NASA Balloons Remain for Fall Campaign
2026-09-25
NASA’s Balloon Program is past the halfway point for the fall campaign in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Four missions have successfully launched from the launch site, with two more lined up in the coming weeks. Hurricane Polo is affecting the upper-level winds near the launch site and the team isContinue Reading
Approaching the Black Hole
2026-09-25
APOD Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss The first frame depicts the observer in empty space looking toward the constellation Orion. The three stars in Orion’s belt are visible to the right of the center of the screen. Sirius can be seen as the brightestContinue Reading
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Set for Saturday Arrival at NASA Kennedy
2026-09-25
The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station display their mission plaque inside a training mockup of a space station module. From left are, Commander Jessica Watkins and Pilot Luke Delaney, both from NASA, and Mission Specialists Joshua Kutryk of CSA (Canadian Space Agency) andContinue Reading
Circling the Black Hole at the Photon Sphere
2026-09-25
APOD Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss You currently sit at the black hole’s photon sphere, where light can travel endlessly in a circle due to the star’s great gravitational pull. The apparent position of the photon sphere is always easy to spot – itContinue Reading