Racing to Contain Invasive Green Crabs in Puget Sound
2026-09-16
Tribes and scientists are mounting an urgent trapping effort to keep European green crabs from devastating a corner of Puget Sound.Continue Reading
British Columbia is logging its last old growth. Protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it
2026-09-16
Activists on Canada’s Vancouver Island are once again trying to stop the logging of old-growth forests, some of the rarest and most carbon rich ecosystems on EarthContinue Reading
Helio and You: August 2026
2026-09-16
Explore This Section Science Helio and You: August… Home Framework for Heliophysics Education About 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 | LifeContinue Reading
Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World
2026-09-16
5 Min Read Newfound ‘Baby’ Planet Smashes Record for Youngest Known World An artist’s concept of the youngest known exoplanet: Elias 2024 b. Credits: W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko Astronomers have confirmed a world that’s less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using data from NASA-fundedContinue Reading
Curiosity Blog, Sols 5002-5009: Tough Planning To Learn More About Wind-Blown Sediments
2026-09-16
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 minContinue Reading
Progress 96 Cargo Spacecraft Lifts off to Resupply Station on Saturday
2026-09-16
The Progress 96 cargo spacecraft launches on time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to resupply the Expedition 75 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 96 spacecraft is safely in orbit and on its way to the International Space Station after launching at 9:33 a.m. EDTContinue Reading
Progress 96 Cargo Spacecraft Counts Down to Launch from Kazakhstan
2026-09-16
The trash-packed Progress 93 cargo spacecraft from Roscosmos departs the International Space Station on April 20, 2026, after seven months docked to the Zvezda service module’s aft port. NASA NASA is streaming live coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft launch carrying about three tons of food, fuel and supplies toContinue Reading
The Rio Grande is having its driest year on record
2026-09-16
Colorado River drought gets a lot of headlines, but the Rio Grande is having one of its driest years ever. What a recent surge of water for nature says about its future.Continue Reading
In Tampa, Community Gardeners Say They Need More Funding, Not More Information, to Feed Neighbors in Need
2026-09-16
A new “equity-first” model claims to show where Tampa Bay should grow food for those who lack it. But what happens to the needs of gardens that already exist? By Kate Waxman In the East Tampa neighborhood where Dee Morales bought her house, residents have been asking for a supermarketContinue Reading
This Australian cave hid 25,000 years of ritual secrets
2026-09-15
Microscopic plant remains are revealing how GunaiKurnai ancestors used Cloggs Cave for ritual practices over thousands of years. People deliberately gathered whole grasses, carried them into the dark cave, and burned them in thin layers, leaving behind traces that may span 25,000 years. A standing stone erected around 2,000 yearsContinue Reading
APOD: 2026 September 16 – Webb’s View of M64
2026-09-15
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 16 –… 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
Purple Haze Aurora
2026-09-15
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Purple Haze Aurora Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles EarthContinue Reading
Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification
2026-09-15
As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities — and rising seas are erasing territories — one environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the degradation of the land beneath our feet.Continue Reading