Biosphere supported research publications and highlights can be found at the following links: NASA Research & Analysis Annual Reports and Highlighted Work Earth Science Research Results Portal (ESSRP) Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act (GPRAMA) FY24 Annual Performance Report (see Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems section) Government Performance and Results Act ModernizationContinue Reading
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock next to a spacesuit. The helmet is secured with a protective cover designed to prevent scratches and contamination when the suit is not in use, ensuring the visor remains clear for spacewalks. NASA Expedition 74 is making finalContinue Reading
On Jan. 6, the mission operations team for NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) successfully completed the second trajectory correction maneuver for one of the two spacecraft, after delaying the attempt in December 2025. The other spacecraft completed its first two maneuvers in December as originally planned.Continue Reading
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Misinformation spread quickly after the wildfires in Los Angeles last year. Some of these false narratives on social media impacted California policy. (Image credit: Julia Simon)Continue Reading
Amy Jo Scarino Lidar Data Analyst, Contractor, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Amy Jo Scarino, scientific analyst and programmer in the airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) group, has been working as a contractor (SSAI from 2008-2023, CAI 2023-current) at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC)Continue Reading
Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has been infecting humans for at least 2,500 years. Some people inherited the virus directly in their DNA, passing it down across generations. The study shows that these viruses evolved alongside humans—and that one strainContinue Reading
Efforts to save the Topeka shiner have restored hundreds of oxbow lakes across Iowa. Now, those wetlands are helping to improve the state’s water quality. By Anika Jane Beamer The minnow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ecologists pulled from the shallow moat was a puny thing, with a flare ofContinue Reading
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