Science
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18Meet Chonkus: the CO2-chomping alga that could help tackle the climate crisis | Biology
Chonkus may sound like a champion Sumo wrestler but it is the nickname for a superpower strain of microbe that absorbs lots...
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21SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellite on new Falcon 9 rocket, aces nighttime landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new SpaceX rocket launched a pristine batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit late Wednesday (Feb. 26)...
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186 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer
The small satellite mission will map the Moon to help scientists better understand where its water is, what form it’s in, how...
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17Sols 4466-4468: Heading Into the Small Canyon
Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 The fine detail of the...
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19Sols 4464-4465: Making Good Progress
Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 Over the weekend Curiosity...
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20Fourth Launch of NASA Instruments Planned for Near Moon’s South Pole
Sending instruments to the Moon supports a growing lunar economy on and off Earth, and the next flight of NASA science and...
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16Antioxidants in fruits and flowers seem to counteract harmful effects of microplastics, study shows | Plastics
Antioxidants that give fruits and flowers their vibrant colors seem to counteract some of the most dangerous reproductive-system effects of exposure to...
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18NASA Remembers Long-Time Civil Servant John Boyd
John Boyd, known to many as Jack and whose career spanned more than seven decades in a multitude of roles across NASA...
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17Stonehenge-like circle unearthed in Denmark may have links to UK | Denmark
An “extraordinary” timber circle believed to be thousands of years old and connected to Stonehenge in England has been discovered in the...
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18Milky Way on the Horizon
NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, image of...
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36NASA Open Data Turns Science Into Art
An art display powered by NASA science data topped the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, CA throughout December 2024. Nightly visitors enjoyed...
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19Inside the mind of Trump – a president who talks tough but surrenders to Putin | Donald Trump
Jonathan Freedland’s comments about Donald Trump highlighted two Trumps: the shoot-from-the-hip tough guy and the supplicant at the court of Vladimir Putin...
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16NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 to Discuss Space Station Mission, Upcoming Return
Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 11:55 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 4,...
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20NASA Stennis Flashback: Learning About Rocket Engine Smoke for Safe Space Travel
NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, is widely known as the nation’s largest rocket propulsion test site. More than...
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17Why Is Mars Red? – Sky & Telescope
This view of Mars includes data at near-infrared and near-ultraviolet wavelengths.ESA Since the first Mars probes sent home images of the Red...
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18US climate research agency braces for ‘efficiency’ cuts: ‘They will gut the work’ | Trump administration
The Trump administration has set its sights on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, with...
