Science

NASA and its commercial partners continue to drive innovation in space exploration, achieving milestones that will ultimately benefit human spaceflight and commercial low Earth orbit efforts. These recent achievements from NASA’s industry partners include completed safety milestones, successful flight...

If we learned anything from 2024, it’s that climate change is rapidly reshaping our world. We’re on course to set the hottest year on record. In just the past few months, supercharged hurricanes, 1-in-1,000-year floods and drought-fueled wildfires have...

When humans pump groundwater, it has a substantial impact on the tilt of Earth’s rotation.Additionally, a study documents just how much of an influence groundwater pumping has on climate change.Understanding this relatively recent data may provide a better understanding...

In May 2024, Dr. Misty Davies joined the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Class of 2024 Fellows at a ceremony in Washington, DC.  The AIAA website states that, “AIAA confers Fellow upon individuals in recognition of their...

Faculty Advisors: Dr. Tom Bell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Kelsey Bisson, NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate Graduate Mentor: Kelby Kramer, Massachusetts Institute of Technologyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ9nxnkxB-whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zey4VFEoYigLucas DiSilvestro, Dartmouth College Quantifying the changing structure and extent of benthic coral communities is essential for informing restoration...

Melbourne, Australia — The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach, officials said Friday.The adult male was found on Nov....

Earth’s space junk may be wreaking havoc on the stratosphere.The rapid surge in satellite megaconstellations is connecting much of the world to broadband internet. But each year, hundreds of those satellites die, burning up in the atmosphere as they...

NASA has selected Sierra Lobo, Inc. of Fremont, Ohio, to provide for test operations, test support, and technical system maintenance activities at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The NASA Stennis Test Operations Contract is fixed-price, level-of-effort...

Roughly one-third of Americans could be exposed to a long-sought, newly identified breakdown product of some chlorine-based water treatments.Although the toxicity of the by-product, an electrically charged molecule, is yet to be determined, analyses suggest the substance could have...