New Lunar Spacesuits to Set NASA Back $3.5 Billion
Nobody would have known if I had touched Neil Armstrong’s moon-walking suit back in 2018. I wasn’t supposed to touch it—indeed, I was
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Planet-Warming Carbon Dioxide Levels Are The Highest In Human History
The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has shot past a key milestone—more than 50% higher than pre-industrial times—and
Climate Change Made India and Pakistan’s Intense Spring Heat Wave More Likely
(NEW DELHI, India)—The devastating heat wave that has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a
Congress is Finally Taking UFOs Seriously, 50 Years After Its Last Hearing on the Mysterious Subject
The House Intelligence Committee’s Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation subcommittee would like to make one thing very
Astronomers Capture First Image of Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy
You’d think it would be hard to overlook an object with a mass four million times greater than the sun. But when that object is a supermassive
Scientists Grow Plants in Soil from the Moon. Lunar Farming Could Be Next.
The Apollo astronauts faced a lot of challenges in their time on the moon, but having enough to eat was not among them. The longest any of the
Climate Change Will Make Droughts Longer, More Common, Says UN
The frequency and duration of droughts will continue to increase due to human-caused climate change, with water scarcity already affecting billions
Earth has a 50% Chance of Hitting Key 1.5°C Warming Threshold in the Next 5 Years
The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent, with nearly a 50-50 chance that Earth will
More Cosmic Saber-Rattling From Russia’s Space Boss
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to extend its reach—not just around the world, but into space. For that we have Dmitry Rogozin—an
Early Transgender Identity Tends to Endure, a New Study Suggests
Children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend to retain that identity at least for several years, a study published Wednesday
NASA’s Far-Flung Space Fleet Is Getting a Few Extra Years to Explore the Cosmos
It’s not hard to keep track of NASA’s big-ticket items—the high visibility spacecraft that generally carry equally high price tags and make
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The New Science of Forgetting
A baby zebrafish is just half the size of a pea. A recent look inside its transparent brain, however, offers clues to the far bigger mystery of how
Expect More Disasters, U.N. Warns, as Climate Change Worsens Everything From Droughts to Economic Meltdowns
A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations
The Hunt for Life On Jupiter’s Moon Europa Just Got a Little Easier
It’s hard not to love Europa. It is far and away the most promising of Jupiter’s 79 moons, covered in a rind of water ice perhaps 30 km (18
The Hunt for Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa Just Got a Little Easier
It’s hard not to love Europa. It is far and away the most promising of Jupiter’s 79 moons, covered in a rind of water ice perhaps 30 km (18