NASA is flying planes low over the US to make maps of air pollution sources
We’ve reached a point when scientists can easily gauge levels of greenhouse gases or other air pollutants just by measuring…
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We’ve reached a point when scientists can easily gauge levels of greenhouse gases or other air pollutants just by measuring…
Following its wet-dress rehearsal on the launch pad in French Guiana, Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket is on schedule for…
Mars was likely, very long ago, blue from oceans of water that covered its surface. But the now-red world may…
Nearly 20 years ago, the Cassini probe and its Huygens lander peeked under the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon…
No matter how long humans have looked up and stared at the moon — and despite the number of satellites…
Earth orbit is becoming increasingly polluted. NASA estimates that at least 500,000 pieces of debris 1 cm or greater circle…
Pluto’s surface, fitting for a world whose surface shivers at a cryogenic -364 F (-220 C), is frozen solid. But…
You may not know this, but Earth’s magnetic field has a tail. As the sun‘s solar wind buffets the planet,…
For the past month, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been shadowing Gediz Vallis, a channel that scientists think may be the…
When NASA’s New Horizons mission flew past Pluto in 2015, it gave humanity our first glimpse of a colossal depression…