By NASA
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere – the corona – and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. Continue reading NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time, Bringing New Discoveries
By Molly Taft, Gizmodo
The world dumps some 17.6 billion pounds (8 billion kilograms) of plastic into the ocean every year—and now, you can check out how all that trash moves around. NASA released an animation showing shifting plastic concentrations in the world’s oceans over an 18-month period, the first research of its kind to map plastics on such a global scale for such a long time. Continue reading Striking NASA Animation Reveals the Dirty Truth About Ocean Plastic
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN
Every time new climate research is published, news headlines are posted or tweets are shared, a giant steel box perched on a granite plain in the Australian state of Tasmania will be recording it all. Continue reading A giant ‘black box’ will gather all climate data for future civilizations to learn from
By George Dvorsky, Gizmodo
An intriguing object that appears cube-shaped has attracted the attention of scientists working on China’s Chang’e 4 mission on the far side of the Moon. Continue reading Chinese Rover to Investigate ‘Mysterious Hut’ Spotted on Far Side of Moon
By Morgan McFall-Johnsen, Insider
NASA postponed a spacewalk on Tuesday due to a threat that’s becoming routine: space debris that might fly too close to the International Space Station (ISS). Continue reading High-speed space junk risk prompts NASA to abruptly delay spacewalk on the International Space Station
By Katie Hunt, CNN
The US scientists who created the first living robots say the life forms, known as xenobots, can now reproduce — and in a way not seen in plants and animals. Continue reading World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say
By John’s Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Scitech Daily
Lighting up the California coastline early in the morning of November 24, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft off the planet to begin its one-way trip to crash into an asteroid. Continue reading NASA’s DART Kinetic Impactor Spacecraft Launches in World’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission
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Despite 15% of the world’s population living with some form of a disability, research into the effects of climate change on the disabled community is still emerging. Continue reading Climate activists with disabilities fight for inclusion
By Deepa Shivaram, NPR
For the first time, a Black woman will live and work on the International Space Station, starting in April of next year. Continue reading Jessica Watkins will be the first Black woman to live and work on the space station
By Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR
NASA is about to launch an unprecedented mission to knock an asteroid slightly off course. Continue reading In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA’s going to shove an asteroid
