Snowed in? Watch albatrosses nest on a sunny Pacific island instead
While winter is raging in an unusually large swath of the United States, the weather is balmy for the birds nesting on the Pacific Ocean’s Midway Atoll. As many as…
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Should you eat invasive species? We asked an ecologist.
“By definition, invasive species are harmful in some regard,” says Jacob Barney, a professor of invasive plant ecology at Virginia Tech University. So when we eat them, he adds, “we…
Perplexing blue button jelly looks like something out of ‘Lord of the Rings’
At first glance, it looks like an alien eye—a gorgeous blue iris around a carmel-colored pupil, thick eyelashes radiating out like sun rays. The reddish/orange center looks a bit like…
NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Credit: SpaceX…
NASA Awards Global Modeling, Assimilation Support Contract
Credit: NASA NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The…
Stingray-inspired robot cracks the mystery of how rays swim
To help figure out what makes stingrays such unique and unusual swimmers, a team of mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) created a wavy robotic fin. After…
NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission
4 Min Read NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission A visual representation of NASA’s Artemis I mission. Credits: NASA NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the…
Halley’s comet may need a new, medieval name
One of most recognizable comets in astronomy may require rebranding. But even if everyone continues to call the famed space rock Halley’s comet, some researchers say an eccentric 11th century…
Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Winter Grips the Michigan Mitten Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…
NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2026
NASA/Keegan Barber The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, at Arlington National Cemetery…