President Trump’s executive order is altering scientific exploration across a broad swath of fields, even beyond government agencies, researchers say.
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Berrien Moore III Is Dead
As a researcher at several universities and an adviser at NASA, he used data analysis to show how the planet’s different systems are interrelated.
The U.S. Is Building an Early Warning System to Detect Geoengineering
Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun.
Chandra Observatory Captures Two Supernovas in (Slow) Motion
For the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA produced ghostly time-lapse videos of two centuries-old stellar explosions.
Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth
A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.
Dante Lauretta on Life After Asteroid Bennu and OSIRIS-REx
Dante Lauretta, the planetary scientist who led the OSIRIS-REx mission to retrieve a handful of space dust, discusses his next final frontier.
Intelligence About Russia Puts Focus on New U.S. Satellite Push
The Pentagon is in the early stages of a program to put constellations of smaller and cheaper satellites into orbit to counter space-based threats of the sort being developed by Russia and China.
How Much Can Forests Fight Climate Change? A Sensor in Space Has Answers.
A new NASA program is helping researchers more accurately calculate how much planet-warming carbon protected areas are storing. It’s a lot.
Ufologist Claims to Show Mummified Alien Specimens to Mexico’s Congress
In a jaw-dropping presentation, a self-proclaimed ufologist showed members of Congress what he claimed were two mummified specimens of extraterrestrial beings.
How to Spot a Wildfire: Weighing Fire Lookouts and Technology
Officials say the future of wildfire detection is cameras. But in northwest Montana, solitary humans on mountaintops still do more than machines alone can offer.