Explorers Wanted: Media Invited to Experience Artemis Astronaut Training

NASA is offering media a glimpse of astronaut training at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in…

NASA Selects Five Research Projects Designed to Improve Crop Habitats

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NASA Adds Return Sample Scientists to Mars 2020 Leadership Team

The leadership council for Mars 2020 science added two new members who represent the…

How climate change reduced the flow of the Colorado River

The massive Colorado River, which provides water for seven US states, has seen its flow reduced…

A better pregnancy test for whales

It’s not easy to do pregnancy tests on whales. You can’t just ask a wild ocean…

Beyond the brim, Sombrero Galaxy's halo suggests turbulent past

Surprising new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope suggests the smooth, settled “brim” of the Sombrero…

Three new asteroids flew past Earth within 1 lunar distance

Three newly-discovered asteroids – designated 2020 DU, 2020 DA1, and 2020 DW – flew past Earth…

Fifty years of data show new changes in bird migration

A growing body of research shows that birds’ spring migration has been getting earlier and earlier…

Earliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered

For three years, anthropologist Alan Rogers has attempted to solve an evolutionary puzzle. His research untangles…

Old carbon reservoirs unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release

Permafrost in the soil and methane hydrates deep in the ocean are large reservoirs of ancient…