Bushfire threat still high as Australia clean up begins

Australians on Wednesday began sifting through the ashes of hundreds of bushfires that have ravaged the…

Japan spacecraft starts yearlong journey home from asteroid

Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft departed from a distant asteroid on Wednesday, starting its yearlong journey home after…

Deep neural networks speed up weather and climate models

When you check the weather forecast in the morning, the results you see are more than…

Individual climate models may not provide the complete picture

Equilibrium climate sensitivity—how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide—may be underestimated…

Astronauts to test drive a lunar robot from the space station

Astronauts could one day remotely control Moon and Mars rovers from orbit. An upcoming test aboard…

High Definition Earth-Viewing payload reaches end-of-life on station, surpassing life expectancy

The International Space Station’s High Definition Earth-Viewing (HDEV) payload officially reached end-of-life Aug. 22, 2019, after…

Ant expert discovers newly emergent species in his backyard

Jack Longino is a global ant expert and has traveled the world documenting and discovering ant…

Stalled weather patterns will get bigger due to climate change

Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure weather systems called “blocking events” that have…

Etalumis 'reverses' simulations to reveal new science

Scientists have built simulations to help explain behavior in the real world, including modeling for disease…

Deep learning expands study of nuclear waste remediation

A research collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Brown…