NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA's Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft.

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A historic glacier protection law is under attack in Argentina as Congress loosens environmental protections....

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Though no spaceflight is without danger, Artemis II carries special risks....

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The Artemis II crew, working closely with mission control in Houston, were able to restore the Orion spacecraft's toilet to normal operations following the proximity operations demonstration.

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I returned to St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church located at East Eighth and Spring Streets, New Albany Indiana, USA. The fossil appears in the floor of the church alter area has strips of Red Verona or Rosso Verona marble in it. This roc...

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Neil Innes's bard in Holy Grail is one of my favorite film characters.

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NASA's Artemis II mission has just launched people to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years....

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A new model shows how levels of the "atmosphere's detergent" may rise and fall in response to climate change....

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In early spring 2026, a dry, dust-laden wind known as the harmattan swept across northwestern Africa. Cold temperatures, high winds, and blowing dust prompted officials to issue an alert for several regions of Morocco due to the low visibility and harsh conditions.

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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took 31 images in Gale Crater using its mast-mounted Right Navigation Camera (Navcam) to create this mosaic. The seam-corrected mosaic provides a 360-degree cylindrical projection panorama of the Martian surface centered at 16 degrees azimuth (measured clockwise from north). Curiosity took the images on February 20, 2026, Sol 4813 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission at drive 1264, site number 120. The local mean solar time for the image exposures was from 2 PM to 3 PM. Each Navcam image has a 45 degree field of view.

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On the afternoon of March 12, 2026, a wildland fire ignited in Morrill County, Nebraska. Within 12 hours, high winds had propelled flames approximately 70 miles (110 kilometers) east-southeast across the prairie. The Morrill fire would burn over 640,000 acres (260,000 hectares) within a week, becoming the largest wildfire in the state's history.

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M.A. in Climate and Society alums Amanda Chen and Anuka Upadhye tackle climate change from halfway around the world....

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A.4 Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science (RRNES) solicits proposals that advance the goals and objectives of NASA's Earth Science Division by conducting unique research to investigate 1) unforeseen or unpredictable Earth system events and opportunities that require a rapid response, and 2) novel ideas of potential high merit and relevance for ESD science to advance Earth remote sensing that have not otherwise been solicited by NASA in the past three years.

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Sam wrote to ask, "I wonder about the gradual understanding of 'deep present' and of geologic time and presence, the change in perspective of how the world feels around you as you gain more and more understanding of it. I wonder if you can recall this experience of your early education in geology or perhaps further understanding of Oakland's particular geology, and the feelings that came along with having a grand and deep understanding of what goes on below you." He wondered if I remembered a "click" moment.

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A few people will know that I have had a hard time with referees and papers of late. Refereeing is an essential part of peer review (whether people like it or not, it's a model that's not going away any time soon) so it's critical for how scien...

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Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are making final preparations toward beginning launch countdown activities for the Artemis II mission, set to launch as early as Wednesday, April 1.

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And, there is no guarantee that without meeting all of Iran's demands--complete U.S. withdrawal from the Persian Gulf, an end to all economic sanctions, reparations for the damage done to Iran, accepting Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz (through which previously passed 20 percent of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas), and an end to attacks from all belligerants including Israel--that Iran will stop fighting and re-open the strait to ship traffic.

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In the western U.S. this winter, temperature was far above normal; the region has been through its hottest winter on record, by a large margin. Here is the winter average temperature anomaly for a large area in the west which ... Continue reading ??'...

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NASA has selected 10 participating scientists to help shape a science plan for astronauts to complete on the lunar surface under the Artemis program - including deploying scientific instruments, making critical observations of the landing site, and collecting Moon rocks.

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NASA launches a new plan, Artemis II returns to the launchpad, and a new rocket gets a launch with a view....

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Following on from my last post on the importance of publishing data as well as testing hypotheses, I thought I'd expand a bit more on an associated problem with the idea that this area is increasingly overlooked or sidelined. There is unders...

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Spawning season has sprung for Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in the waters off British Columbia, Canada. From mid-February through early May each year, thousands of the small, silvery fish congregate in shallow coastal areas around Vancouver Island and create a spectacle sometimes visible to satellites.

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https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/astro/documents/ASTRA_Web_Update_2026-03-25.pdf

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