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The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a flyaround on Nov. 8, 2021. The Zvezda service module’s transfer tunnel, known as the PrK, on the International Space Station has experienced cracks since 2019 that…
Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact (PIACI) in the Yavarí-Tapiche Territorial Corridor, one of the largest contiguous, intact forests in the Amazon and home to the world’s highest concentrations of PIACI, are under threat by extractive and large-scale…
An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.
Amid the river’s worst water year on record and deadlocked negotiations over its future, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it will impose a new 10-year management plan if the states relying on the river don’t come to an agreement. By…
Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in federal grants for upgrades, matched by $44 million in ratepayer funds. By Lisa Sorg Duke Energy could receive $28.4 million in taxpayer money to upgrade two coal-fired power units in Person County, North…
A Year in the Life of a Whale Shark Physician Dr. Larry Spetka swims with his namesake, Larry the whale shark, in the Gulf in May 2025. Credit: BWRI/Jamison Smith (Image credit: Blue World Research Group/Jamison Smith) Download Image…
Two of the three SmallSats for NASA’s INCUS mission, including the one shown here, have completed assembly and testing in preparation for shipment to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for a 2027 launch. From low Earth orbit the satellites…
Mangroves store vast amounts of climate-warming carbon. Sea level rise may push them past the brink, according to a new study. By Kiley Price Mangrove forests have adapted over tens of millions of years to survive in harsh flooding from…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team that won the 2026 RASC-AL competition for their project, Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm. Credit: National Institute of Aerospace NASA announced the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project, Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm, as the first place winner for the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage…