Environment & Sustainability

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Bo Zhang

Bo Zhang Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Aerospace, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Bo Zhang has expertise in using Chemical Transport Model (GEOS-Chem), Chemistry-Climate Model (GEOSCCM), and Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Models (FLEXPART,…

NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch, Docking

The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station pose together for a crew portrait inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev,…

Strong Solar Flare

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash toward the upper middle — on Feb. 4, 2026. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot…

Kathy Jefferson Bancroft, guardian of a stolen lake

  In California’s interior, a long, straight aqueduct carries snowmelt south to a city that grew as if water were a birthright. Along the way it passes a valley that was once defined by water and birds, and is now…

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Osiris-REx The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security – Regolith Explorer. Future Mission Why Discover the Science Goals How How OSIRIS-REx Collects Samples Who Meet the Team Behind OSIRIS OSIRIS-REx will travel to a near-Earth asteroid, called Bennu, and bring…

Planet Hunters TESS

Explore This Section … Citizen Science Projects Planet Hunters TESS Projects Highlights Publications NASA Citizen Scientists Science Activation Resources   Planet Hunters TESS Exoplanets are planets outside of our solar system, orbiting stars beyond the Sun. You could discover the next…

AI-generated wildlife photos make conservation more difficult

Anyone who looks at a social media feed with any regularity is likely familiar with the deluge of fabricated images and videos now circulating online. Some are harmless curiosities (other than the resource use). Others are more troubling. Among the…