Environment & Sustainability

A dangerous heatwave will impact a large swath of the US this week, bringing scorching temps during celebrations for America’s 250th birthday.

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 4:50 p.m. ET on June 30. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar…

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A group of more than 40 researchers spent 20 months devising a plan for the world to achieve ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, all while seeing incomes rise for 98% of the global population and reducing working hours for everybody…

Thousands of acres in Utah and other Western states have burned as a U.S. heat wave widens.

Dinosaurs like tyrannosaurs and velociraptors famously walked on two legs. But they weren’t the only bipedal prehistoric creatures to exist. In a study published in June, paleontologists shared the discovery of a new bipedal shuvosaurid, an ancient, distant relative of…

NASA astronaut Chris Williams works outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to swap out a malfunctioning wrist joint on the Canadarm2 robotic arm. NASA+ NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space…

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3 min read A Day of Flight Testing at NASA Armstrong NASA flight test engineer A.J. Jaffe and pilot Nils Larson walk on the ramp before a flight Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards,…

Three artist renderings depict commercial lunar landers from Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Firefly on the Moon. NASA announced June 30 the landers will deliver more NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations to the lunar surface for NASA’s Moon Base Program.…