Environment & Sustainability

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NASA Exploration, Science Inspire “Project Hail Mary” Film

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with the people behind “Project Hail Mary” and the audience during a panel about the movie at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 25, 2026. NASA/Dan Goods Real-life space exploration and big-screen science…

Deadly Indonesia landfill collapse a ‘serious warning’ of systemic failure

A 50-meter (164-foot) mountain of waste at Indonesia’s Bantargebang landfill, the country’s largest, recently collapsed following days of extreme rainfall that destabilized the massive, saturated pile. The tragedy resulted in seven confirmed deaths. The head of Jakarta’s search and rescue…

The Science Behind ‘Project Hail Mary’

Explore This Section Exoplanets Home Overview Exoplanet Facts Types of Exoplanets Stars What is the Universe Search for Life The Big Questions Are We Alone? Can We Find Life? The Habitable Zone Why We Search Target Star Catalog Discoveries Discoveries…

Week Wraps with Health Research and Spacewalk Closeout Procedures

Expedition 74 Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Chris Williams, both NASA astronauts, collect frozen research samples from inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. The samples were stowed inside science freezers aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for retrieval and…