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Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth

A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis.

© David Maurice Smith for The New York Times

Penny Sackett, former director of the Australian National University’s Mount Stromlo Observatory, just outside Canberra, in the remains of the observatory, which was destroyed in a 2003 wildfire.

Some NASA Satellites Will Soon Stop Sending Data Back to Earth

3 May 2024 at 16:47
Three long-running satellites will soon be switched off, forcing scientists to figure out how to adjust their views of our changing planet.

© NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team

Marine stratocumulus clouds over the southeastern Pacific Ocean, captured by NASA’s Terra satellite in 2002.

NASA Seeks ‘Hail Mary’ for Mars Sample Return Mission

15 April 2024 at 20:46
The agency will seek new ideas for its Mars Sample Return program, expected to be billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule.

© NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech

An artist’s conception of multiple robotic vehicles teaming up to return samples of rocks and soil, collected from the Martian surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, to earth.

James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92

15 April 2024 at 17:07
He arranged for artists to have access to astronauts, launchpads and more. “Their imaginations enable them to venture beyond a scientific explanation,” he once said.

NASA Picks 3 Companies to Help Astronauts Drive Around the Moon

3 April 2024 at 19:26
The agency’s future moon buggies will reach speeds of 9.3 miles per hour and will be capable of self-driving.

© NASA TV

An artist’s concept of Intuitive Machines’s lunar RACER (Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover) vehicle intended to explore the moon on future Artemis missions.
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