Principal Investigator Lin Yan (California Institute of Technology) and Institutional PI Ori Fox (Space Telescope Science Institute) are leading a wide-field science effort focused on high-redshift transients. The team proposes a Roman hIgh-redshift transient SciencE (RISE) end-to-end pipeline with two primary objectives. The first objective is to provide the community

A gray wolf known as BEY03F arrived in Los Angeles County on Saturday, the first documented presence of the species in the region in nearly a century. She roamed more than 500 miles from Northern California after being born in 2023 in Plumas County and is believed to have spent

The three Roman Core Community Surveys and the first announced General Astrophysics Survey (the Galactic Plane Survey) together are expected to obtain multi-band photometry for tens of billions of stars, an order of magnitude more than all other existing surveys combined. This Roman photometry will enable stellar classification en masse

Team Atomic trekked deep into Iceland’s landscapes in search of geothermal activity that could help unlock secrets about Mars. Their mission was to hunt for both relic and newly formed geothermal vent deposits and then compare those features to what the Perseverance rover is seeing on the Martian surface.

During a stretch of frigid weather in late January 2026, ice choked the Hudson River along Manhattan’s western shore. The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 captured the scene around midday on Jan. 28. The image uses representational color to set ice apart as light blue, with open

A giant wildlife crossing due to open outside Los Angeles this year has become a focal point in efforts to protect mountain lions. The story of P-121, a cub found in a roadside ditch in the Simi Valley with a broken hind leg, illustrates the pressures the animals face. At

Elon Musk said SpaceX is shifting its focus from Mars to creating a "self-growing city" on the Moon, arguing that launch cycles are much faster. "It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev answered questions Sunday from the Astronaut Crew Quarters inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their virtual briefing with the

NASA’s Curiosity rover has used its last drop of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) in methanol to analyze a Martian rock sample that may contain organic molecules. The rare experiment, performed only once before in Curiosity’s 13-year mission, mixes the solvent with powdered rock to help reveal certain carbon-based compounds

Russia’s invasion has not only inflicted suffering on people; it has also changed the country’s pets. In a study published in December in the journal Evolutionary Applications, researchers reported that exposure to the conflict rapidly transformed former pets into animals resembling wild canids. The team collected data from

It was minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit and a wind cut across the ice as six men took turns wrangling a line on the frozen Saguenay River. They had cut through the surface on Jan. 31 more than 100 miles north of the City of Quebec to take part in a

Weather agencies and climate scientists have pointed to the possibility of an El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean later this year, a phenomenon that could push global temperatures to all-time record highs in 2027. The US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Australia's Bureau

NASA will stream live coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with

The Atmospheric Science Branch at Ames Research Center conducts research to advance understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamic behavior of Earth’s atmosphere and how these processes affect climate, air quality, agricultural water use and production, and life on our planet. The branch supports NASA missions through scientific analysis,

Michael Pollan, author of How to Change Your Mind and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, has a new book, A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness, arriving this month. He says questions about consciousness—what it is, what causes it and what it means—have become more urgent with the rise

The Biospheric Science Branch (Code SGE) at NASA’s Ames Research Center studies the Earth’s terrestrial and marine biospheres, with a focus on how these ecosystems interact with the atmosphere and how those interactions change over time. Their research supports global efforts to monitor and understand the carbon cycle,

This seminar will feature an update from the Habitable Worlds Observatory Community Science & Instrument Team (CSIT), presentations on technical capabilities, and time for groups to advertise their HWO-related work and find collaborators. If you would like an advertisement slot please email laura.mayorga@jhuapl.edu to confirm your slot.

Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission are headed to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete final preparations for their launch to the International Space Station. The crew includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They took off

A button-sized snail once feared extinct in Bermuda is thriving after conservationists bred and released more than 100,000 of the molluscs. The greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) was found in the fossil record but believed to have vanished, until a remnant population was discovered in a damp and overgrown

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed the Grand Canyon on January 26, 2026, capturing a light dusting of snow on the Colorado Plateau and deep, shadowed walls that create a striking visual effect. Snow flurries had fallen across much of the central and eastern U.S. during the

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, all members of the Crew-12 mission, landed shortly after 8:30 p.m. EST Friday at Kennedy’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida. Watch the crew arrival here. The team will head to

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission has been cleared to proceed following a Flight Readiness Review with NASA, SpaceX, and international partners. Liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft remains on track for no earlier than 6:01 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 11, from Space

The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission are on their way to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete final preparations before their launch to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos

The boreal forest, the world’s largest terrestrial biome, is warming faster than any other forest type. Feng et al., 2026 analyzed the biome from 1985 to 2020 using the longest, highest-resolution satellite record of calibrated tree cover and confirmed a northward shift in forest cover over the past four

Scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon could not drop instruments through a half-mile-deep hole in the Thwaites Glacier to inspect the warming waters beneath. Instead, researchers lowered equipment from helicopters into the narrow rifts between giant blocks of floating ice. Warm ocean water pours into a deep undersea trough under Thwaites,