Science - Febspot (Page 18)

Science

A collection of 541 posts

Eric and Wendy Schmidt fund four fast-build telescopes including Lazuli — Static01.nyt.com

Eric and Wendy Schmidt fund four fast-build telescopes including Lazuli

Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s philanthropic group, Schmidt Sciences, unveiled plans at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Phoenix to finance four major new telescopes — including an orbital observatory called Lazuli — and aims to have all four up and running within four years. The projects, grouped as the Eric and

Rob Carver serves as director of resources management for NASA’s STMD — Nasa.gov

Rob Carver serves as director of resources management for NASA’s STMD

Rob Carver serves as Director of Resources Management for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at NASA Headquarters, responsible for overall management of the mission directorate’s approximately $900 million to $1 billion annual budget. Carver has more than 33 years of federal service in financial management, program analysis, allocation

Icebreaker Araon arrives at Thwaites Glacier to begin monthlong research — Static01.nyt.com

Icebreaker Araon arrives at Thwaites Glacier to begin monthlong research

After a 12-day crossing, the icebreaker Araon and nearly 40 scientists reached the Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea on Wednesday, beginning an ambitious campaign of air, sea and surface studies. The voyage from New Zealand was mostly smooth until the ship entered an exceptionally dense area of sea ice

NASA to return SpaceX Crew-11 early amid medical concern for crew member — Nasa.gov

NASA to return SpaceX Crew-11 early amid medical concern for crew member

NASA announced Thursday that it will return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth earlier than originally planned as teams monitor a medical concern with a crew member living and working aboard the International Space Station. The agency said it is reviewing Crew-11 return dates and is working with

NASA to return SpaceX Crew-11 to Earth early amid medical concern — Nasa.gov

NASA to return SpaceX Crew-11 to Earth early amid medical concern

NASA announced on Thursday it will return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth earlier than originally planned as teams monitor a medical concern with a crew member currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. As NASA reviews Crew-11 return dates, the agency said it is working

Icebreaker Araon reaches close to Thwaites Glacier in Amundsen Sea — Static01.nyt.com

Icebreaker Araon reaches close to Thwaites Glacier in Amundsen Sea

The icebreaker Araon arrived at the Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea and sailed down a narrow channel to the glacier’s ocean edge, leaving the ship enveloped on three sides by the ice, according to reporting from the Araon on Jan. 8, 2026. The Araon’s captain, Kim Gwang-heon,

Cloud-9 identified as a starless hydrogen cloud 14 million light‑years away — Static01.nyt.com

Cloud-9 identified as a starless hydrogen cloud 14 million light‑years away

Astronomers announced the discovery of Cloud-9, a starless cloud of hydrogen about 14 million light‑years from Earth that they say is the first confirmed example of a Reionization-Limited H I Cloud (RELHIC). Cloud-9 was the ninth hydrogen cloud found near a nearby spiral galaxy and contains no detectable stars;

NASA to Bring Crew-11 Home Early From International Space Station After Medical Issue — Static01.nyt.com

NASA to Bring Crew-11 Home Early From International Space Station After Medical Issue

NASA said it will bring a four-person Crew-11 team home from the International Space Station ahead of schedule because of a "controlled medical evacuation," the agency announced Thursday. NASA did not identify which astronaut or disclose the nature of the medical issue, but said the astronaut was in

NASA may end Crew-11 mission early after astronaut medical issue — Static01.nyt.com

NASA may end Crew-11 mission early after astronaut medical issue

NASA said it may bring Crew-11 home early from the International Space Station after an astronaut experienced an undisclosed medical issue and was reported to be stable. The agency canceled a spacewalk that had been planned for Thursday. NASA did not identify the astronaut or give details about the medical

Study: some gifted dogs learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners — Static01.nyt.com

Study: some gifted dogs learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners

Researchers report that a small group of gifted dogs can learn the names of new toys by overhearing their owners, a skill the study’s authors compare to 18-month-old children. The experiment was conducted by Shany Dror at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and the results were published in the

Artemis II crew rehearses Orion boarding during countdown test at Kennedy — Nasa.gov

Artemis II crew rehearses Orion boarding during countdown test at Kennedy

Artemis II crewmembers rehearsed boarding their Orion spacecraft during a countdown demonstration test inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew included NASA astronauts Christina Koch (mission specialist), Victor Glover (pilot), and Reid Wiseman (commander), and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen (mission specialist), and

Antonio Viudez‑Mora adapts CAM6 to assimilate MODIS and VIIRS aerosols for CERES — Nasa.gov

Antonio Viudez‑Mora adapts CAM6 to assimilate MODIS and VIIRS aerosols for CERES

Antonio Viudez‑Mora is a contractor with the Surface and Atmospheric Radiation Budget (SARB) CERES working group, where he is adapting the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM6) to assimilate and nudge MODIS and VIIRS aerosol retrievals for CERES Edition‑5. Viudez‑Mora earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from the

Scientists test ocean alkalinity in Gulf of Maine to study carbon removal — Static01.nyt.com

Scientists test ocean alkalinity in Gulf of Maine to study carbon removal

Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution led by Adam Subhas released a concentrated alkaline solution into the Gulf of Maine in mid‑August as part of a field experiment testing ocean alkalinity enhancement, a proposed method to counter ocean acidification and increase carbon uptake. In the trial the team

U.S. suffered $115 billion in damages from 23 billion-dollar disasters in 2025 — Api.time.com

U.S. suffered $115 billion in damages from 23 billion-dollar disasters in 2025

Time reports that the U.S. experienced the third-highest year on record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, according to data from Climate Central. Climate Central counted 23 such events in 2025, causing 276 fatalities and $115 billion in damages. The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles last

Curiosity Navcam Images from Sols 4718-4711 at Drive 82, Site 120 — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Curiosity Navcam Images from Sols 4718-4711 at Drive 82, Site 120

NASA's Curiosity rover captured right navigation camera images in a cylindrical projection on November 14, 2025, corresponding to Sols 4718–4711 of the Mars Science Laboratory mission at drive 82, site number 120. The image exposures were taken at local mean solar times between 1 PM and 3

NASA defines a supermoon as up to 15% larger and 30% brighter — I.guim.co.uk

NASA defines a supermoon as up to 15% larger and 30% brighter

According to Nasa, a supermoon occurs when the moon, due to its proximity to Earth, appears up to 15% larger and 30% brighter than a regular full moon. The explanation compares the supermoon’s appearance directly with that of a regular full moon and attributes the difference to the moon’

Poison residues found on 60,000-year-old arrow tips in South Africa — Static01.nyt.com

Poison residues found on 60,000-year-old arrow tips in South Africa

Researchers led by Sven Isaksson of Stockholm University have identified poison residues on 60,000-year-old arrow tips recovered from the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in eastern South Africa. Chemical and molecular analyses of quartz-backed microliths revealed two toxic compounds, buphanidrine and epibuphanisine, most likely from Boophone disticha, known as the Bushman’

Two sloth bear cubs born at Smithsonian's National Zoo, first births since 2013 — People.com

Two sloth bear cubs born at Smithsonian's National Zoo, first births since 2013

People reports the Smithsonian's National Zoo welcomed two sloth bear cubs on Dec. 7. The births, the first at the zoo since 2013, occurred in an off-exhibit den on the Asia Trail at approximately 2:30 and 4:30 a.m., the zoo said. The cubs’ sex has

Hubble finds no stars in radio-discovered Cloud-9, reported as starless galaxy — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Hubble finds no stars in radio-discovered Cloud-9, reported as starless galaxy

At the American Astronomical Society meeting in Phoenix, COPAG executive committee member Rachael Beaton reported the discovery of a starless galaxy called Cloud-9. The object was first detected with radio telescopes and examined with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble follow-up observations searched for stars commensurate with the radio‑emitting

NASA completes second trajectory correction for one ESCAPADE spacecraft — Assets.science.nasa.gov

NASA completes second trajectory correction for one ESCAPADE spacecraft

On Jan. 6, the mission operations team for NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) successfully completed the second trajectory correction maneuver for one of the two spacecraft. The attempt had been delayed in December 2025; the other spacecraft completed its first two maneuvers in December as

Moroccan cave fossils dated to 773,000 years fill gap in African record — Static01.nyt.com

Moroccan cave fossils dated to 773,000 years fill gap in African record

Researchers announced that hominin fossils recovered from Grotte à Hominidés, a cave in the Thomas Quarry near Casablanca, Morocco, have been dated to about 773,000 years and may help close a critical gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. The assemblage includes a nearly complete adult mandible,

Amy Jo Scarino, HSRL scientific analyst at NASA Langley — Nasa.gov

Amy Jo Scarino, HSRL scientific analyst at NASA Langley

Amy Jo Scarino is a scientific analyst and programmer in the airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) group at NASA Langley Research Center. She has worked as a contractor (SSAI 2008–2023, CAI 2023–current) supporting the Science Directorate Lidar Science Branch since 2009. Scarino is responsible for processing, archiving

Satellite animation shows algal blooms at Hartbeespoort reservoir — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Satellite animation shows algal blooms at Hartbeespoort reservoir

An animation of satellite images from June 2022 to July 2023 shows an algal bloom growing, moving and fading across the Hartbeespoort reservoir near Pretoria, South Africa. The animation uses the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) product, which combines imagery from NASA/USGS Landsat 8 and 9 and ESA’s

NASA Ames 2025 Earth Science Nuggets cover ecosystem, water and aerosol studies — Images-assets.nasa.gov

NASA Ames 2025 Earth Science Nuggets cover ecosystem, water and aerosol studies

NASA Ames Research Center's 2025 Earth Science Nuggets collect short items on Earth science topics from May through November 2025. The entries include: May 2025 — "Legacy of Global Ecosystem Model ‘CASA’ Recognized with H. Julian Allen Award"; May 2025 — "Global Estimates of the Storage and