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Icy Hudson River — NASA Science

Icy Hudson River

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

California Seeks a Way to Help Mountain Lions Survive Near Cities — NYT > Science

California Seeks a Way to Help Mountain Lions Survive Near Cities

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

Musk shifts SpaceX focus from Mars to the moon — Businessinsider

Musk shifts SpaceX focus from Mars to the moon

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’s SpaceX Crew-12 Answer Questions from Quarantine — NASA Science

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Answer Questions from Quarantine

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

Curiosity uses last drop of solvent to test for organics on Mars — Mashable

Curiosity uses last drop of solvent to test for organics on Mars

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

War Transformed Ukraine's Dogs — NYT > Science

War Transformed Ukraine's Dogs

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

Six fishermen reel in 244-pound Atlantic halibut in Quebec — NYT > World > Americas

Six fishermen reel in 244-pound Atlantic halibut in Quebec

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

El Niño chance in Pacific may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027 — World news | The Guardian

El Niño chance in Pacific may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027

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 sets coverage for SpaceX Crew-12 launch, docking — NASA Science

NASA sets coverage for SpaceX Crew-12 launch, docking

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

Ames Atmospheric Science Branch advances understanding of Earth’s atmosphere — NASA Science

Ames Atmospheric Science Branch advances understanding of Earth’s atmosphere

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 Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change — NYT > Science

Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change

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

Biospheric Science Branch at NASA Ames — NASA Science

Biospheric Science Branch at NASA Ames

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,

Habitable Worlds Observatory SIG Seminar, 11 Feb 2026 — NASA Science

Habitable Worlds Observatory SIG Seminar, 11 Feb 2026

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.

SpaceX Crew-12 Flies to Kennedy Space Center — NASA Science

SpaceX Crew-12 Flies to Kennedy Space Center

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

Bermuda snail once thought extinct thriving after decade of conservation — World news | The Guardian

Bermuda snail once thought extinct thriving after decade of conservation

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

Snow rims and shadows in the Grand Canyon — NASA Science

Snow rims and shadows in the Grand Canyon

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’s SpaceX Crew-12 Arrives in Florida — NASA Science

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Arrives in Florida

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 Cleared to Proceed With Launch — NASA Science

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Cleared to Proceed With Launch

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

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Flies to NASA Kennedy — NASA Science

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Flies to NASA Kennedy

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

Boreal forests shifted north and expanded over four decades — NASA Science

Boreal forests shifted north and expanded over four decades

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

Studying Antarctica’s Ice From the Side of a Helicopter — NYT > Science

Studying Antarctica’s Ice From the Side of a Helicopter

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,

Sodium-ion battery breakthrough could make external chargers safe on flights — Pcgamer

Sodium-ion battery breakthrough could make external chargers safe on flights

Lithium-ion batteries are so ubiquitous that you're probably reading these words on a device that has one installed right now. They charge fast and can hold a lot of juice for your laptop or phone, but they rely on lithium, which must be mined, and they can explode—

Science blogs showcase a wide range of missions and topics — NASA Science

Science blogs showcase a wide range of missions and topics

Science blogs showcase missions and topics spanning heliophysics, planetary expeditions, Earth science and space telescopes. Featured missions range from Parker Solar Probe and James Webb Space Telescope to Perseverance Mars Rover, Europa Clipper, Lucy, Dragonfly, DART, New Horizons and Voyager. Earth and climate work appears in projects such as ICESat-2,

Calibrating Roman’s coronagraph and polarimetry modes — assets.science.nasa.gov

Calibrating Roman’s coronagraph and polarimetry modes

A report from Science says the Roman Space Telescope Coronagraphic imaging modes promise to demonstrate exciting new technologies that will set the stage for NASA’s next great observatory, the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Achieving both the baseline requirements and meeting the “best-effort” goals will require careful target selection and a

Rare Braun’s wrasse sighted in Western Australia kelp forest — i.guim.co.uk

Rare Braun’s wrasse sighted in Western Australia kelp forest

A report from Theguardian says marine biologist Océane Attlan and researchers from the University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute encountered Braun’s wrasse, a tiny iridescent reef fish last recorded in 2009 near Albany and not seen since. The sighting came on the final dive of a four-day kelp