The state of the planet in 10 numbers – POLITICO
This article is part of the Road to COP special report, presented by SQM. The COP28 climate summit comes at a critical moment for the planet. A summer…
Mystery over UFO that crashed into moon leaving strange 100ft ‘double crater’ has finally been solved by scientists
THE case of a mysterious UFO moon crash has now been closed, a new study has found. Mystery had been surrounding NASA images of an…
California strikes another blow against rooftop solar
Just a few weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom returned from a trip to China that he claimed was focused on tackling the climate crisis, his…
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UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain is tired of working for free. In a series of posts last week on the social media site formerly known…
Meet Washington’s shadow diplomat: NASA
But both countries are lining up their allies in space. The Artemis Accords, an effort led by NASA and seven other nations to outline rules…
Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman who first circled the moon dies aged 95
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that first circled the moon 10 times, has died aged 95.Key points:Borman died Tuesday…
Inside astronaut Frank Borman’s final years before death from flying planes in his 90s to unwavering devotion to wife
APOLLO 8 commander Frank Borman, who led the first manned mission to orbit the moon, has died at the age of 95. Borman, who circled…
Biden’s latest clean energy approvals are good, but not enough
On the surface, the Biden administration’s recent announcement that it was forging ahead with more than a dozen renewable energy projects on Western public lands…
Trump is lying about California and clean energy again
I don’t spend much time writing about former President Trump, or the Republican Party, more broadly. Here in California, Democrats rule the political roost, and…
NASA awards medal to worm logotype designer Richard Danne
NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana (R) shakes hands with Richard Danne after receiving the Exceptional Public Achievement Medal on Monday at NASA Headquarters in Washington,…
Californians want solar and wind in their backyards
For all the opposition to wind turbines and solar farms bubbling up across California, most Golden State voters would have no objection to a renewable…
Goldie Hawn recounts her paralyzing alien encounter
Goldie Hawn isn’t just a firm believer in the extraterrestrial — she says she has had a close encounter of her own. It was the…
NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter’s lava-covered moon, Io
NASA has released detailed photographs of Io, one of about 90 moons revolving around Jupiter, using the space agency's Juno probe. The spacecraft captured the images of the moon on…
NASA launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche
NASA has launched a spacecraft from Florida on its way to Psyche, the largest of the several metal-rich asteroids known in our solar system and…
NASA delays X-59’s sonic boom test flight until 2024
NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moved from its construction site to the flight line at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, Calif., in June. It's initial…
NASA unveils sample scooped from surface of near-Earth asteroid Bennu | Space News
US space agency and scientists say sample taken from Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, as well as iron minerals. A sample of material collected…
Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space, NASA’s Frank Rubio sets US space record
A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for just over a year.Key points:The trio landed in…
Asteroid ‘dust, debris’ likely found as returned NASA space capsule opened | Space News
Dark powder, sand-sized particles found as lid opened on Osiris-REx space probe which collected samples from asteroid. Scientists at the United States space agency NASA…
Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first | Space News
A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth…
NASA capsule carrying largest asteroid samples lands on Earth | Space News
The samples will be flown on Monday to a new lab at the US space agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. A NASA space capsule…