NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of facility enhancement, modernization, and sustainment work at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, and other federal agencies in the region.…
The U.S. is getting hit with severe stormy weather—here’s what’s stewing in the atmosphere
A large swath of the U.S., spanning the Upper Mississippi Valley, the Midwest and some of the Atlantic Coast is at risk of severe weather. “Scattered to numerous” thunderstorms, golf-ball-sized hail, high winds and “a few strong tornadoes” could hit some parts of the country in the next few days,…
NASA, NOAA to Hold Joint Session at 23rd Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Submit your abstract for “Advancing Weather and Environmental Science Through NASA and NOAA Commercial Satellite Data Programs,” a joint session hosted by NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program, in partnership with the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Commercial Data Program (CDP). The session is part…
Report of gene-edited human embryos sparks worries about the technology’s future uses
A preprint describing genetically edited human embryos is raising concerns among scientists that the U.S. is becoming more accepting of using gene editing to enhance embryos. “The cat’s out of the bag,” says Alexis Komor, deputy director of the Sanford Stem Cell Innovation Center at the University of California, San…
NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitation
Built with funding from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office Instrument Incubator Program, CloudCube transmits and receives Ka-, W-, and G-band signals, making it the first compact radar system capable of simultaneously probing meteorological targets at wavelengths spanning approximately one to ten millimeters. Researchers will be able to combine information from…
How to build kids’ ‘cognitive endurance’ in an age of distraction
You’re halfway through a challenging exam when you notice your focus starting to slip. The words on the page blur together, and you find your mind wandering to what you’re going to have for dinner that night. Does that sound familiar? This mental fatigue isn’t a character flaw—it’s a universal…
NASA Equips Astronauts, Industry with Robotic Intelligence
As NASA plans long-term missions on the Moon, the agency could use robots to perform routine tasks, allowing crew members to dedicate more time to science and exploration. However, robotic motion control requires complex technology and advances in features like robotic decision-making and object recognition. These are the challenges a…
Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording
Wolves are making a comeback in many parts of Europe John Ceulemans/Shutterstock Deep in the Polish wilderness, a camera trap has captured a pack of wolves hunting down a juvenile bison. The rare footage suggests that in Europe, bison might be on the menu for wolves more commonly than previously…
Train Ride to NASA Kennedy for Artemis III Booster Segments
The final booster motor segments for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help propel Artemis III astronauts on their journey to space shipped from Northrop Grumman’s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah on June 2. The eight booster motor segments are on their way to NASA’s Kennedy Space…
May 2026 was the world’s second-warmest May on record » Yale Climate Connections
by Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections June 10, 2026 May 2026 was the second-warmest May in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, behind only May 2024, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported June 10. NASA and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service rated May 2026 as the second-warmest May.…