Oct 12 WATCH: ‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse on Saturday visible to millions across the Americas By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press As the moon lines up precisely between Earth and the sun on Saturday, it will blot out all but the sun's outer rim. A bright, blazing border will appear around the moon for as much as five minutes along a… Continue reading
Oct 11 WATCH: NASA scientists unveil first near-Earth asteroid sample returned to U.S. By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA is showing off its first asteroid samples delivered last month by a spacecraft. Scientists and space agency leaders took part in Wednesday's big reveal at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Continue reading
Oct 09 These 6 new images from the Hubble telescope shed light on distant galaxies By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Here’s a look at the recent Hubble images NASA released in honor of “galaxy week.”… Continue reading
Oct 06 Marine mammals in U.S. waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, study finds By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate change, according to a first-of-its-kind assessment. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 6:53 Winner of Nobel Prize in medicine discusses how her work helped fight COVID-19 By William Brangham This week's Nobel Prize announcements are highlighting groundbreaking work once again in the sciences and medicine. William Brangham has a conversation with one of the year's winners in medicine, whose work led to a profound change in tackling the pandemic. Continue watching
Oct 04 What extraordinarily brief light flashes can tell us about electrons and the nature of matter By Aaron W. Harrison, The Conversation Three scientists won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for their work developing methods to shoot laser pulses that only last an attosecond, or a mind-bogglingly tiny fraction of a second. Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in chemistry for research on quantum dots By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Christina Larson, Associated Press Quantum dots are particles a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging. Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in physics for research on electron movement By David Keyton, Seth Borenstein, John Leicester, Associated Press The award went to French-Swedish physicist Anne L’Huillier, French scientist Pierre Agostini and Hungarian-born Ferenc Krausz for their work with the tiny part of each atom that races around the center and that is fundamental to virtually everything: chemistry, physics,… Continue reading
Oct 01 WATCH: Nobel in medicine goes to scientists whose work on mRNA led to COVID vaccine By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Associated Press Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were cited for contributing vaccine development during what the panel that awarded the prize called “one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.”… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 5:47 Why some areas of cities like Austin get way hotter than others during summer By Blair Waltman-Alexin, Austin PBS Cities across the U.S. broke thousands of heat records this summer, but in many of them, some areas were hotter than others. These areas are known as urban heat islands, which can mean higher energy bills and unsafe conditions for… Continue watching