Mar 21 Watch 2:29 News Wrap: Trump administration reviewing U.S. nuclear policy By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a senior official with the president's National Security Council said the White House is evaluating whether the longstanding U.S. goal of a world without nuclear weapons remains "realistic." Also, Northern Ireland marked the death of… Continue watching
Mar 16 Trump’s budget cuts drastically into science and health programs By Nsikan Akpan The White House’s budget proposal for 2018, released Thursday, seeks cuts in science and health agencies across the board. Yet, some budgetary wallets will be lightened more than others. Continue reading
Mar 01 New Lego set to celebrate NASA’s women pioneers By Alison Thoet Five women pioneers of NASA are becoming Lego characters. Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, mathematician Katherine Johnson, astronomer Nancy Grace Roman and astronauts Sally Ride, the first woman in space, and Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, are… Continue reading
Feb 27 SpaceX charters human mission to the moon By Andrew Wagner SpaceX announced Monday that two private citizens have booked a trip around the moon for late 2018. Continue reading
Feb 22 Scientists find 7 Earth-like planets orbiting nearby ultracool star By Nsikan Akpan Exoplanets are a dime a dozen these days, but the Trappist-1 exosolar system stands out by hosting seven Earth-like exoplanets, according to a new study. Continue reading
Feb 13 The sun’s spin is slowing, and we might know why By Andrew Wagner Since the early '90s, scientists have known the sun’s surface rotates more slowly than its interior. But they haven't been able to pinpoint why--until now. Continue reading
Jan 28 NASA releases first results from ‘Year In Space’ twin study By Andrew Wagner The first results from NASA’s Year in Space brothers are in, and show glimpses of how stressful a trip to Mars could be for the human body. Continue reading
Jan 18 2016 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm By Jessica Yarvin In 2016, Earth experienced its warmest in recorded history, and the planet reached record high temperatures for the third consecutive year. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 8:27 ‘Hidden Figures’ brings NASA’s overlooked black pioneers to light By PBS NewsHour “Hidden Figures” is a story about reaching for the stars while fighting racial and gender barriers. The new movie follows the careers of three black women who worked at NASA’s Langley headquarters in Virginia during the 1950s and ‘60s to… Continue watching
Jan 05 New NASA missions to study ‘fossils’ of the solar system By Michael Rios Jupiter's Trojan asteroids are thought to be remnants of the material that formed the solar system's more distant planets. NASA plans to visit them in one of two upcoming missions. Continue reading