Jan 10 Watch 4:58 Warming climate created ‘perfect storm’ for catastrophic fires, NASA researcher says By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins Prolonged drought and powerful Santa Ana winds set up extreme conditions that have fueled the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Those conditions were compounded by climate change. According to NOAA and NASA, the ten warmest years on record… Continue watching
Jan 10 Planet recorded hottest year in 2024, broke key 1.5 degree Celsius threshold By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Three government climate agencies in Europe and Japan say last year's global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and kept pushing even higher. Continue reading
Dec 31 Out-of-this-world space missions to watch in 2025 By Zhenbo Wang, The Conversation In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world. The new year’s missions will expand humanity’s horizons even further. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 6:43 How a newly discovered galaxy could offer clues on how our Milky Way Galaxy formed By Miles O'Brien Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are excited by the discovery, one that has a little… Continue watching
Dec 22 NASA prepares for Parker Solar Probe to make its closest-ever approach to the sun By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Plans call for the NASA spacecraft on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 6:10 U.S. astronauts stranded in space face another delay before they can return to Earth By Geoff Bennett, Miles O'Brien, Karina Cuevas A pair of NASA astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station since June will have to wait a little longer to come back to Earth. NASA says astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams won’t return now until… Continue watching
Dec 16 Study suggests Saturn’s rings could be 4.5 billion years old just like the planet By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press New research suggests that Saturn's rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Continue reading
Dec 05 Stuck Starliner astronauts hit 6 months in space with 2 more to go until they can return By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA's two stuck astronauts have hit the six-month mark in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have two more months to go before their mission comes to a close. Continue reading
Dec 04 Trump picks Jared Isaacman, billionaire who performed first private spacewalk, to lead NASA By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA. Continue reading
Nov 08 WATCH: Returning SpaceX Crew-8 NASA astronauts discuss their 235-day mission in space By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Three NASA astronauts are speaking at a news conference after spending more than seven months in space aboard the International Space Station. Continue reading