Mass of warm rock rising beneath New England, study suggests
Slowly but steadily, an enormous mass of warm rock is rising beneath part of New England, although a major volcanic eruption isn't likely for millions of years, a Rutgers University-led study suggests....
View ArticleDiscovery about rare nitrogen molecules offers clues to makeup of other...
A team of scientists using a state-of-the-art UCLA instrument reports the discovery of a planetary-scale "tug-of-war" of life, deep Earth and the upper atmosphere that is expressed in atmospheric...
View ArticleGalileo satellites atop rocket for next Tuesday's flight
Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday.
View ArticleResearchers share perspective on key elements of ozone layer recovery
Each year, ozone-depleting compounds in the upper atmosphere destroy the protective ozone layer, and in particular above Antarctica. The ozone layer acts as Earth's sunscreen by absorbing harmful...
View ArticleNASA solves how a Jupiter jet stream shifts into reverse
Speeding through the atmosphere high above Jupiter's equator is an east-west jet stream that reverses course on a schedule almost as predictable as a Tokyo train's. Now, a NASA-led team has identified...
View ArticleTwo heads are better than one: ICON and GOLD teaming up to explore earth's...
Like Earth, space has weather. Except instead of swirling winds and downpours of precipitation, space weather is defined by shifting electric and magnetic fields and rains of charged particles. At the...
View ArticleNASA Alaska-launched rockets to study space X-ray emissions and create polar...
NASA rockets launched during the Alaskan winter typically explore the interaction of solar winds with Earth's atmosphere and the resulting auroras that dance across the night sky. However this winter,...
View ArticleStem cell scientists chew on the mysteries of jaw development
Scientists in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Gage Crump have revealed how key genes guide the development of the jaw in zebrafish. These findings may offer clues for understanding craniofacial...
View ArticleSolar eclipse caused bow waves in Earth's atmosphere
The celebrated Great American Eclipse of August 2017 crossed the continental U.S. in 90 minutes, and totality lasted no longer than a few minutes at any one location. The event is well in the rear-view...
View ArticleClimate engineering, once started, would have severe impacts if stopped
Facing a climate crisis, we may someday spray sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to form a cloud that cools the Earth, but suddenly stopping the spraying would have a severe global impact on...
View ArticleNASA GOLD Mission to image Earth's interface to space
On Jan. 25, 2018, NASA launches Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, a hosted payload aboard SES-14, a commercial communications satellite. GOLD will investigate the dynamic...
View ArticleNASA mission launched; will revolutionize our understanding of space weather
NASA's first mission to provide unprecedented measurements of, and changes in, the temperature and composition of Earth's upper atmosphere launched at 5:20 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 25, from the Guiana...
View ArticleOzone at lower latitudes is not recovering, despite Antarctic ozone hole healing
The ozone layer - which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation - is recovering at the poles, but unexpected decreases in part of the atmosphere may be preventing recovery at lower latitudes.
View ArticleSpace sports car now flying toward asteroid belt beyond Mars
The world's first space sports car is cruising toward the asteroid belt, well beyond Mars.
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