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NASA launching TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather July 23: How to watch live
By Keith Cooper published
The mission will blast off on a Falcon 9 rocket with three other small satellites that will act as technology demonstrators.

NASA won't publish key climate change report online, citing 'no legal obligation' to do so
By Josh Dinner published
NASA will not host the U.S. government's primary climate assessment reports on its website after all, despite a White House claim that they would be available via the space agency.

As NASA's budget shrinks, Europe doubles down on Earth science: 'Climate change is the defining challenge of our generation'
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
If NASA must pull back, Europe is ready to step up — and do so with open arms.

By locking its greenhouse gas away in rocks, Mars gradually grew cooler and drier
By Keith Cooper published
As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked up in rocks.

Climate scientists are hosting a 100-hour YouTube livestream in response to Trump's research funding cuts
By Joanna Thompson published
Climate scientists are gathering on YouTube for 100 hours to talk about the importance of weather research amid White House funding cuts.

Why do the numbers that shape our universe exist at all?
By Paul Sutter published
There is a set of very special numbers, known as the fundamental constants of nature, that cannot be explained. Where do they come from?

The physics of the universe appear to be fine-tuned for life. Why?
By Paul Sutter published
The physical constants of the universe appear to favor the existence of life. So why are we here?

Why scientists are so excited about the highest-energy 'ghost particle' ever seen
By Keith Cooper published
Scientists have found a neutrino that could come from a gamma-ray burst, an active black hole or a collision between a cosmic ray and photons in the cosmic microwave background.
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