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25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us...

Justin St. P. Walsh, Chapman University The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the...

Office of Space Commerce faces an uncertain future amid budget cuts...

Michael Liemohn, University of Michigan When I imagine the future of space commerce, the first image that comes to...

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....

NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030...

John M. Horack, The Ohio State University For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000,...

Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains...

Amy J. Williams, University of Florida As the Perseverance rover traversed an ancient river valley in Mars’ Jezero Crater...

The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as...

Luke Keller, Ithaca College For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like....

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon –...

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing...

Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions −...

Berrin Tansel, Florida International University When you’re on a camping trip, you might have to pack your own food...

EXPLORING NATURE

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?