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String quartet playing music in a studio,

30 years of polar climate data converted into menacing, 6-minute song

By Sascha Pare published

Geoenvironmental scientist Hiroto Nagai used publicly available climate data from the North and South poles to compose an ominous-sounding chamber music piece.

Climate Change
A dark blue and white sphere surrounded by a dark green oval and a wider light green shell

'Killer electrons' play pinball with space weather around Earth

By Robert Lea published

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet.

Weather
This image shows the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft and the Earth — 1 million miles away.

We have the satellite data to show climate change is real. Now what?

By Conor Feehly published

Free, open source climate data can help bridge the gap between information and environmental action.

Climate Change
Earth is in the background with panels in the foreground.

4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen

By Keith Cooper published

All four technologies are grounded in reality, but some are more feasible than others.

Climate Change
Imagery of the eye of the storm.

Satellite images capture Hurricane Milton intensifying into Category 5 storm (videos)

By Elizabeth Fernandez published

Just 10 days after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, Hurricane Milton is headed to the U.S. state.

Climate Change
A blue, white and green sphere next to a slightly smaller golden orange sphere

Could Earth's 'evil twin' Venus carry a dire warning about climate change?

By Robert Lea published

"Venus is certainly a good example of one extremity of the greenhouse effect run amok."

Climate Change
Earth is alone in space.

Earth is a spaceship like the ISS — let me explain

By Keith Cooper published

From water recycling to carbon capture, there are a myriad ways in which space technologies can be applied to help us live in a more environmentally friendly way on Earth.

Climate Change
a thermal image of earth with grey land masses and colorful oceans.

How satellite data has proven climate change is a climate crisis

By Monisha Ravisetti published

In the fight against climate change, satellite data is an extremely valuable resource.

Climate Change
Earth is seen from space. Some of the spacecraft that took this image is visible in the frame as well.

World Space Week 2024: How space technology arms scientists fighting climate change

By Samantha Mathewson published

World Space Week 2024 features events centered on "Space & Climate Change," to celebrate the transformative impact of space technology in the ongoing battle against climate change.

Climate Change
A giant circular computing machine hollow in the center where a thin copper tube passes through. It's like the retina of a giant robot eye.

The W boson caused a particle mystery — but scientists have cracked the case

By Keith Cooper published

A puzzling discrepancy in measurements of the mass of the W+ and W– bosons, which are fundamental particles that carry the weak force, has been resolved by the Large Hadron Collider.

Particle Physics
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