Tag: science

A long-term Arctic biological data set maintained by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) scientists has been instrumental in ...

Epiphytes, plants such as moss and bromeliads found in trees, face growing threats

Orchids, mosses and ferns — or epiphytes, defined as nonparasitic plants that grow on other plants — are crucial for ...

Mary Cleave, space shuttle astronaut who led NASA’s science division, dies at 76

News Spaceflight Astronaut Mary Cleave is seen on the mid-deck of the space shuttle Atlantis using a laptop computer to ...

Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode — but scientists aren’t too worried

News Science & Astronomy The Hubble Space Telescope in orbit around Earth. (Image credit: NASA) On Wednesday (Nov. 29), NASA ...

Powerful ‘Cannibal’ solar burst will hit Earth tonight. Widespread auroras predicted

NOAA's aurora forecast for tonight. (Image credit: NOAA)Aurora chasers around the world are eagerly awaiting the arrival of a super-hot ...

Asteroid Phaethon’s mysterious tail may finally have an explanation

News Science & Astronomy This illustration depicts asteroid Phaethon being heated by the Sun. The asteroid’s surface gets so hot ...

Our solar system’s planets aren’t weird after all. Exoplanets have tilted orbits, too

News Science & Astronomy An artist's depiction of a hot Jupiter planet orbiting its star. (Image credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech) Skewed planetary ...

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