A Satellite One Million Miles Away Is Now Watching the Sun Around the Clock
NOAA says its new SOLAR-1 spacecraft has entered operational service, giving forecasters a dedicated tool for monitoring solar activity that can affect technology on Earth.
A 5-Million-Year-Old Whale Graveyard Reveals How the Deep Ocean Remembers Life
Researchers reported a vast whale necropolis stretching across the Indian Ocean seafloor, offering a rare look at how whale remains can support life and preserve ecological history for millions of years.
A Pandemic Wildlife Study Suggests Animals Respond to People in More Complicated Ways Than Many Expected
Researchers used animal tracking data and human mobility patterns from the pandemic era to examine how wildlife responded when people changed their daily routines.
NOAA Mapping Mission Shows Why Old Waterway Charts Still Matter
NOAA says a Great Lakes mapping mission will update chart data in areas that have not been surveyed since the 1940s, a reminder that waterway maps still need modern science.
New Maize Study Shows Why Nitrogen Efficiency Matters Beyond the Farm
A new Nature study adds detail to how maize handles nitrogen inside plant cells, a technical finding tied to bigger questions about crops, fertilizer and water quality.
Microplastics Research Is Moving Faster Than the Answers
Researchers are finding microplastics in more places, including human exposure pathways, but the health evidence still needs careful reading.
New Study Adds Detail to Why Some Ocean Life Survived After the Dinosaur-Killing Impact
A new Nature study uses ecosystem modeling to examine how darkness, energy needs, and body size may have shaped survival in ancient oceans.
DNA Study Shows Seychelles' Lost Crocodiles Were Long-Distance Ocean Travelers
DNA from museum specimens shows Seychelles' vanished crocodiles were saltwater crocodiles, not a separate species, adding new detail to a lost island population.
Fake Citations in Medical Papers Raise New Research-Integrity Questions
A Columbia audit found thousands of fabricated references in open-access biomedical papers, highlighting a quiet weakness in the evidence chain behind medical research.
NASA Cargo Mission Sends New Space Station Experiments Into Orbit
SpaceX's 34th commercial resupply mission carried science equipment and experiments to the International Space Station, NASA said.
NASA Materials Study Tests a New Way to Handle Molten Moon Dust
NASA researchers are testing materials that could survive molten lunar dust, an early step toward future Moon resource work.