Category: 7. Science

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program has launched a new feature that connects citizen scientists directly to Landsat observations. Through GLOBE, volunteers around the world collect environmental data…

SAN ANTONIO — December 10, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are collaborating with researchers at UT San Antonio to study how space weathering can alter the lunar surface materials to help interpret regional and…

Spinning massive objects drag spacetime along with them. This curious phenomenon is an important prediction in general relativity, which has been confirmed from a variety of celestial bodies and events. The latest one comes from a supermassive…

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene an ad hoc committee to address the topic of “Key Non-Polar Destinations across the Moon to Address Decadal-level Science Objectives with Human…

In the horticultural world, some vines are especially grabby. As they grow, the woody tendrils can wrap around obstacles with enough force to pull down entire fences and trees.

Inspired by vines’ twisty tenacity,…

December 10, 2025, Mountain View, CA — For 10 months, a SETI Institute–led team watched pulsar PSR J0332+5434 (also called B0329+54) to study how its radio signal “twinkles” as it passes through gas between the star and Earth. The…

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an optical sensing technique that measures blood volume changes and underpins devices ranging from hospital-grade pulse oximeters to consumer wearables that track heart rate, sleep, and oxygenation. Despite…