According to physics, any blanket can cool you—for a few minutes. But a real cooling blanket is possible with phase-change materials.Read More 

The Tianwen-2 probe has sent a self-portrait as it heads toward one of the most enigmatic objects in our space neighborhood: the quasi-moon Kamo’oalewa.Read More 

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Students from Tropico Middle School in Rosamond, California, build their own paper planes as part of a project during NASA Aero Fair on April 9, 2025. NASA/Genaro Vavuris A new generation of aerospace explorers will soon embark on a hands-on summer experience focusing on [...]

House Democrats sent letters to the potential buyers of the genetic testing company, asking how they plan to protect customer genetic data under a change of ownership.Read More 

"The EPA is trying to get out of the climate change business,” says one expert.Read More 

A neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes has found that the one at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, likely rotates at maximum speed.Read More 

An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.Read More 

4 Min Read NASA Student Challenge Prepares Future Designers for Lunar Missions At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the next generation of lunar explorers and engineers are already hard at work. Some started with sketchbooks and others worked with computer-aided design files, but all had a vision of how design could thrive in extreme [...]

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.Read More 

NB.1.8.1 has mutations that could increase the virus’s transmissibility and decrease the efficacy of certain neutralizing antibodies against it.Read More