Fighting Drought in Texas Cotton Country
For many longtime cotton farmers in the Texas High Plains, the 2026 drought sparked flashbacks to catastrophic harvests of the past. Miserably…
Announcing the finalists for the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards
The SpaceNews Icon Awards celebrate the year’s most iconic achievements in shaping the future of the space industry. Today, we’re proud to…
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum
This story is an update to the Arctic sea ice feature in our World of Change series, which tracks long-term change on Earth’s surface…
Crew-12 set to depart the ISS after eighth months in orbit
Crew-12 set to…
Deposition Sciences, Inc. Expands Sunshade® Tape Offering with New 12″ × 30″ Format
Santa Rosa, CA — October 2026 — Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI), a leader in advanced thin film coatings, proudly announces the introduction…
The Beaver Brown Waters of Rupert Bay
The Cree word pahtaaunaakun seems particularly apt for describing the distinctive brown hues of the waters that drain into Hannah Bay and…
Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations
Amazon wants more than 5,000 satellites in orbit. Blue Origin has proposed another 5,400. Chinese companies have filed plans encompassing…
Moon-Like Madagascar – NASA Science
From an astronaut’s perspective looking back at Earth, a patch of bright rock in arid southern Madagascar may appear out of place. But it…