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Click through for some gorgeous fieldwork images in @nature.com. (We're partial to the algal bloom photo, but let us know your favorite!)
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As wildfires grow more common in the western U.S., so does the cost of fighting them.
A new @usfs.bsky.social study projects that spending by the DOI will increase by about 0.65% per year from 2020 to 2100. And USDA Forest Service spending could increase by 0.87% per year.
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#NSF is changing its rules about who can review grant applications, a move that could further slow its grantmaking, @science.org reports. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Ahead of today's Artemis III crew announcement, look back earlier developments in the #Artemis program... eos.org/tag/artemis
...including the Artemis II mission around the Moon in April: eos.org/research-and...
Researchers calculated emissions from all 186 rockets launched in 2022, as well as all 472 objects—with a combined total mass of nearly 5,000 tons—that reentered the atmosphere that year. #AGUPubs
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And the four #Artemis III crew members are:
Randy Bresnik (NASA), mission commander
Andre Douglas (NASA), mission specialist
Luca Parmitano (ESA), pilot
Frank Rubio (NASA), mission specialist
www.nasa.gov/news-release... #ArtemisIII
NASA plans to announce the four-person crew for the Artemis III mission today at 11:30 a.m. ET.
The mission is currently slated for launch in 2027 & will test docking capabilities between the Orion spacecraft and one or more lunar landing systems in low Earth orbit. www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Astronomers found a rocky super-Earth in the outer part of a distant star system where rocky planets shouldn't exist according to planetary formation theory. It's the density of iron and silicate rock. Scientists: "anomalous" Universe: still full of surprises. eos.org/articles/the... #Space #Science
The Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule that would politicize federal science grantmaking, replacing scientific rigor with ideological gatekeeping.
AGU President Brandon Jones on why it's important to make your voices heard: spklr.io/6011E3zfZ
NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11:30 a.m. EDT
Taking another step toward one of the most complex human spaceflight missions in recent history, NASA on Tuesday provided new Artemis III details and
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Solid-state fuels—recently used to help launch astronauts to the Moon for the first time in decades—appear to be the fuel type with the most detrimental effects on the ozone.
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