Carpets of wildflowers burst from arid, ochre-colored land in Western Australia following winter rains.

Detailed budget information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, Presidential Budget Requests and other sources within the government reveals that NASA has systematically failed to implement decades of recommendations by the National Academies as well as directives by Congress to grow the funding of planetary research and analysis programs (R&A) and meet specific funding...

A useful, safe, first step toward terraforming

NASA employees say they've lost vital equipment and staff needed to make sophisticated spacecraft amid the agency's abrupt relocations over the past several months.

Snow drought and unusually warm temperatures in the Colorado Basin in 2026 helped drive down reservoir water storage in the U.S. West.

Temperature records toppled across the central and southern U.S. as the autumnal equinox approached.

Nevada-based Kingsbarn Realty Capital seeks to acquire land to construct private road to development outside park

Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.

The Iran war could serve as a turning point in accelerating the global transition away from fossil fuels: Every additional day that oil and gas prices are high and future supplies are uncertain, wind ...

USS George Washington will replace warship families say suffers from shortages, plumbing problems and low morale

NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus.

A question from Lyla, age 5. Dr. Federica Spoto answers. For more on Dr. Spoto’s work, see episode 190 .

Early observations of the Trojan asteroids will help scientists select the best camera settings for Lucy’s upcoming flybys, starting in 2027.

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

Sophia Space and Caltech claim patent for space data centers

Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link's three reaction wheels currently are not operable."

Despite the strike, the rocket delivered its satellite payload to its intended orbit as planned.

The government in Spain has declared a national emergency as wildfires burn out of control in several areas close to the capital.

The books in this list were either published by the LPI, or they are out-of-print books that are still considered to be valuable resources to the planetary science community and therefore have been di...

The Viking missions to Mars cost nearly $1.06 billion and resulted in NASA's first successful landings on another planet.

Voyager Technologies has completed its acquisition of lunar infrastructure company Astrobotic weeks after it won two NASA lunar lander missions.

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Shortages triggered by pipeline rupture drive up costs and deepen frustrations, as pressure grows on water utility

The amendment would restrict building codes that promote electrification.