NASA finds summer 2024 hottest to date

August 2024 set a new monthly temperature record, capping Earth's hottest summer since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. The announcement ...

Polaris Dawn project aims to prevent bone loss in space

Dartmouth researchers have a project aboard the Polaris Dawn mission they hope will help address two major health risks of space flight—the breakdown of astronauts' bones in zero-gravity conditions and the resulting danger ...

Private astronauts on daring trek ahead of historic spacewalk

A private crew set out on an audacious orbital expedition Tuesday, journeying deeper into the cosmos than any humans in half a century as they prepare for the first ever spacewalk by non-professional astronauts.

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