Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds.
Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars
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Satellites Show That Strictly Protected Marine Areas Exclude Industrial Fishing
Illegal fishing is a global problem that threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and the economic viability of the fishing industry.
Researchers Measure a Record-Setting Megaflash
It was a single lightning flash that streaked across the Great Plains for 515 miles, from eastern Texas nearly all the way to Kansas City, setting a new world record.
Clear-cutting Linked to 18-fold Rise in Extreme Floods, UBC Study Finds
New research finds long-term impacts on flood size and frequency decades after trees are removed.
Researchers Map Where Solar Energy Delivers the Biggest Climate Payoff
Using advanced computational modeling, a Rutgers professor, in collaboration with researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Stony Brook University, reveal both the immediate and delayed climate benefits of solar power.
Robotic Space Rovers Keep Getting Stuck. UW Engineers Have Figured out Why.
When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its exploratory mission.
