NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system.
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First Underground Radar Images from Mars Perseverance Rover Reveal Some Surprises
After a tantalizing year-and-a-half wait since the Mars Perseverance Rover touched down on our nearest planetary neighbor, new data is arriving — and bringing with it a few surprises.
Signs of CO2 in a Planet Beyond Our Solar System
In a remarkable display of its precision and accuracy, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, has captured definitive evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a gas giant planet orbiting a Sun-like star 700 light-years away.
Climate Change May Have Doubled the Number of Houston Homes Flooded by Hurricane Harvey
If not for climate change, 2017’s Hurricane Harvey might have flooded half as many homes in the Houston area, a new study finds.
An Extrasolar World Covered in Water?
An international team of researchers led by Charles Cadieux, a Ph.D. student at the Université de Montréal and member of the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), has announced the discovery of TOI-1452 b, an exoplanet orbiting one of two small stars in a binary system located in the Draco constellation about 100 light-years from Earth.
Spotting the Human-Driven Snags in Global Sustainability Quest
Today’s anxiety-ridden world is full of sweeping governmental policies meant to ease human suffering and protect the environment.
