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2018 Fourth Warmest Year in Continued Warming Trend, According to NASA, NOAA
Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Global temperatures in…
Huge Cavity in Antarctic Glacier Signals Rapid Decay
A gigantic cavity — two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall — growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of…
Iguana-Sized Dinosaur Cousin Discovered in Antarctica
“Antarctic king” shows how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinction Antarctica wasn’t always a frozen wasteland—250 million years ago, it was covered in forests and rivers,…
ANSEP Welcomes NASA Astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris Jr for 24th Annual Celebration
Over 40 middle school students from Southeast join in Celebration as part of ANSEP Middle School Academy Anchorage, ALASKA – Friday the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program celebrated…
Making the Arctic Accessible for Excellent Science
Making the Arctic accessible for excellent science EU funds an Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium, which will provide researchers with improved access to research icebreakers. Fourteen partners from thirteen countries including…
Hubble’s Cosmic Holiday Wreath
This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright southern hemisphere star RS Puppis, at the center of the image, is swaddled…
Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA Radar
The December 2018 close approach by the large, near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 has provided astronomers an outstanding opportunity to obtain detailed radar images of the surface and shape of the…
NASA Telescopes Take a Close Look at the Brightest Comet of 2018
As the brilliant comet 46P/Wirtanen streaked across the sky, NASA telescopes caught it on camera from multiple angles. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope photographed comet 46P/Wirtanen on Dec. 13, when the…
