The U.S. is in store for another summer of extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts and wildfires — threats that are all escalating because of climate change.
The big picture: Parts of the Arctic are already burning. So are parts of New Mexico. After two years of especially devastating summer disasters, experts say the potential for catastrophe is only growing.
NASA has inked a deal with two private companies to build spacesuits the space agency can use on the Moon and in orbit.
Why it matters: The suits will be key to the space agency's plans to send people to the Moon with its Artemis program. Passing off their development to private companies will help to further commercialize yet another aspect of human spaceflight.
Unanswered questions are mounting about Uranus and Neptune.
Why it matters: The two cold, distant worlds could hold the key to figuring out why Earth ended up being so hospitable to human life — and understanding similar worlds beyond our solar system.
The Biden administration has appointed Ken Graham, the director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, to lead the National Weather Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: The NWS is at the forefront of predicting and warning Americans about extreme weather events, many of which are becoming more intense and frequent in a warming world.
