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Bolden smiles as NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover begins its descent to the surface of Mars in 2012.
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Former NASA Administrator Weighs in on New Space Agency Head

by Randy Showstack 26 April 201810 April 2023

Charles Bolden, who led NASA during the Obama administration, tells Eos that the new director can do a good job if he focuses on the agency’s mission, listens to the staff, and remains apolitical.

New NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine shakes hands with Vice President Mike Pence following Bridenstine’s swearing-in ceremony.
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New NASA Administrator Sworn In

by Randy Showstack 24 April 201826 January 2022

Bridenstine says bipartisanship “is important in space.” Many Democrats, however, worry that he will be too partisan.

James Bridenstine, newly confirmed by the Senate as the next NASA administrator, testifying at his confirmation hearing in November.
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Senate OK’s New NASA Head by Razor-Thin Margin

by Randy Showstack 20 April 201810 April 2023

Bridenstine, the first politician to lead the agency, is urged to run NASA in a nonpartisan manner and to support its science missions.

Artist’s conception of TESS, with a hypothetical lava planet and its host star in the background.
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Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope Launches

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 19 April 201810 April 2023

Scanning for traces of faraway worlds, TESS will make observations over an area hundreds of times larger than that observed by its predecessor, the Kepler Space Telescope.

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Honoring Earth and Space Scientists

by AGU 18 April 201827 October 2022

AGU members and others in the news.

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Snapshots of March for Science Signs Across the Globe

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 18 April 20188 March 2022

From chemical puns and censorship to the spectrum of awesome and a touch of magic, signs at this year’s events showcased the science marchers’ creativity and passion…and a bit of humor.

Coral bleaching off the coast of Okinawa, Japan
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Scientists Examine Novel Options to Save Coral Reefs

by Randy Showstack 18 April 201821 December 2023

Warming events prompt scientists to look at ecological, genetic, and engineering interventions.

Demonstrators in Washington, D. C., at the 2018 March for Science on 14 April.
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Thousands Take to the Hill to March for Science

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier and P. L. Weiss 16 April 201818 April 2023

Protestors in the U.S. capital echoed pleas from last year, calling for greater appreciation of and support for science, less political interference, and increased diversity in scientific pursuits.

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Playing Their Way into the Geosciences

by L. G. Shields 16 April 20188 October 2021

Childhood recreational experiences help explain gender disparity and other differences in undergraduate students’ spatial abilities, researchers found.

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Former EPA Chief Decries Attacks on Science

by Randy Showstack 12 April 201810 April 2023

Gina McCarthy also expresses concern about the current state of the agency.

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