Taking the helm just as the museum is poised for a major renovation, new director Ellen Stofan told Eos she looks forward to taking the museum “to the next level” and exciting people about science.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Almost 30 years’ worth of Landsat observations created a comprehensive inventory of catastrophic floods caused by glacial lakes bursting through their rock dams.Read More »
The Mars InSight mission aims to answer key planetary science questions about seismicity, meteorite impacts, and the formation of rocky planets. Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Mountains ringing the center of Earth's most famous impact crater consist of porous rocks. Computer models of the impact can now predict those rocks’ microstructure.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
Despite ramped-up conservation efforts and hopes lifted by a few recent rainstorms, residents of the South African metropolis still face the possibility of a water doomsday.Read More »
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.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Bridenstine says bipartisanship “is important in space.” Many Democrats, however, worry that he will be too partisan.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
