• Cosmos

Giant Ozone Hole Over The Arctic

• CFC
• chemical pollution
• conservation
• environment
• HFC
• ozone hole
• science

Scientists at the European Space Agency have found an enormous hole in the Earth’s ozone layer, and it is unusual because it is over the North Pole. 

Why This Matters:  This is believed to be the largest hole ever to have formed above the Arctic.

• Cosmos

One Far Out Thing: Astronaut Provides Tips on Social Distancing From Space

• astronaut
• international space station
• NASA
• space
• The Late Show

The Late Show host Steven Colbert is really going the extra mile to help us improve our social distancing.  To get advice on how to do it well, he sought out an expert — NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir, who has spent the last 200 days on the International Space Station.  She will get to try […]

• Cosmos

We Need a Down-to-Earth Approach to Solve Our Problems

• mining
• OPEC
• Trump

We wrote earlier this week that President Trump issued an executive order establishing a policy that calls for the U.S. to mine and exploit the other resources like water on the moon.  As Axios explained, the order “directs the State Department to find international partners that are interested in collaborating with the U.S. on creating ‘sustainable operations’ related to […]

• Cosmos

Trump Issues Executive Order Allowing Mineral Exploitation on the Moon

• global commons
• mining
• moon
• Space Force

The Trump administration may be in the midst of battling a global pandemic, but the President made time on Monday to sign an executive order establishing a policy that calls for the U.S. to mine and exploit the other resources like water on the moon. 

Why This Matters:  Doesn’t the President have more important things to do right now than to pursue his endless quest to mine and exploit resources?

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Curious About Mars? Check Out These Pics From NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity

• Curiosity
• Mars
• NASA
• Rover

Talk about some cool selfies!  Check out these photos that the Mars Rover took of itself and the Red Planet on February 26th.  According to CNN, the Rover made history by powering up its steepest hill to date, the Greenheugh Pediment, which is at a 31-degree tilt.  On the way up, the Rover’s drivers paused […]

• Cosmos

One Spring Thing: It’s Early This Year

• equinox
• flowers
• spring

We could all use a little good news.  According to Space.com, spring is arriving early this year thanks to it being a leap year —  the equinox will occur tonight at exactly 11:49 p.m. EDT (0349 GMT on March 20).  So in its honor, we thought you’d enjoy this video of flowers blooming, courtesy of […]