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Science Update seminars highlight science in the news, science-related anniversaries or celebrations, targeting all teachers of science and general science enthusiasts.
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Archive: Science Update: Do NASA Science LIVE! July 20, 2023
July 20th is the anniversary of the 1969 Moon landing, when American astronauts became the first humans to land on the moon. To celebrate this historic event, join us as we partner with SciStarter to share 21st century space science from NASA, includ...
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Archive: Science Update: Observing Hurricanes with Ocean Drones, June 8, 2023
Advancing our understanding of hurricanes and improving forecasts require measurements from the most violent parts of the storms, where ships and aircraft cannot safely travel. The ocean-atmosphere interface within a hurricane is difficult to measure...
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Archive: Science Update: Europa Clipper: Exploring an Ocean World, May 11, 2023
In this web seminar, a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will share information about the exciting Europa Clipper mission that will explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Launching in 2024, Europa Clipper will study Europa’s icy surface and su...
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Our oceans are filled with items that do not belong there. Huge amounts of plastics, metals, rubber, textiles, lost fishing gear, abandoned vessels, and many more items enter the marine environment every day. This makes marine debris one of the most ...
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Archive: Science Update: Food Agriculture – The Plant Scientist’s Toolbox, March 9, 2023
Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, a...
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Archive: Science Update: From Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s Return to the Moon, February 16, 2023
More than 50 years after the Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, NASA has begun its campaign to return astronauts to the surface of our Moon. Named after the mythical twin sister of Apollo, the Artemis program aims to establish a permanent base of oper...
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Archive: Science Update: State of the Climate 2022, January 19, 2023
The past several years have seen too many weather and climate extremes to count, from record-obliterating heat waves to tremendous rainfall events to terrifyingly strong tropical cyclones. What can scientists say about how weather and climate extreme...
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Archive: Science Update: Space Telescope Discoveries of Today and Tomorrow, December 1, 2022
Astronomers have been launching space telescopes above the obscuring effects of the Earth’s atmosphere for decades. Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has re-written textbooks and inspired the public with stunning images of the universe. In Jul...
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Archive: Science Update: NOAA - Observing and Understanding Earth Systems, November 3, 2022
Together we will explore all the places where we can find NOAA employees and how this federal agency allows us to observe and understand Earth systems - from the surface of the Sun to the depths of the Ocean. Do not miss it! All individuals receiv...
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The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclipse (October 2023) and total eclipse (April 2024) will only be visible in a narrow band about 100 mile...
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Archive: Science Update: Earthquakes: What’s Shakin? September 15, 2022
Did you feel it? An earthquake is a shaking movement of the Earth’s Crust as stress overcomes friction. This web seminar will provide basic background to help attendees make sense of this natural phenomenon. Earthquakes, what they are, w...
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Black holes are astrophysical objects with such strong gravity that nothing can escape them, not even light. In the past few years, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration produced the first images of two supermassive black holes using a netw...