Among the experiments and supplies delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) today was a new spectrometer instrument that could help show how small particles of dust can have a big impact on ...

The International Space Station orbiting above planet Earth with landscape visible. - Dima Zel/Shutterstock When NASA installed a unique imaging sensor on the outside of the International Space ...

NASA has a new tool for monitoring Earth’s climate, with the EMIT instrument on board the International Space Station (ISS) taking its first measurements this week. The Earth Surface Mineral Dust ...

EMIT will address the question of how mineral dust from the arid regions of Earth affects our planet’s climate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

EMIT has identified more than 50 methane super-emitters in its first few months of operation — and that's not even its main job. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Internal combustion passenger cars get a bad reputation for a very good reason. Those platinum-packed, performance-choking catalytic converters exist for a purpose, of course. But too often, ICE is ...

NASA didn’t plan for its Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument to do much about climate change when the device first hitched a ride to space. But roughly a year and a half ...

When NASA installed a unique imaging sensor on the outside of the International Space Station, the original intent was to help map the composition of minerals on the Earth's surface. Far from the only ...