A full moon is in view from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 14, 2022. The Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher, are being prepared for a final test to practice timelines and procedures for launch. (Cory Huston/NASA)

NASA's Artemis I Launch Date — How to Watch the First Moon Mission in 50 Years on Monday

NASA's Artemis missions aim to learn about long-term human survival in space, one small step on the road to Mars.

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On Oct. 13, 2017, during the North Bay fires, cars slow during rush hour traffic on Highway 280 in Cupertino. Haze from the fires is visible in the air. (Isha Salian/Peninsula Press)

California Will Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035

It’s official: by 2035, California will end the sale of new gas-powered vehicles. State air regulators approved the plan yesterday, but it started back in 2020 when Gov. Gavin Newsom first presented the idea through an executive order. So how big of a dent could this make in addressing the climate crisis?

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An electric car charges at a mall parking lot on June 27, 2022 in Corte Madera. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California's Aiming to Ban the Sale of New Gas Cars in 13 Years. Here's What That Might Look Like

California will require all new cars and light trucks sold in the state to be gas free by 2035. Here are some more details on what that massive transition might look like on the ground.

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A view of the Chevron refinery on Nov. 17, 2021, in Richmond. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Watered-Down State Bill to Punish Refinery Pollution Gets Scrapped After Oil Industry Pushback

A proposal that would have punished oil refineries that illegally pollute the air with toxic chemicals is dead, after opposition from the industry led to such a weakening of the proposal that its own author pulled her support.

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Paul Harkin, director of harm reduction at GLIDE, hands out narcan, fentanyl detection packets and tinfoil to drug users in an alley in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood on Feb. 3, 2020. (Nick Otto for the Washington Post via Getty Images)

SF Health Groups Determined to Forge Ahead With Safe Consumption Site, Despite Newsom's Veto

HealthRIGHT 360 and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation say they will move to set up at least one safe consumption site in San Francisco, after City Attorney David Chiu voiced his support for them.

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$A wide-field view showcases Jupiter in the upper-right quadrant. The planet's swirling horizontal stripes are rendered in blues, browns and cream. Electric blue auroras glow above Jupiter's north and south poles. A white glow emanates out from the auroras. Along the planet's equator, rings glow in a faint white. These rings are 1 million times fainter than the planet itself. At the far-left edge of the rings, a moon appears as a tiny white dot. Slightly further to the left, another moon glows with tiny white diffraction spikes. The rest of the image is the blackness of space, with faintly glowing white galaxies in the distance. (NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Ricardo Hueso (UPV/EHU) and Judy Schmidt)$

James Webb Space Telescope Shows Jupiter's Auroras, Tiny Moons

The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet.

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Audible Cosmos: The Deepest Note in the Universe

What does a black hole sound like? Listen to the deepest note in the known universe. Audible Cosmos, short stories about sounds from outer space.

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Close up shot of a German shepherd’s nose (Josh Cassidy/KQED)

Deep Look: How Your Dog's Nose Knows So Much

Happy National Dog Day from Deep Look. Your dog's nose isn't just cute, it's packing sophisticated equipment inside that squishy schnozz. Find out what makes a dog's nose so much more powerful than ours in this video from our archives.

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