BBC: Piers Sellers, a NASA astronaut with three space shuttle flights under his belt, has been appointed an OBE (an Officer of the Order of the British Empire). Sellers was among the Britons whose services were recognized in the UK’s traditional New Year’s Honors. Born in the UK, Sellers joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 1996 after a career spent analyzing Earth’s vegetation from data gathered by satellites. He plans to resume his scientific career when he returns to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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