Miles O'Brien
@milesobrien.com
Journalist and filmmaker covering science, technology, climate, and aerospace for PBS. https://linktr.ee/milesobrien3
A deadly runway collision at LaGuardia is more than an accident—it’s a warning about the limits of an overstretched aviation system.
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The Warning We Can’t (and yet do) Ignore
Watch now | A deadly runway collision at LaGuardia underscores what the system has been trying to tell us.
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March 23, 2026 at 1:46 PM
A deadly runway collision at LaGuardia is more than an accident—it’s a warning about the limits of an overstretched aviation system.
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A century-old aviation mystery may finally be within reach.
In Part 3 of Miles Ahead, we follow the evidence to a remote pond in Newfoundland—and make a push to solve the fate of the White Bird before 2027.
#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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In Part 3 of Miles Ahead, we follow the evidence to a remote pond in Newfoundland—and make a push to solve the fate of the White Bird before 2027.
#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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The White Bird: Time to Solve the Mystery
In the final chapter of this three-part series, Miles O’Brien and aviation historian Ric Gillespie examine the physical evidence suggesting that the lost French aircraft L’Oiseau Blanc may lie beneath...
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March 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A century-old aviation mystery may finally be within reach.
In Part 3 of Miles Ahead, we follow the evidence to a remote pond in Newfoundland—and make a push to solve the fate of the White Bird before 2027.
#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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In Part 3 of Miles Ahead, we follow the evidence to a remote pond in Newfoundland—and make a push to solve the fate of the White Bird before 2027.
#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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Revisiting one of the most haunting aviation stories I’ve ever covered: Japan Airlines Flight 123 — the deadliest single-aircraft crash in history.
#JAL123 #AviationSafety #BlackBox #AviationHistory
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#JAL123 #AviationSafety #BlackBox #AviationHistory
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Black Box Revisited: The Deadliest Single Plane Crash- Part 1
Listen now (35 mins) | A return to Japan Airlines Flight 123 — a story of failure, humanity, and the thin line between routine and catastrophe
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March 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Revisiting one of the most haunting aviation stories I’ve ever covered: Japan Airlines Flight 123 — the deadliest single-aircraft crash in history.
#JAL123 #AviationSafety #BlackBox #AviationHistory
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#JAL123 #AviationSafety #BlackBox #AviationHistory
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Two weeks before Lindbergh, two French aviators may have already crossed the Atlantic.
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#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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The White Bird Mystery Deepens
New evidence suggests the lost French transatlantic flight may have reached Newfoundland
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March 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Two weeks before Lindbergh, two French aviators may have already crossed the Atlantic.
Listen now.
#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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Listen now.
#WhiteBird #AviationHistory #MilesAhead
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The U.S. power demand boom is here. AI, data centers, rising costs—and one Texas coal plant planning a solar future. My latest story for PBS NewsHour.
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The Grid Meets the AI Boom
A Texas coal plant, a solar gamble—and the race to power the digital future
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March 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The U.S. power demand boom is here. AI, data centers, rising costs—and one Texas coal plant planning a solar future. My latest story for PBS NewsHour.
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First of a special three-part series investigating the most important unsolved aviation mystery of all time. open.substack.com/pub/milesobr...
The Hunt for the White Bird Begins
A new Miles Ahead podcast series revisits aviation’s greatest unsolved mystery
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March 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
First of a special three-part series investigating the most important unsolved aviation mystery of all time. open.substack.com/pub/milesobr...
Looks like a rollback is brewing for Artemis II. March launch windows would close, but if they do it soon, they preserve April options.
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NASA Troubleshooting Artemis II Rocket Upper Stage Issue, Preparing to Roll Back - NASA
Editor’s note: NASA has updated an earlier version of this blog to provide additional details.
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February 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Looks like a rollback is brewing for Artemis II. March launch windows would close, but if they do it soon, they preserve April options.
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Land Ho! Fifty-five days after shoving off for Antarctica. What an adventure.
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Land Ho!
Fifty-five days after shoving off, we see the beautiful cliffs of New Zealand - and smell the fertile turf.
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February 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Land Ho! Fifty-five days after shoving off for Antarctica. What an adventure.
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From an Antarctic icebreaker, scientists connected live with 80,000 students worldwide to explain how hidden ocean heat is reshaping the “Doomsday Glacier”—and why it matters everywhere.
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80,000 Students, One Icebreaker, and the Science Beneath Antarctica
From the Southern Ocean, scientists revealed how hidden ocean heat is reshaping the “Doomsday Glacier”—and why the answers matter far beyond Antarctica.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
From an Antarctic icebreaker, scientists connected live with 80,000 students worldwide to explain how hidden ocean heat is reshaping the “Doomsday Glacier”—and why it matters everywhere.
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Speaking live from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, Miles O’Brien reflects on CNN, the collapse of science journalism, and a new project tracing the roots of today’s fractured media landscape.
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From Ted Turner to TikTok: The Rise and Fall of Science Journalism—and What Comes Next
Speaking from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, a conversation for Breaking the News traces how CNN helped shape today’s fractured media landscape—and why rebuilding trust in science storytelling may be
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February 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Speaking live from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, Miles O’Brien reflects on CNN, the collapse of science journalism, and a new project tracing the roots of today’s fractured media landscape.
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A failed drill, rare new data, and the slow race to understand Antarctica’s most consequential glacier—my companion essay to tonight’s PBS NewsHour report from Thwaites.
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Failure, Data, and the Slow Truth of Thwaites
Even when the drilling stops, the science—and the stakes—keep moving beneath Antarctica’s most consequential glacier
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February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
A failed drill, rare new data, and the slow race to understand Antarctica’s most consequential glacier—my companion essay to tonight’s PBS NewsHour report from Thwaites.
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I still see the “Y” in the sky. From Challenger in 1986 to Columbia in 2003, this is my account of what happens when near-misses become normal—and why spaceflight will never be routine.
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I Still See the Sky: Challenger, Forty Years On
From a frozen Florida morning to the loss of two shuttles and fourteen astronauts, a reporter reflects on what silence inside a system can cost.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I still see the “Y” in the sky. From Challenger in 1986 to Columbia in 2003, this is my account of what happens when near-misses become normal—and why spaceflight will never be routine.
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Watch this video of @milesobrien.com from a Korean Icebreaker in Antarctica. Glad he mentioned that the US no longer has this capability because of the Trump regime.
There are also two @nytimes.com reporters on the same ship. 🌊
There are also two @nytimes.com reporters on the same ship. 🌊
Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's happening. https://to.pbs.org/45WdVPh
On board the voyage to Antarctica to learn why a massive glacier is melting
Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Watch this video of @milesobrien.com from a Korean Icebreaker in Antarctica. Glad he mentioned that the US no longer has this capability because of the Trump regime.
There are also two @nytimes.com reporters on the same ship. 🌊
There are also two @nytimes.com reporters on the same ship. 🌊