NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, the agency's research and development center at the cutting edge of space exploration for decades, is officially under an evacuation order due to a spreading wildfire. Ironically, the center has been at the forefront of studying the science of wildfires, from air quality measurements, to the analysis of carbon monoxide emissions caused by out-of-control blazes. Now, the facility, which is located in Pasadena roughly half an hour's drive from downtown LA had to shut its doors due to an encroaching wildfire dubbed Eaton. The entire region has been battling with a number of raging and […]