NASA News

15 Jul 2025 22:05

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine" This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dense and dazzling array of blazing stars that form globular cluster ESO 591-12. [July 15, 2025] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54641783315-26ffa3e65d-o.jpg

NASA News

15 Jul 2025 21:26

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Gears Up for Space Station Research" A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, are set to study plant cell division and microgravity’s effects on bacteria-killing viruses, as well as perform […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/nasas-spacex-crew-11-mission-gears-up-for-space-station-research/

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15 Jul 2025 18:51

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s IXPE Imager Reveals Mysteries of Rare Pulsar" An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how  pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter deep in the cosmos, using observations from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) and other telescopes.  Scientists based in the U.S., Italy, and Spain, set their sights on a mysterious cosmic duo called PSR J1023+0038, […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasas-ixpe-imager-reveals-mysteries-of-rare-pulsar/

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15 Jul 2025 15:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Fourth NASA-Enabled Private Flight to Space Station Completes Safely" The NASA-supported fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, Axiom Mission 4, completed its flight as part of the agency’s efforts to demonstrate demand and build operational knowledge for future commercial space stations. The four-person crew safely returned to Earth, splashing down off the coast of California at 5:31 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/fourth-nasa-enabled-private-flight-to-space-station-completes-safely/

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15 Jul 2025 11:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Curiosity Blog, Sols 4595-4596: Just Another Beautiful Day on Mars" Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 In today’s plan, we have a little bit of everything. With it being winter still, we are taking advantage of the ability to let the rover sleep in, doing most of the activities in the afternoon […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4595-4596-just-another-beautiful-day-on-mars/

NASA News

14 Jul 2025 22:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Research Shows Path Toward Protocells on Titan" NASA research has shown that cell-like compartments called vesicles could form naturally in the lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is the only world apart from Earth that is known to have liquid on its surface. However, Titan’s lakes and seas are not filled with water. Instead, they contain liquid hydrocarbons like ethane and methane.  […] [July 14, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/astrobiology/path-toward-protocells-on-titan/

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14 Jul 2025 19:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Linking Satellite Data and Community Knowledge to Advance Alaskan Snow Science" Seasonal snow plays a significant role in global water and energy cycles, and billions of people worldwide rely on snowmelt for water resources needs, including water supply, hydropower, agriculture, and more. Monitoring snow water equivalent (SWE) is critical for supporting these applications and for mitigating damages caused by snowmelt flooding, avalanches, and other snow-related disasters. […] [July 14, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/linking-satellite-data-and-community-knowledge-to-advance-alaskan-snow-science/

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14 Jul 2025 18:09

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "10 Years Ago: NASA’s New Horizons Captures Pluto’s Heart" This is the most accurate natural color image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. [July 14, 2025] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/big-p-color-2-true-color1.png

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14 Jul 2025 06:17

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" What is going on with this galaxy? NGC 2685 is a confirmed polar ring galaxy - a rare type of galaxy with stars, gas and dust orbiting in rings perpendicular to the plane of a flat galactic disk. The bizarre configuration could be caused by the chance capture of material from another galaxy by a disk galaxy, with the captured debris strung out in a rotating ring. Still, observed properties of NGC 2685 suggest that the rotating helix structure is remarkably old and stable. In this sharp view of the peculiar system also known as Arp 336 or the Helix galaxy, the strange, perpendicular rings are easy to trace as they pass in front of the galactic disk, along with other disturbed outer structures. NGC 2685 is about 50,000 light-years across and 40 million light-years away in the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major). [July 14, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/Ngc2685_Thrun_960.jpg

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12 Jul 2025 06:56

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" As the Sun set, a bright Full Moon rose on July 10. Its golden light illuminates clouds drifting through southern hemisphere skies in this well-composed telephoto image from Conceição do Coité, Bahia, Brazil. The brightest lunar phase is captured here with both a short and long exposure. The two exposures were combined to reveal details of the lunar surface in bright moonlight and a subtle iridescence along the dramatically backlit cloudscape. Of course, July's Full Moon is a winter moon in the southern hemisphere. But in the north it's known to some as the Thunder Moon, likely a nod to the sounds of this northern summer month's typically stormy weather. [July 12, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/LUA_JULHO_25_1024.jpg

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 21:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker Retires" NASA astronaut Shannon Walker retired July 10, concluding a career that spanned 38 years, including 30 years of federal service and more than 21 years as an astronaut. During two spaceflights, she spent 330 days in orbit, contributing to hundreds of scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the benefit of humanity. Walker served as a […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-shannon-walker-retires/

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 20:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Putting the X-59 to the Test" Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft. The model can be seen in the wind tunnel in this image released on July 11, 2025. The test […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/putting-the-x-59-to-the-test/

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 16:17

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "X-59 Model Tested in Japanese Supersonic Wind Tunnel" Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft.  The test was an important milestone for NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59, which is designed to fly faster than the […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-model-tested-in-japanese-supersonic-wind-tunnel/

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 13:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait" A massive, spacetime-warping cluster of galaxies is the setting of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy cluster in question is Abell 209, located 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). This Hubble image of Abell 209 shows more than a hundred galaxies, but there’s more to this cluster than even […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-snaps-galaxy-clusters-portrait/

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 05:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Curiosity Blog, Sols 4593-4594: Three Layers and a Lot of Structure at Volcán Peña Blanca" Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Monday, July 7, 2025 A few planning sols ago, we spotted a small ridge in the landscape ahead of us. Ridges and structures that are prominently raised above the landscape are our main target along this part of […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4593-4594-three-layers-and-a-lot-of-structure-at-volcan-pena-blanca/

NASA News

15 Jul 2025 21:51

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine" A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular clusters like this one, called ESO 591-12 or Palomar 8, are spherical collections of tens of thousands to millions of stars tightly bound together by gravity. Globular clusters generally form early in the galaxies’ histories in regions rich in gas […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hubble-observations-give-missing-globular-cluster-time-to-shine/

NASA News

15 Jul 2025 19:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Helio Highlights: June 2025" Two Stars in Solar Science It takes a lot of work to make space missions happen. Hundreds or even thousands of experts work as a team to put together the spacecraft. Then it has to be tested in conditions similar to space, to be sure that it can survive out there once it is launched. […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/uncategorized/helio-highlights-june-2025/

NASA News

15 Jul 2025 16:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic Explosions" Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around 100,000 celestial blasts, ranging from exploding stars to feeding black holes. Roman may even find evidence of some of the universe’s first stars, which are thought to completely self-destruct without leaving any remnant behind. Cosmic explosions offer […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/one-survey-by-nasas-roman-could-unveil-100000-cosmic-explosions/

NASA News

15 Jul 2025 12:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Melissa Harris: Shaping NASA’s Vision for a Future in Low Earth Orbit" With over 25 years of experience in human spaceflight programs, Melissa Harris has contributed to numerous programs and projects during key moments in NASA’s history. As the life cycle lead and Independent Review Team review manager for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Development Program, she guides the agency through development initiatives leading to a new […] [July 15, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/melissa-harris-shaping-nasas-vision-for-a-future-in-low-earth-orbit/

NASA News

15 Jul 2025 06:36

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" What's happened in Hebes Chasma on Mars? Hebes Chasma is a depression just north of the enormous Valles Marineris canyon. Since the depression is unconnected to other surface features, it is unclear where the internal material went. Inside Hebes Chasma is Hebes Mensa, a 5 kilometer high mesa that appears to have undergone an unusual partial collapse -- a collapse that might be providing clues. The featured image, taken by ESA's robotic Mars Express spacecraft currently orbiting Mars, shows great details of the chasm and the unusual horseshoe shaped indentation in the central mesa. Material from the mesa appears to have flowed onto the floor of the chasm, while a possible dark layer appears to have pooled like ink on a downslope landing. One hypothesis holds that salty rock composes some lower layers in Hebes Chasma, with the salt dissolving in melted ice flows that drained through holes into an underground aquifer. [July 15, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/HebesChasma_esa_960.jpg

NASA News

14 Jul 2025 21:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Protected: Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER)" There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. [July 14, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/general/glenn-extreme-environments-rig-geer/

NASA News

14 Jul 2025 18:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "10 Years Ago: NASA’s New Horizons Captures Pluto’s Heart" This image, taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015, is the most accurate natural color image of Pluto. This natural-color image results from refined calibration of data gathered by New Horizons’ color Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). The processing creates images that would approximate the colors that the human eye would perceive, bringing […] [July 14, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/10-years-ago-nasas-new-horizons-captures-plutos-heart/

NASA News

14 Jul 2025 11:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Chief Training Officer Teresa Sindelar Touches the Future of Human Spaceflight" Teresa Sindelar always knew she wanted to be a part of human spaceflight, but she was unsure how to make that dream a reality until a chance encounter with former NASA astronaut Tom Stafford when she was 11 years old. The pair met in a local jewelry shop near Sindelar’s Nebraska home, where Gen. Stafford […] [July 14, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/chief-training-officer-teresa-sindelar-touches-the-future-of-human-spaceflight/

NASA News

13 Jul 2025 06:16

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" Why isn't this ant a big sphere? Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round? Clues might include the high 1000-kilometer per second speed of the expelled gas, the light-year long length of the structure, and the magnetism of the star featured here at the nebula's center. One possible answer is that Mz3 is hiding a second, dimmer star that orbits close in to the bright star. A competing hypothesis holds that the central star's own spin and magnetic field are channeling the gas. Since the central star appears to be so similar to our own Sun, astronomers hope that increased understanding of the history of this giant space ant can provide useful insight into the likely future of our own Sun and Earth. [July 13, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/ant_hubble_1072.jpg

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 22:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars" Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds. In 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 mission brought Mars into American living rooms, where TV sets showed fuzzy black-and-white images of a cratered landscape. The spacecraft took 21 […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/advances-in-nasa-imaging-changed-how-world-sees-mars/

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11 Jul 2025 20:19

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Putting the X-59 to the Test" Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft. The test was an important milestone for NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59, which is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without causing a loud sonic boom. [July 11, 2025] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/dsc09386orig.jpg

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 18:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA to Provide Coverage of Axiom Mission 4 Departure from Station" NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station. The four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m. EDT Monday, July 14, pending weather, […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-coverage-of-axiom-mission-4-departure-from-station/

NASA News

11 Jul 2025 16:17

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Support Health Studies for Deep Space Travel" NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is set to launch a four-person crew to the International Space Station later this summer. Some of the crew have volunteered to participate in a series of experiments to address health challenges astronauts may face on deep space missions during NASA’s Artemis campaign and future human expeditions to Mars. The research […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasas-spacex-crew-11-to-support-health-studies-for-deep-space-travel/

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11 Jul 2025 06:56

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" Transfusing sunlight as the sky grew darker, this exceptional display of noctilucent clouds was captured on July 10, reflected in the calm waters of Vallentuna Lake near Stockholm, Sweden. From the edge of space, about 80 kilometers above Earth's surface, the icy clouds themselves still reflect sunlight, even though the Sun is below the horizon as seen from the ground. Usually spotted at high latitudes in summer months, the night shining clouds have made a strong showing so far during the short northern summer nights. Also known as polar mesopheric clouds they are understood to form as water vapor driven into the cold upper atmosphere condenses on the fine dust particles supplied by disintegrating meteors or volcanic ash. [July 11, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/NLCreflectionsHeden.jpg

NASA News

10 Jul 2025 23:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle" NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the Moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) and one for a future orbital opportunity. The LTV is part of NASA’s efforts to explore the lunar surface as part of the Artemis campaign and is the first crew-driven vehicle to operate on […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-instruments-for-artemis-lunar-terrain-vehicle/