Applied Lunar Science provides integrated support for Artemis and Moon to Mars initiatives. Its deep expertise spans remote sensing, sample analysis, fieldwork, instrument development, planetary data, mission leadership, and public engagement in support of lunar and Martian exploration goals. The Planetary Geodesy group analyzes spacecraft data — including radio, laser, and

During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system. Satellite images captured a section of Cañon Fiord—about 115 kilometers southeast of the Eureka research station on west-central Ellesmere Island—showing waters that flow into

Development and fabrication of flight-qualified instruments include mass spectrometers, spectrometers, and precision welding services. Precision engineering services include electron beam welding, which performs high-precision electron beam and automated orbital TIG welding to support the fabrication of mass spectrometer housings, miniature components, and plumbing lines. The Planetary Environments Laboratory designs, builds,

AASTCS 11: Exoplanet Atmospheres 2026 will be held March 16–20, 2026, in Denver, CO. The meeting centers on exoplanet atmospheres, with programming organized over the five-day span. Sessions and activities are scheduled throughout the event in Denver, bringing the program together across the March dates. United States, Denver, Colorado

NASA Goddard supplies highly amorphous Mg-silicate, Fe-silicate and Fe-Mg silicate smokes; highly amorphous Fe-aluminate, Mg-aluminate and SiO-aluminate smokes; and graphitic and carbonaceous coated Fe-silicate smokes for laboratory experiments requiring freshly condensed analogs of circumstellar or presolar dust. The Agnostic Biosignature Collective is an interdisciplinary research group that develops innovative detection

Gamma ray Neutron Test Facility (GNTF) is an outdoor, low-background environment that allows users to safely test high-intensity radiation detectors and operate high-energy gamma ray and neutron radiation instruments on top of large granite and basalt samples. Connect with GNTF POC Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland. The Goddard Laser

Facilities supply highly amorphous Mg-silicate, Fe-silicate and Fe-Mg silicate smokes, along with Fe-Aluminate, Mg-Aluminate and SiO-Aluminate smokes. Graphitic and carbonaceous coated Fe-silicate smokes are also produced for laboratory work that requires freshly condensed analogs of circumstellar or presolar dust. An interdisciplinary Agnostic Biosignature Collective develops detection tools and techniques aimed

The facility supplies highly amorphous Mg-silicate, Fe-silicate and Fe-Mg silicate smokes, along with Fe-Aluminate, Mg-Aluminate and SiO-Aluminate smokes. It also provides graphitic and carbonaceous coated Fe-silicate smokes for laboratory experiments that require freshly condensed analogs of circumstellar or presolar dust. An interdisciplinary research group called the Agnostic Biosignature Collective develops

Greek divers surface shouting about “megalo” groupers, their grins mirrored by the big fish below. The National Marine Park of Alonissos Northern Sporades, established in 1992, is Greece’s largest working marine protected area, and the protective measures show: glassy waters teeming with colourful fish and precious shells make swimming

Every year, stargazers convene for the "Messier Marathon" — a challenge to observe as many cosmic objects from the Messier catalog as possible in a single night. The catalog was compiled in the 1700s by French astronomer Charles Messier and features several ideal targets for backyard astronomers. No telescope?

“OK, don’t step into the actual fissure. We don’t actually know how deep it goes.” In 2024, Eilen Stewart bought a house on a landslide. “Honestly, we’re priced out of a lot of the L.A. area. So when we saw this house in this amazing neighborhood

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, invites innovative companies, government agencies, and organizations to Partnership Days on Wednesday and Thursday, April 15 and 16, 2026. The event will be held at the center. Attendees can explore collaboration with NASA on research and development in areas such as

Entry, descent, and landing (EDL) are among the most difficult phases of a Mars mission. An internal study by the Vehicle Analysis Branch (VAB) explored several approaches, and the Mars Swing emerged as one of the more creative concepts. The idea uses a tether more than 100 km long placed

VAB designs and evaluates revolutionary aircraft, launch vehicles, and spacecraft, focusing on advancing aeronautics and space exploration. VAB supports decision makers by providing independent analysis and evaluation of vehicle system concepts and vehicle design. Meet the VAB Team. VAB Activities: Space Launch System (SLS), Human Landing System (HLS), hypersonics, entry,

The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding its data sources. In addition to nightly images from the Catalina Sky Survey's Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona, the team is now processing images from the Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a University of Arizona

Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields that can emerge within a matter of hours and then decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or even months. A new study focused on those long-lived active regions — the patches where strong magnetic fields take at least

NASA has named eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, focusing on a pressing challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance. The RepAir: Advancing Aircraft Maintenance competition seeks near-term solutions to workforce shortages and the growing demand to keep increasingly complex aircraft operational for longer.

Science hardware maintenance filled the day for the Expedition 74 crew after two cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station in less than a week. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL was released by the Candarm2 robotic arm into Earth orbit at 7:06 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 12,

The Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. The Bureau of Reclamation is sponsoring a three-phase prize challenge, managed

Hypersonics refers to flight through an atmosphere at speeds greater than Mach 5. NASA and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, have studied hypersonic flight since the 1950s, drawing lessons from the X-15 program and manned orbital missions in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, as well as

Stars peek through the dusty, winding arms of NGC 5134, a spiral galaxy 65 million light-years away, in a Feb. 20, 2026, image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument maps the mid-infrared glow of warm dust, revealing clumps and strands of dusty gas, while the

Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, has been erupting since January 2026. The nearly symmetrical stratovolcano on Luzon rises more than 2,400 meters above sea level and has produced 65 eruptions over the past 5,000 years. Early in January, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology noted increased

The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project (LBFD) is part of NASA’s effort to help enable new aircraft noise standards required to open the market to commercial supersonic flight over land. The federal government banned all civilian supersonic flights over land more than fifty years ago because of sonic boom

The agency will conduct a pair of spacewalks beginning Wednesday, March 18, outside the International Space Station to prepare for installation of two roll-out solar arrays. Experts will preview the activities during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, March 16, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Watch

NASA completed the agency’s Artemis II Flight Readiness Review on Thursday, March 12, and polled “go” to proceed toward launch. The agency is targeting Thursday, March 19, to roll the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to launch pad 39B in advance of a launch attempt Wednesday,