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NASA-backed team resurrects ancient nitrogenase, validates nitrogen isotope biosignature — Assets.science.nasa.gov

NASA-backed team resurrects ancient nitrogenase, validates nitrogen isotope biosignature

NASA-supported scientists have resurrected an enzyme first used by organisms on Earth about 3.2 billion years ago and, in doing so, validated a nitrogen-isotope (N-isotope) chemical biosignature in rocks, the team reported in a study published in Nature Communications on Jan. 22. The study focuses on nitrogen fixation, or

HWO SIG Seminar set for 11 Feb 2026 — Assets.science.nasa.gov

HWO SIG Seminar set for 11 Feb 2026

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) Special Interest Group (SIG) will hold a seminar on 11 Feb 2026, according to a post on NASA Science. The seminar will feature an update from the Habitable Worlds Observatory Community Science & Instrument Team (CSIT), presentations on technical capabilities, and time for groups to

Extreme January cold grips large swath of U.S. after late-month winter storm — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Extreme January cold grips large swath of U.S. after late-month winter storm

Following a winter storm that blanketed numerous states with snow and ice, frigid temperatures lingered in late January 2026 across a large swath of the United States east of the Rockies, NASA Earth Observatory reported on January 30, 2026. An animation from NASA Earth Observatory shows surface air temperatures across

NASA Johnson celebrates 25 years of continuous space station habitation — Nasa.gov

NASA Johnson celebrates 25 years of continuous space station habitation

NASA’s Johnson Space Center brought the International Space Station’s 25-year legacy to the public on Jan. 24, 2026, during a community day event in Houston at Space Center Houston. The celebration highlighted a quarter century of continuous human presence in space, noting how astronauts living and working aboard

Doug Parkinson leads SLS launch integration and mission operations at NASA — Nasa.gov

Doug Parkinson leads SLS launch integration and mission operations at NASA

Doug Parkinson serves as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lead for Launch Integration and Mission Operations at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. He guides engineers who monitor the rocket during testing, pre-launch, and launch activities; he joined NASA in 1999 and moved to the SLS program in

Seung‑Hee Ham: atmospheric scientist joins federal service in 2024 — Nasa.gov

Seung‑Hee Ham: atmospheric scientist joins federal service in 2024

Dr. Seung‑Hee Ham is an atmospheric scientist who earned a bachelor’s degree in atmospheric science in 2004 and a Ph.D. in satellite meteorology in 2010 from Seoul National University, South Korea. She moved to the U.S. in 2011 to begin a NASA postdoctoral program and joined

NISAR radar images Mississippi River Delta through clouds — Nasa.gov

NISAR radar images Mississippi River Delta through clouds

NASA and the U.S.-Indian NISAR mission released a radar image captured Nov. 29 that peered through clouds to reveal the Mississippi River Delta region in southeastern Louisiana, showing New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Pontchartrain and surrounding wetlands and farmland, the agency said. The image, created from L-band synthetic

Artist’s concept shows shallow imperfections in Europa’s ice shell — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Artist’s concept shows shallow imperfections in Europa’s ice shell

An artist’s concept from NASA Science depicts a cutaway view of Europa’s ice shell on the icy moon of Jupiter. The depiction contains a shallow layer of small imperfections (cracks, pores, and voids) that extend down from the surface hundreds of feet. Europa is thought to harbor an

NASA analysis: La Niña limited global sea level rise to 0.03 inches in 2025 — Assets.science.nasa.gov

NASA analysis: La Niña limited global sea level rise to 0.03 inches in 2025

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory say a NASA analysis found the average height of Earth’s oceans increased by 0.03 inches (0.08 centimeters) in 2025, a rise the analysis attributes in part to a La Niña that limited sea level increase that year. The 2025 increase

NASA TEAM II National Connector Awards offer up to $900,000 for partnered projects — Nasa.gov

NASA TEAM II National Connector Awards offer up to $900,000 for partnered projects

The TEAM II National Connector Awards, announced by NASA Science, support expansive projects that involve NASA and partnerships with broader networks; awards are made as cooperative agreements for multi-year work. The awards are intended for projects that require NASA involvement and that partner with regional or national networks to magnify

Ammonia-bearing compounds found on Europa in Galileo data — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Ammonia-bearing compounds found on Europa in Galileo data

Advanced analysis of NASA’s Galileo spacecraft data identifies ammonia-bearing compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, shown in a composite image credited 01/29/2026. The detections come from Galileo’s Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) data captured during the spacecraft’s 11th orbit of Jupiter in 1997

NASA awards more than $5M to 29 institutions to expand STEM learning — Nasa.gov

NASA awards more than $5M to 29 institutions to expand STEM learning

NASA has awarded more than $5 million to 29 institutions nationwide to expand and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning beyond the classroom, the agency announced Jan. 29, 2026. The awards are designed to help build skills that lead directly to STEM careers and support collaborations with libraries,

NASA-linked study suggests Alfvén waves power auroral arcs — Assets.science.nasa.gov

NASA-linked study suggests Alfvén waves power auroral arcs

Scientists analyzing archived NASA observations say they may have solved what powers auroral arcs: space waves called Alfvén waves, according to a team led by Sheng Tian of the University of California, Los Angeles. The team found simultaneous observations of an auroral arc from April 2015, and their results were

NASA opens HBISS seminar series to public and OSDR-AWG in April 2025 — Nasa.gov

NASA opens HBISS seminar series to public and OSDR-AWG in April 2025

NASA’s HBISS (Horizons in Biosciences & Informatics Seminar Series) is a monthly seminar series that ran internally from March 2022 through February 2025 and was opened to the public and the broader Open Science Data Repository’s Analysis Working Group (OSDR-AWG) beginning in April 2025. The series is intended

Expedition 74 installs CubeSats, photographs Earth aboard the ISS — Nasa.gov

Expedition 74 installs CubeSats, photographs Earth aboard the ISS

Expedition 74 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station on Thursday focused on installing CubeSats and photographing Earth, with a three-person team from NASA and Roscosmos maintaining ongoing research and routine station upkeep. NASA Flight Engineer Chris Williams spent his shift inside the Kibo laboratory module loading a small satellite orbital

Svalbard polar bears gaining weight as sea ice recedes, study finds — Static01.nyt.com

Svalbard polar bears gaining weight as sea ice recedes, study finds

A study published on Jan. 29, 2026, in the journal Scientific Reports found that polar bears in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago have gained weight over the past 27 years even as surrounding sea ice has declined. Researchers compared a body condition index — a measurement of weight and fat content — with

Galileo data reveal ammonia-bearing compounds on Europa — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Galileo data reveal ammonia-bearing compounds on Europa

A recent reanalysis of data from NASA’s Galileo mission has identified ammonia-bearing compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, a new paper reports. The results come from Galileo’s Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer observations made between 1995 and 2003 and were reported by researcher Al Emran of NASA’

Total lunar eclipse will redden the Moon on March 3, 2026 — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Total lunar eclipse will redden the Moon on March 3, 2026

A total lunar eclipse will redden the Moon on March 3, 2026. Totality will be visible in the evening from eastern Asia and Australia, throughout the night in the Pacific, and in the early morning in North and Central America and far western South America; the eclipse will be partial

NASA: La Niña limited global sea level rise in 2025 — Nasa.gov

NASA: La Niña limited global sea level rise in 2025

According to a NASA analysis, a mild La Niña limited the rise in global mean sea level in 2025, with the average ocean height increasing 0.03 inches (0.08 centimeters) in 2025, down from 0.23 inches (0.59 centimeters) in 2024. The analysis says La Niña brought greater

Endangered guthega skink Omeo due to give birth after release in Victoria — I.guim.co.uk

Endangered guthega skink Omeo due to give birth after release in Victoria

Eleven endangered guthega skinks released into a gated enclosure in Victoria’s Alpine National Park could soon become 13, with a female known as Omeo due to give birth in March, the conservation project says. One of Australia’s only alpine lizards, guthega skinks live on "sky islands"

Waxing Gibbous on Jan. 29, 2025 — 85% of the Moon illuminated — Helios-i.mashable.com

Waxing Gibbous on Jan. 29, 2025 — 85% of the Moon illuminated

As of Thursday, Jan. 29, the Moon phase is Waxing Gibbous; according to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 85% of the Moon will be lit tonight. We're only days away from the Full Moon now, so when we look up there is plenty to see. You don&

NASA completes assembly of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — Science.nasa.gov

NASA completes assembly of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Technicians completed construction of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope when they joined the observatory’s two major segments on November 25, 2025. The mission is slated to launch no later than May 2027, with teams working toward a launch as early as fall 2026, and the observatory will

West faces snow drought as January snow cover hits record low — Assets.science.nasa.gov

West faces snow drought as January snow cover hits record low

NASA Earth Observatory reported that mountains across the western United States had unusually low snowpack in early 2026: a MODIS/Terra image from January 15 showed snow covering 142,700 square miles (369,700 square kilometers), the lowest coverage for that date in the MODIS record (since 2001) and less

Robotics, AI and launch opportunities highlight research aboard International Space Station — Images-assets.nasa.gov

Robotics, AI and launch opportunities highlight research aboard International Space Station

Robotics and artificial intelligence were back on the research schedule Wednesday aboard the International Space Station, where Expedition 74 crew members ran student robotics challenges, conducted Earth observations and performed life-support maintenance. NASA said the earliest opportunity for the SpaceX Crew-12 launch to the station is 6 a.m. EST

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 begins two-week quarantine ahead of Feb. launch window — Nasa.gov

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 begins two-week quarantine ahead of Feb. launch window

The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission began a routine two-week quarantine Wednesday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston ahead of their upcoming launch to the International Space Station. The earliest opportunity for Crew-12 to launch is 6 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 11, from