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NASAby Sumer Loggins26 Aug 2026
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface.
NASAby Joseph Atkinson26 Aug 2026
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story, originally published in December, was revised Aug. 26, 2026 with an update on a new phase of testing, including video from a recent test run and new images.
NASAby LaToya Dean26 Aug 2026
At 17, Jeret Howard raised his right hand to serve his country as a United States Army combat medic in Iraq.
NASAby Michala Garrison; NASA Earth Observatory26 Aug 2026
With their charming waddles, heat-conserving huddles, and tuxedo-like plumage, emperor penguins are among the world's most recognizable animals.
NASAby Lee Mohon25 Aug 2026
NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger College of Engineering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
NASAby Gianine Figliozzi25 Aug 2026
Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy...
NASAby Francis Reddy25 Aug 2026
Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency's Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond our solar system...
NASAby Andrew Dollar; NASA Science Editorial Team25 Aug 2026
Fully autonomous space mission operations require the ability to detect faults and compensate for them without human intervention.
NASAby Jessica Taveau24 Aug 2026
Coverage plans are ready for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope prelaunch and launch activities.
NASAby Lillian Gipson20 Aug 2026
NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft...
NASAby Michele Ostovar20 Aug 2026
NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. took 29 color photographs of the Earth with a 70mm camera as he orbited our planet during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in May 1963.
NASAby Emily DeMarco20 Aug 2026
As the effects of the 2026 snow drought in the western United States carry into summer, NASA Earth data is feeding machine-learning forecasts that inform decisions about water, power, and public...
NASAby Lauren Dauphin; NASA Earth Observatory20 Aug 2026
Greenland’s jagged coastline is lined with fjords, many of them cradling marine-terminating glaciers that routinely calve icebergs into the water.
NASAby Lauren E. Low19 Aug 2026
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an agency satellite to a higher altitude to...
NASAby Lonnie Shekhtman19 Aug 2026
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and crannies of the Moon’s South Pole region, NASA...
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