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NASA’s Webb ‘UNCOVERs’ Galaxy Population Driving Cosmic Renovation

By |2025-06-11T14:15:00-04:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

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25 Brightest Stars in the Night Sky

By |2025-06-11T12:44:33-04:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Do you know the names of some of the brightest stars? It's likely that you do, even though some bright stars have names so old they date back to near the beginning of written language. Many world cultures have their own names for the brightest stars, and it is culturally [...]

Tuning a NASA Instrument: Calibrating MASTER

By |2025-06-11T12:15:00-04:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Electrical engineer Nikolas Gibson performs calibration tests on the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) spectrometer, co-developed by NASA’s Ames Research Center and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Gibson works at the Airborne Sensor Facility at Ames, which builds, maintains, miniaturizes, and calibrates instruments.NASA/Milan Loiacono NASA’s Ames [...]

Fewer Feeds, More Focus: NASA’s Social Media Overhaul

By |2025-06-11T08:51:00-04:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

In today’s crowded digital landscape, cutting through the noise is paramount for any organization trying to connect with its audience. Recognizing this, NASA has embarked on a significant initiative to streamline its extensive social media presence, aiming to create a more unified and impactful digital voice for its groundbreaking work.  The National Aeronautics and [...]

NASA Glenn Pitches Science Demonstrations at Lake Erie Crushers Game 

By |2025-06-11T08:01:00-04:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

A group of students huddle around two of their classmates using virtual reality headsets to get an up-close view of a rocket during Education Day with the Lake Erie Crushers on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Credit: NASA/Chris Hartenstine NASA’s Glenn Research Center headed to the ballpark for Education Day with the Lake Erie Crushers on [...]

NASA Glenn Employees Recognized by Astronaut Corps

By |2025-06-11T08:01:00-04:00June 11th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Presenters and NASA Glenn Research Center’s Silver Snoopy Award recipients at the center on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Left to right: Deputy Center Director Dawn Schaible, Ron Johns, Joshua Finkbeiner, Rula Coroneos, Tyler Hickman, and astronaut Randy Bresnik. Credit: NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna  Four of NASA Glenn Research Center’s employees have received the coveted NASA Silver Snoopy [...]

NASA, Partners Delay Axiom Mission 4, Reviewing Launch Date 

By |2025-06-10T21:23:00-04:00June 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|

The official crew portrait of the Axiom Mission-4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. From left are, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Commander Peggy Whitson from the U.S., and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uzanański-Wiśniewksi from Poland and Tibor Kapu from Hungary.Axiom Space NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from the launch opportunity [...]

NASA’s CODEX Captures Unique Views of Sun’s Outer Atmosphere

By |2025-06-10T18:15:00-04:00June 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

For the first time, scientists can observe temperature changes in the Sun’s outer atmosphere thanks to new technology introduced by NASA’s CODEX instrument. This animated, color-coded heat map shows temperature changes over the course of a couple days, where red indicates hotter regions and purple indicates cooler ones. NASA/KASI/INAF/CODEX Key Points: NASA’s CODEX investigation [...]

High Above the World

By |2025-06-10T14:22:00-04:00June 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA NASA astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz works with a grapple fixture during a June 2002 spacewalk outside of the International Space Station. He was partnered with CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales)  astronaut Philippe Perrin for the spacewalk – one of three that occurred during the STS-111 mission. Chang-Diaz was part of NASA’s ninth class of astronaut [...]

Frigid Exoplanet in Strange Orbit Imaged by NASA’s Webb

By |2025-06-10T14:15:00-04:00June 10th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Webb Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who is James Webb? Fact Sheet Impacts+Benefits FAQ Science Overview and Goals Early Universe Galaxies Over Time Star Lifecycle Other Worlds Observatory Overview Launch Deployment [...]

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