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NASA’s MAVEN Makes First Observation of Atmospheric Sputtering at Mars

By |2025-05-29T11:00:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

After a decade of searching, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere Volatile Evolution) mission has, for the first time, reported a direct observation of an elusive atmospheric escape process called sputtering that could help answer longstanding questions about the history of water loss on Mars. Scientists have known for a long time, through an abundance of evidence, [...]

NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible Booms

By |2025-05-29T10:52:00-04:00May 29th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Researchers look at a bend that occurred in the 94-foot triangular, rollable and collapsible boom during an off-axis compression test.NASA/David C. Bowman Researchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in [...]

Cosmic Dawn Screening

By |2025-05-28T15:15:00-04:00May 28th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Join NASA for a free screening of Cosmic Dawn, the incredible true story of the James Webb Space Telescope–humanity’s mission to unveil the early universe, against all odds. Cosmic Dawn is the incredible true story of the James Webb Space Telescope – humanity’s largest and most powerful space telescope – on a mission to [...]

Eccentric ‘Star’ Defies Easy Explanation, NASA’s Chandra Finds

By |2025-05-28T11:25:00-04:00May 28th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

X-ray: NASA/CXC/ICRAR, Curtin Univ./Z. Wang et al.; Infrared: NASA/JPL/CalTech/IPAC; Radio: SARAO/MeerKAT; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving fresh clues about the origin of a new class of mysterious objects. As described in our press release, a team of astronomers combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray [...]

How Do We Do Research in Zero Gravity? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 62

By |2025-05-28T10:30:00-04:00May 28th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) How do we do research in zero gravity? Actually when astronauts do experiments on the International Space Station, for instance, to environment on organisms, that environment is actually technically called microgravity. That is, things feel weightless, but we’re still under the influence of Earth’s [...]

Summer Students Scan the Radio Skies with SunRISE

By |2025-05-28T09:36:00-04:00May 28th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

L. Y. Zhou, a senior at Skyline High School, Ann Arbor, MI, representing the SunRISE Ground Radio Lab (GRL) summer research project team at the Solar Heliospheric and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE) conference, held in Juneau, AK in August 2024. Other contributing high school students were S. Rajavelu-Mohan (Washtenaw Technical Middle College, Ann Arbor, MI), [...]

NASA Interns Conduct Aerospace Research in Microgravity

By |2025-05-27T16:02:00-04:00May 27th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore This Section Science NASA STEM Projects NASA Interns Conduct Aerospace… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science   3 min read NASA Interns Conduct Aerospace Research in Microgravity The NASA Science Activation program’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Summer [...]

Sols 4549-4552: Keeping Busy Over the Long Weekend

By |2025-05-27T15:39:00-04:00May 27th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 4 min [...]

Career Spotlight: Mathematician (Ages 14-18)

By |2025-05-27T13:58:00-04:00May 27th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 Min Read Career Spotlight: Mathematician (Ages 14-18) What does a mathematician do? Mathematicians use their expert knowledge of math to solve problems and gain new understanding about how our world works. They analyze data and create mathematical models to predict results based on changes in variables. Many different fields rely heavily on math, [...]

Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors

By |2025-05-27T11:38:00-04:00May 27th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artist concept highlighting the novel approach proposed by the 2025 NIAC awarded selection of Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors concept.NASA/Peter Cabauy Peter Cabauy City Labs, Inc. The NIAC Phase I study confirmed the feasibility of nuclear-micropowered probes (NMPs) using tritium betavoltaic power technology for autonomous [...]

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