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Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?

By |2026-01-27T17:27:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore the UniverseUniverse HomeBasicsCosmic HistoryBuilding BlocksForcesGalaxiesOverviewTypesEvolutionLarge Scale StructuresBlack HolesOverviewTypesAnatomyBlack Hole WeekStarsOverviewTypesMultiple Star SystemsPlanetary SystemsExoplanetsExplorationSensing the UniverseTelescopes 101ObservatoriesMoreNewsDeep DivesQuick ReadsGraphicsGlossaryFun & Learning Artist’s concept of exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, dubbed a “cold Earth” because it’s a possible rocky planet slightly larger than Earth, orbiting a Sun-like star about 146 light-years away.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC) The Discovery [...]

NASA Science Flights Venture to Improve Severe Winter Weather Warnings

By |2026-01-27T16:44:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American Upstream Feature-Resolving and Tropopause Uncertainty Reconnaissance Experiment, or NURTURE, is an airborne campaign that uses a suite of remote sensing instruments to collect atmospheric [...]

Webb Data Reveals Dark Matter

By |2026-01-27T16:24:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 Min Read Webb Data Reveals Dark Matter PIA26702 Credits: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale/A. Pagan Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Webb Data Reveals Dark Matter Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Webb Data Reveals Dark Matter PNG (42.87 MB) This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, containing nearly 800,000 galaxies, [...]

Orion’s Treasures over Snowy Mountains

By |2026-01-27T15:44:26-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Rising over a frozen valley in the Tatra Mountains, the familiar stars and nebulas of Orion dominate this wide-field nightscape. The featured deep photo was taken in southern Poland's highest mountain range last month, where dark skies and alpine terrain combined to reveal both Earth's rugged beauty and the structure [...]

NASA’s Juno Measures Thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell

By |2026-01-27T14:21:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. The images show the fractures, ridges, and bands that crisscross the moon’s surface.Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Björn Jónsson (CC BY 3.0) [...]

NASA Launches Its Most Powerful, Efficient Supercomputer

By |2026-01-27T11:52:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Athena, NASA’s newest supercomputer, is housed at the agency’s Modular Supercomputing Facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.NASA/Brandon Torres-Navarrete NASA is announcing the availability of its newest supercomputer, Athena, an advanced system designed to support a new generation of missions and [...]

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Crystal-Spewing Protostar

By |2026-01-27T11:08:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (NASA-JPL), Joel Green (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the actively forming protostar EC 53 (circled at left) in the Serpens Nebula in this image released on Jan. 21, 2026. Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at [...]

NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware

By |2026-01-27T10:09:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission. The LISA mission, a collaboration between ESA (the European Space Agency) [...]

AI Unlocks Hundreds of Cosmic Anomalies in Hubble Archive

By |2026-01-27T10:00:00-05:00January 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

NASA Moves Steps Closer to Artemis II Fueling Test Ahead of Launch

By |2026-01-26T19:18:00-05:00January 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen illuminated by lights at Launch Complex 39B, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Keegan Barber Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue to prepare the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and ground infrastructure [...]

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