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Discovery Alert: Scientists Spot a Planetary Carousel

By |2025-07-03T12:17:00-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This artist’s concept animation shows the orbital dynamics of KOI-134 system which, in 2025, a paper revealed to have two planets: KOI-134 b and KOI-134 c. NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) The Planets KOI-134 b and KOI-134 c  This artist’s concept shows the KOI-134 system which, in 2025, a paper revealed to have two planets: KOI-134 [...]

NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-11 Mission to Space Station

By |2025-07-02T17:26:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station train inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in Hawthorne, California. From left to right: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.Credit: SpaceX NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to [...]

NASA Awards Simulation and Advanced Software Services II Contract

By |2025-07-02T16:32:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Credit: NASA NASA has awarded a contract to MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies, LLC of Houston to provide simulation and advanced software services to the agency. The Simulation and Advanced Software Services II (SASS II) contract includes services from Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2030, with a maximum potential value not to exceed $150 [...]

How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World 

By |2025-07-02T15:57:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

5 min read How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World  NASA’s SPHEREx mission will map the entire sky in 102 different wavelengths, or colors, of infrared light. This image of the Vela Molecular Ridge was captured by SPHEREx and is part of the mission’s first ever public data release. [...]

What’s Up: July 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA

By |2025-07-02T12:58:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network A.M./P.M. Planet Watching, Plus the Eagle Constellation Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look for Aquila the eagle. [...]

To the Spacemobile!

By |2025-07-02T12:17:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA In this Nov. 1, 1964, image, three members of NASA’s Lewis Research Center’s (now NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland) Educational Services Office pose with one of the center’s Spacemobile space science demonstration units. Once the NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) became NASA, public outreach became one of the agency’s core tenets. Lewis, [...]

Discovery Alert: Flaring Star, Toasted Planet

By |2025-07-02T12:00:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Artist’s concept of the star HIP 67522 with a flare erupting toward an orbiting planet, HIP 67522 b. A second planet, HIP 67522 c, is shown in the background. Janine Fohlmeister, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam The Discovery A giant planet some 400 light-years away, HIP 67522 b, orbits its parent star so tightly [...]

Near-Earth Asteroids as of July 2025

By |2025-07-02T11:46:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 min read Near-Earth Asteroids as of July 2025 Each month, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office releases a monthly update featuring the most recent figures on NASA’s planetary defense efforts, near-Earth object close approaches, and other timely facts about comets and asteroids that could pose an impact hazard with Earth. Here is what we’ve [...]

3 Years of Science: 10 Cosmic Surprises from NASA’s Webb Telescope

By |2025-07-02T11:00:00-04:00July 2nd, 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 [...]

NASA Stennis Engineer Takes Pride in Test Support Work

By |2025-07-02T10:00:00-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Dwayne Lavigne works as a controls engineer at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, where he supports NASA’s Artemis mission by programming specialized computers for engine testing.NASA/Danny Nowlin As a controls engineer at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Dwayne Lavigne does not just fix problems – he helps put pieces together at America’s [...]

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