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APOD: 2026 July 29 – Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars

By |2026-07-29T11:25:00-04:00July 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 29 – Psyche… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Psyche [...]

Understanding How Martian Auroras Are Made

By |2026-07-29T11:20:00-04:00July 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA This July 23, 2026, illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars’ atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission. NASA MAVEN mission scientists have found that certain types of auroras on Mars form in a similar [...]

NASA Webb Explores Family Tree of Newly Discovered Distant Objects

By |2026-07-29T10:00:00-04:00July 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) NASA Webb Explores Family Tree… 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 Webb Timeline Science Overview and Goals [...]

Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Ray Williams

By |2026-07-29T09:32:00-04:00July 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Ray Williams, supervisor of test support operations at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, poses for a photograph on July 16, 2026. Williams is among the first engineers and technicians sworn in as new NASA civil servants at Stennis as part of the administrator’s directive to strengthen technical core competencies within the [...]

APOD: 2026 July 28 – Barnards Loop over Twin Volcanoes

By |2026-07-28T11:30:00-04:00July 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 July 28 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. OriginalAnnotated Barnards [...]

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Space Station Mission

By |2026-07-27T14:49:00-04:00July 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Chris Williams shows off the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station. Williams was supporting semiconductor crystal research to help advance the commercial space economy and promote Earth-based industries. NASA/Chris Williams NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the International [...]

NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse

By |2026-07-27T14:01:00-04:00July 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

6 min read NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona — it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and its influence on Earth. On Wednesday, [...]

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth

By |2026-07-27T12:48:00-04:00July 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in Kazakhstan. This was Williams’ first mission. Williams spent eight months aboard the International Space Station, where he supported a wide range of scientific investigations and technology [...]

NASA’s Swift Sees ‘Wandering’ Mega Black Hole Shredding Star

By |2026-07-27T12:06:00-04:00July 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

This artist’s concept depicts a tidal disruption event, which occurs when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole. Crumbs of the splintering star heat up as they swirl around the black hole, creating a glow astronomers can see from far across the cosmos, and the black hole launches a relativistic jet [...]

NASA to Cover Three US Spacewalks, Host Preview News Conference

By |2026-07-27T10:35:00-04:00July 27th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir works inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock in March, her reflection visible in a spacesuit helmet visor as she installs leg and arm components and swaps parts between suits. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway NASA will provide coverage as astronauts venture outside the International Space Station during three spacewalks in August to [...]

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