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Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept)

By |2026-01-29T16:12:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

1 Min Read Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) PIA25630 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/Koji Kuramura/ Gerald Eichstädt (CC BY) Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Europa’s Ice Shell… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Europa’s Ice Shell (Artist’s Concept) JPEG (2.17 MB) Description This artist’s concept depicts a cutaway view showing Europa’s ice [...]

NASA Awards Help Inspire Future Innovators Through STEM Engagement

By |2026-01-29T15:59:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA NASA has awarded more than $5 million to 29 institutions nationwide to expand and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning beyond the classroom. The awards are designed to help build skills that lead directly to STEM careers. These organizations collaborate with libraries, after-school programs, and youth-serving groups to provide sustainable learning opportunities [...]

NASA-ISRO Radar Mission Peers Through Clouds to See Mississippi River Delta

By |2026-01-29T15:57:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This image captured by NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument on Nov. 29, 2025, shows the cities of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, and a range of wetlands, farmlands, and populated areas. The colors indicate different types of land cover.NASA/JPL-Caltech This [...]

I Am Artemis: Doug Parkinson

By |2026-01-29T14:09:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Doug Parkinson NASA’s Doug Parkinson is the Launch Integration and Mission Operations lead for the SLS (Space Launch System) Program. Credits: NASA/Brandon Hancock Doug Parkinson’s face lights up as he starts telling his story, how someone from  Wisconsin now plays a part in the team that will help [...]

March 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse: Your Questions Answered

By |2026-01-29T12:51:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, a total lunar eclipse will take place across several time zones. In this data visualization, the Moon moves from right to left, passing through Earth’s shadow and leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times (in UTC) at various stages of the eclipse. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization [...]

NASA Analysis Shows La Niña Limited Sea Level Rise in 2025

By |2026-01-29T12:01:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

This image of the Atlantic Ocean around Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba was taken from the International Space Station in 2024. Coastal areas are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise. A NASA analysis shows that the global mean sea level rose 0.03 inches (0.08 centimeters) in 2025.NASA A mild La Niña caused greater rainfall over [...]

NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars

By |2026-01-29T11:15:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

7 min read NASA Researchers Probe Tangled Magnetospheres of Merging Neutron Stars New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash. The team identified potential signals emitted during the stars’ final [...]

Webb Zooms into Helix Nebula

By |2026-01-29T10:48:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a portion of the Helix Nebula highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds, and layers of gas shed off by a dying star interacting with its surrounding environment. Webb’s image also shows the stark transition between the hottest gas to the coolest gas as the shell [...]

Building Roman

By |2026-01-29T10:20:00-05:00January 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

7 Min Read Building Roman NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now assembled following the integration of its two major segments, shown in this time-lapse. Credits: NASA/Sophia Roberts Technicians have completed the construction of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The Roman observatory is slated to launch no later than May 2027, with [...]

Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

By |2026-01-28T12:02:00-05:00January 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

5 Min Read Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected An artist’s conceptual image of network antennas supporting the Orion spacecraft. Credits: NASA / Dave Ryan NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. [...]

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