February 2026

Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
Groundbreaking “camera-on-a-chip” technology that was originally developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for use in space missions is currently employed in billions of devices like cell phones that are used daily by people worldwide.
Posted February 24, 2026
Clouds
Earth Observatory
Oceans
Terra
Winds blowing past the volcanic landmass near the Korean Peninsula created a trail of spiraling clouds, while murky water churned nearby.
Posted February 24, 2026
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Astrophysics
Hubble Space Telescope
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Stars
The Universe
For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble – called an “astrosphere” – completely surrounds the juvenile star. Winds from the star’s surface are blowing up the bubble and filling it with hot gas […]
Posted February 23, 2026
Grades 5 - 8 for Educators
Grades 9-12 for Educators
Grades K - 4 for Educators
Learning Resources
Science Activation
The Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) project, part of the NASA Science Activation program, aims to measurably enhance student STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) engagement via middle school, high school, and community college science teacher professional development.
Posted February 23, 2026
International Space Station (ISS)
Commercial Resupply
ISS Research
SpaceX Commercial Resupply
NASA and its international partners will receive scientific research samples and hardware when a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Thursday, Feb. 26, and returns to Earth.
Posted February 23, 2026
Photojournal
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations — low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in-between. This mosaic is made up of 50 individual images taken by Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a camera on […]
Posted February 23, 2026
Photojournal
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations — the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them — using its Mastcam on Sept. 26, 2025, the 4,671st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. These boxwork formations were created billions of years ago when water leaked through rock cracks. Minerals […]
Posted February 23, 2026
Curiosity (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in between. Crisscrossing the surface for miles, the formations suggest ancient groundwater flowed on this part of the Red Planet […]
Posted February 23, 2026
Perseverance (Rover)
NASA’s Perseverance Rover approaches Mars in this Feb. 18, 2020, top-down still image captured by a camera on the rover’s descent stage.
Posted February 23, 2026
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Spiral Galaxies
Stars
Supernovae
The Universe
Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, 2025, where it was detected by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae.
Posted February 23, 2026
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