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NASA Volunteers Help Zooniverse Reach 1 Billion Classifications

The Zooniverse, a NASA grantee that runs the world’s largest platform for online people-powered research, has reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 billion classifications contributed by volunteers around the world.

Posted July 10, 2026

Aeronautics

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Flight Innovation

NASA Aircraft

NASA Photographer Captures Images from F-18 Over Washington

NASA flight photographers capture history from a perspective few ever experience, getting a rare bird’s-eye view of the agency’s missions in action. Their photos document key NASA research and give the public a front-row seat to the work happening behind the scenes.

Posted July 10, 2026

Earth's Moon

Waxing Gibbous Moon

The waxing gibbous moon is nestled in the darkness of space in this June 26, 2026, image from the International Space Station. The space station was 264 miles above the Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar at the time. The waxing gibbous phase comes before the full moon phase. During this time, the Moon appears brighter […]

Posted July 10, 2026

Earth Observatory

Earth Visualization & Mapping

Earthquakes

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground

Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.

Posted July 10, 2026

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Anil Menon Launch to Space Station

NASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, accompanied by cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, where they will join the Expedition 74 crew advancing scientific research. Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina will lift off at 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 p.m.

Posted July 10, 2026

Astrophysics

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

Marshall Astrophysics

Marshall Space Flight Center

Nebulae

Pulsars

The Universe

NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar

For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. The results provide new insight into the structure of some of the most extreme objects in the cosmos, as NASA […]

Posted July 9, 2026

Earth Science

Principal Investigator and Quality Assessment Reports Evaluate Umbra Synthetic Aperture Radar Data

The reports add to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.

Posted July 9, 2026

Curiosity (Rover)

Mars

Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close

This close-up view shows fragments of sulfur crystals — the first ever seen on the Red Planet. The crystals were found after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over a rock and crush it on May 30, 2024. Several days later, Curiosity used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to take […]

Posted July 9, 2026

Airborne Science

ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

NASA Scientists Take to Air and Space to Study Arctic Sea Ice

This month, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California are testing a spacecraft sensor that will help measure how quickly Arctic sea ice is disappearing. And while that instrument won’t launch for another year, scientists started preparing for its use during a recent field campaign in the Canadian wilderness.

Posted July 9, 2026

Earth Observatory

Hurricanes & Typhoons

Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)