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Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 The drive from the Monday plan brought Curiosity up next to a geomorphic contact visible in the orbital data (from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE imager). To the east of the contact are the layered sulfates that […]
Posted May 9, 2025
Kennedy Space Center
STEM Engagement at NASA
Students from Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida, visited the Prototype Development Laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, April 28, 2025.
Posted May 9, 2025
Technology
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
When most people think of NASA, they picture rockets, astronauts, and the Moon. But behind the scenes, a group of inventors is quietly rewriting the rules of what’s possible — on Earth, in orbit, and beyond.
Posted May 9, 2025
Astromaterials
Venus
New details about the crust on Venus include some surprises about the geology of Earth’s hotter twin.
Posted May 9, 2025
Glenn Research Center
If you are considering testing in one of our facilities or would like further information about a specific facility or capability, please let us know.
Posted May 9, 2025
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
The Universe
The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, the Lion. British astronomer Sir William Herschel first documented the galaxy in 1784.
Posted May 9, 2025
Anne C. McClain
International Space Station (ISS)
In this May 1, 2025, photo taken by fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain works near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a spacewalk. During the May 1 spacewalk – McClain’s third and Ayers’ first – the astronaut pair relocated a space station communications antenna and completed the initial mounting […]
Posted May 8, 2025
General
2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science Mission Directorate
Solar Eclipses
The Solar System
NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recognizing NASA’s outstanding work in sharing this rare celestial event with audiences around the world.
Posted May 8, 2025
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes.
Posted May 8, 2025
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