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Stennis Space Center
Living up to, and maintaining, the standard of excellence associated with NASA is what drives Robert Williams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Posted May 2, 2025
SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe and Ices Explorer)
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Galaxies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Search for Life
The Universe
After weeks of preparation, the space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to create a map of the cosmos like no other. Launched on March 11, NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities to ensure it is working as […]
Posted May 2, 2025
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
General
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Space Flight Center
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
Stars
The Universe
Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes. The bone appears to have been struck by a fast-moving, rapidly spinning neutron star, or pulsar.
Posted May 1, 2025
Learning Resources
For Colleges & Universities
NASA is awarding up to $870,000 annually to 52 institutions across the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico over the next four years.
Posted May 1, 2025
Skywatching
Skywatching Tips
The Solar System
Eta Aquarids & Waiting for a Nova!  The first week of May brings the annual Eta Aquarid meteors, peaking on the 6th. And sometime in the next few months, astronomers predict a “new star” or nova explosion will become visible to the unaided eye.  Skywatching Highlights All Month – Planet Visibility:  Daily Highlights May 6 […]
Posted May 1, 2025
Supernova Remnants
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers uncovered a mysterious feature within the remnant, nicknamed the “Green Monster,” alongside a puzzling network of ejecta filaments forming a web of oxygen-rich material.
Posted May 1, 2025
Citizen Science
Get Involved
Heliophysics
Love Ham Radio? The HamSCI project fosters collaboration between amateur radio operators and professional researchers.
Posted May 1, 2025
Advanced Plant Habitat (APH)
International Space Station (ISS)
Kennedy Space Center
Plant Biology
Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center
Science & Research
Inside a laboratory in the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a payload implementation team member harvests ‘Outredgeous’ romaine lettuce growing in the Advanced Plant Habitat ground unit on Thursday, April 24, 2025.
Posted May 1, 2025
Night Sky Network
Astronomers have been trying to discover evidence that worlds exist around stars other than our Sun since the 19th century. By the mid-1990s, technology finally caught up with the desire for discovery and led to the first discovery of a planet orbiting another sun-like star, Pegasi 51b. Why did it take so long to discover these […]
Posted May 1, 2025
Blogs
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Monday, April 28, 2025 Curiosity is back on the road! For sols 4525 and 4526, we have an isolated nominal plan in which the communication pass timing works out in such a way that the rover can fit in fully […]
Posted May 1, 2025
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