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Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Science & Research
Star Clusters
Stars
The Milky Way
Researchers using two of humanity’s most powerful observatories — NASA’s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes — have definitively shown that Terzan 5 is not a globular star cluster as it was once classified, offering new insight into how galaxies like our own form and evolve over time. A globular star cluster typically has only […]
Posted June 16, 2026
Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL)
Biological & Physical Sciences
Fundamental Physics
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Physical Sciences
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA’s newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter and develop new quantum technologies.
Posted June 16, 2026
Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)
CoECI News
Prizes, Challenges, & Crowdsourcing News
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies.
Posted June 16, 2026
NASA Shared Services Center
Services Catalog Click here to view the FY26 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service.
Posted June 16, 2026
The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken on June 5, 2026, from the International Space Station as it orbited 271 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Perth, Australia.
Posted June 16, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Topography
The Nebraska Sandhills—the largest system of sand dunes in the Western Hemisphere—stretch across about one-quarter of the state.
Posted June 16, 2026
Aqua
Earth Observatory
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Wildfires
Wildland Fire Management
In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia’s Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the season.
Posted June 5, 2026
Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing
Langley Research Center
NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project brought together its full team of Advanced Composites Consortium partners for a 2026 spring review at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.   The meeting took place May 5-7, bringing together about 150 people from the consortium, a 22-member public-private partnership.  
Posted June 4, 2026
Air Quality
Earth
Earth's Atmosphere
Goddard Space Flight Center
Human Dimensions
Wildfires
Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames.
Posted June 4, 2026
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity.
Posted June 4, 2026
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