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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A star is unleashing a barrage of X-rays that is causing a closely-orbiting, young planet to wither away an astonishing rate, according to a new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and described in our latest press release. A team of researchers has determined that this planet will go from the size of Jupiter downContinue reading “NASA’s Chandra Finds Baby Exoplanet is Shrinking”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA’s latest open Software Catalog, released Wednesday, offers more than 1,200 downloadable codes developed by agency engineers that could enable faster solutions to energize the space economy and stimulate American ingenuity. The catalog is part of NASA’s effort to place advanced technologies, including agency software, into the hands of businesses,Continue reading “NASA Software Catalog Puts Agency Solutions at Innovators’ Fingertips”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and Antarctica on June 12, 2025. Astronauts aboard the space station take photos using handheld digital cameras, usually through windows in the station’sContinue reading “Aurora Australis”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY High above us, particles from the Sun hurtle toward Earth, colliding with the upper atmosphere and creating powerful explosions in a murky process called magnetic reconnection. A single magnetic reconnection event can release as much energy as the entire United States uses in a day. NASA’s new TRACERS (Tandem ReconnectionContinue reading “NASA’s TRACERS Studies Explosive Process in Earth’s Magnetic Shield”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA continues its transition toward a commercial low Earth orbit marketplace, an agency-supported commercial space station, Starlab, recently completed five development and design milestones. Starlab’s planned design consists of a service module and a habitat that will be launched to orbit on a single flight. The milestones, part ofContinue reading “NASA Sees Key Progress on Starlab Commercial Space Station”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The The Stratospheric Projectile Entry Experiment on Dynamics (SPEED), a two-stage stratospheric drop test architecture, is currently under development to bridge the state-of-the-art gap that many NASA flagship missions require to reduce system risk and enable more optimized designs via margin reduction. To do this, a two-stage vehicle will dropContinue reading “Ejection Mechanism Design for the SPEED Test Architecture”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sylvie Crowell, a materials researcher at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, has received a NASA Early Career Initiative (ECI) award for a research proposal titled “Lunar Dust Reduction through Electrostatic Adhesion Mitigation (L-DREAM).” The research focuses on developing a passive lunar dust mitigation coating for solar cells and thermalContinue reading “NASA Funds Early Career Employee Research”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Nineteen teams of students from across the nation in grades 8-12 worked for months in classrooms, labs, basements, and garages for the opportunity to test their projects at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This spring, the teams’ hard work was put to the test in the 2.2 Second DropContinue reading “NASA Glenn Announces 2025 Drop Tower Challenge Winners “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Thousands of baseball fans travel across the country annually to watch teams compete in Omaha, Nebraska, during the NCAA Men’s College World Series in June. This year, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland swung for the fences to celebrate the city’s Diamond Anniversary of hosting the event and to highlightContinue reading “NASA Glenn Experts Join Baseball Fans in Omaha”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Monday, July 14, 2025 The Curiosity rover continues to navigate through the region of Mount Sharp characterized by the boxwork terrain.  After successfully completing a drive of about 34 meters over theContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4600-4601: Up and Over the Sand Covered Ramp”