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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY CSDA’s assessment reports help inform the user community about the quality of commercial Digital Elevation Models (DEMs).

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Western Iceland and northern Spain are among the few Northern Hemisphere locations experiencing a total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This article is for students grades 5-8. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory. The telescope will scan large sections of space. Roman will help astronomers answer questions about dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and more. ______________________________________________________________________ Words to Know Astrophysics: a branch of space science thatContinue reading “What Is the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope? (Grades 5-8)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the Moon’s surface. Engineers working on NASA’s Lunar Environment Monitoring Station, or LEMS, have completed hardware development and testing and the payload is ready for its permanent home near the lunar South Pole.Continue reading “NASA Completes Astronaut-Deployed Science Instrument for Lunar Surface”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Observing across the starry “plains” of space, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. The nebula’s “mane” is clear and detailed in this image released on Aug. 10, 2026, due to Webb’s high-resolution imaging. See more images of the Lion NebulaContinue reading “Lion Nebula Roars in Webb’s Sights”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous star-forming nebula from NASA space telescopes. The resulting cosmic “craft” reveals new details about the star formation region known as 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula. Located in the Large MagellanicContinue reading “NASA Telescopes Create Colorful ‘Craft’ From Nearby Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA prepares to return astronauts to the lunar surface for longer stays and increasingly complex operations, building the Moon Base will require new ideas, advanced technologies, and expertise across many fields.  During NASA Stories at the Ion on July 30, Shatel Bhakta, principal systems engineer for NASA’s Moon Base Program, presented “Building the Moon Base: Challenges and Opportunities at the Lunar South Pole.” HeContinue reading “Building the Moon Base: NASA Stories at the Ion  “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The International Space Station has been busy throughout 2026, as it continues to be a bustling workspace for astronauts conducting a variety of scientific experiments that lay the groundwork for missions to the Moon and beyond. NASA’s Artemis II mission in April was the first crewed flight around the MoonContinue reading “NASA Shares Station Research Today Supporting Moon, Mars Tomorrow”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, July 31, 2026 As mentioned in the previous blog, Curiosity has been exploring a large-scale feature in Gale’s sedimentary record suspected to be an “erosional supersurface.” The “supersurface” represents a period in time whenContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4968-4974: Rock Climbing Towards the Discontinuity”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written byContinue reading “APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six Moons of Saturn”