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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image from April 13, 2026. IC 486 lies right on the edge of the constellation Gemini (the Twins), around 380 million light-years from Earth.Continue reading “A Gently Glowing Galaxy”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA and Boeing have completed wind tunnel testing to study an innovative advanced aircraft design intended to improve aerodynamic efficiency. A truss-braced wing configuration, involving a long, thin wing with aerodynamically shaped structural supports, has the potential to reduce fuel and operational costs for future airliners, which is why NASAContinue reading “NASA, Boeing Advance Truss-Braced Wing Research in Test”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Anyone who has seen a launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida knows the agency’s pursuit of the stars involves some smoke and fire. Sometimes, however, the smoke doesn’t come from the rockets that propel astronauts beyond Earth’s bounds. That was the case during the second weekend of JanuaryContinue reading “NASA Demonstrates New Prescribed Burn Capability for Spaceport “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY 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. The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), within the Executive Office of theContinue reading “CEQ Permitting Innovators Program Call for Solutions”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Firefighters are battling two destructive blazes in the southern part of the state as drought grips the U.S. Southeast.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the early universe in recent years. A “X-ray dot” found by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory could explain what the hundreds or potentially thousands of these objectsContinue reading “NASA Connects Little Red Dots with Chandra, Webb”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY There’s no sign reading “home sweet home” in the hangar where the X‑59 now sits, but the sentiment is unmistakable among those tending to the quiet supersonic aircraft. Located at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, the X-59 hangar was built in 1968 but looks like new thanksContinue reading “There’s No Place Like NASA’s New X-59 Hangar Home “

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center  For more than 50 years, Landsat has imaged Earth’s land and near-shore surfaces as the satellites descend in midmorning orbit, when daily sunlight is optimal. That’s just what they’ve always done.  Currently, Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 circle the globe while also making betterContinue reading “Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree view of a region filled with low ridges called boxwork formations between Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, 2025 (the 4,714th to 4,741st Martian days, or sols, of the mission). At 1.5 billion pixels, this is one of the largest panoramas Curiosity hasContinue reading “Curiosity Captures a 360-Degree View at ‘Nevado Sajama’”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. On Feb. 24, for the first time in years and at power levels exceeding any previous test in the UnitedContinue reading “NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars”