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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A galaxy ablaze with young stars is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Named NGC 685, this galaxy is situated about 64 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus (the River). NGC 685 is a barred spiral because its feathery spiral arms sprout from the ends ofContinue reading “Hubble Captures Starry Spectacle”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA continues to collaborate with global communities to solve complex challenges through crowdsourcing with a series of 25 new NASA Open Innovation Service (NOIS) contracts managed by the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The contract aims to empower NASA’s workforce by actively engaging the public to find creative solutionsContinue reading “NASA Awards Third Crowdsourcing Contract Iteration”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A team from Auburn University took top honors in NASA’s 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition Forum, where undergraduate and graduate teams competed to develop new concepts for operating on the Moon, Mars and beyond.  Auburn’s project, “Dynamic Ecosystems for Mars Environmental Control and Life Support SystemsContinue reading “Auburn Team Wins 2025 NASA Moon and Mars Design Competition”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Earth scientist Compton J. Tucker has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for his work creating innovative tools to track the planet’s changing vegetation from space. It’s research that has spanned nearly 50 years at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he is a visitingContinue reading “NASA Earth Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY What happens when the universe’s most magnetic object shines with the power of 1000 Suns in a matter of seconds? Thanks to NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), a mission in collaboration with ASI (Italian Space Agency), scientists are one step closer to understanding this extreme event.  Magnetars are aContinue reading “NASA’s IXPE Obtains First X-ray Polarization Measurement of Magnetar Outburst”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A lot can change in a year for Earth’s forests and vegetation, as springtime and rainy seasons can bring new growth, while cooling temperatures and dry weather can bring a dieback of those green colors. And now, a novel type of NASA visualization illustrates those changes in a full complementContinue reading “NASA’s PACE Mission Reveals a Year of Terrestrial Data on Plant Health”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps retired May 30, after nearly 16 years of service with the agency. Epps most recently served as a mission specialist during NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission, spending 235 days in space, including 232 days aboard the International Space Station, working on hundreds of scientific experiments during ExpeditionContinue reading “NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Retires”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Dr. Stanley Sander dedicated more than five decades to atmospheric science at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, beginning his JPL career as a graduate research assistant in 1971. A leading figure in atmospheric chemistry, Stan made foundational contributions to our understanding of stratospheric ozone depletion, tropospheric air pollution, and climate scienceContinue reading “In Memoriam: Dr. Stanley Sander”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Jack Kaye [NASA HQ—Associate Director for Research, Earth Science Division (ESD)] has decided to retire on April 30, 2025, following 42 years of service to NASA – see Photo 1. Most recently, Kaye served as associate director for research of the Earth Science Division (ESD) within NASA’s Science Mission DirectorateContinue reading “Jack Kaye Retires After a Storied Career at NASA”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Monday, June 2, 2025 Now that Curiosity has spent a few sols collecting close-up measurements of the rocks in the outer edge of the boxwork-forming geologic unit, the team has decided that it’s time toContinue reading “Sols 4559-4560: Drill Campaign — Searching for a Boxwork Bedrock Drill Site”