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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A brilliant concentration of stars takes center stage in this Aug. 11, 2026, image taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb observed IRS 3, a star near the end of its life cycle, located within this starfield. Webb’s mid-infrared data revealed the clear signature of oxygen-rich silicate dust, asContinue reading “Dust and Water in Sagittarius A*”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 10 –… 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 by aContinue reading “APOD: 2026 September 10 – LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran R launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. The Terran R launch service will be available to NASA’s launch services to use for future missions. The NLS IIContinue reading “NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these newly spotted objects in other galaxies may help solve not one, but two long-standing questions in astrophysics. These mysterious objects give off unusually low-energy X-rays but intenseContinue reading “NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial industries, including shipping. The satellite now is flying 30 seconds behind its predecessor, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. Both satellites are providing precise sea level height measurements during what oceanographers expectContinue reading “How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Niño”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission – NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – visited Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 1, 2026, where they met with the NASA workforce at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The event gave the crewContinue reading “Artemis II Crew at NASA Marshall”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Following their landmark Artemis II mission earlier this year, distinguished NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman are transitioning in September to emeritus status at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. In an emeritus role, individuals with a high degree of technical and professional knowledge can continue to supportContinue reading “NASA Names Two Artemis II Astronauts to Emeritus Program”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 The span of sols spanned by this blog post is noteworthy in several ways. First, Curiosity became a world-class (for Mars at least) mountaineer by passing the 1 kilometer mark of elevation from itsContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4995-5001: 5,000 (Martian) Days on Mars”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.