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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This July 23, 2026, illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars’ atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission. NASA MAVEN mission scientists have found that certain types of auroras on MarsContinue reading “Understanding How Martian Auroras Are Made”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission scientists: honeycomb-like textures called polygonal fractures, each one about 1.5 to 3 inches (4 to 8 centimeters) across. The mission has spotted small patches ofContinue reading “NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Since their discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022, little red dots (LRDs) have been the subject of great interest to astronomers. Understanding the nature of these extremely distant, compact red sources has been a puzzling scientific endeavor. One popular theory is that little red dots are supermassiveContinue reading “NASA Webb Explores Family Tree of Newly Discovered Distant Objects”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ray Williams’ progression at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has uniquely prepared him for his new role. As part of NASA’s plan to restore core competencies by converting contractors to civil service, the New Orleans native and Grambling State University graduate now works as a supervisorContinue reading “Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Ray Williams”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Seaweed composing the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt hit near-record levels in June 2026, with the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America both reaching all-time highs.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lightning storms have ignited dozens of fires in central and eastern Oregon.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Chris Williams will recap his recent eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 2:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 4, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA will stream this event live through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online:Continue reading “NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Space Station Mission”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona — it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and its influence on Earth. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, as the next total solarContinue reading “NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in Kazakhstan. This was Williams’ first mission. Williams spent eight months aboard the International Space Station, where he supported a wide rangeContinue reading “NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA will provide coverage as astronauts venture outside the International Space Station during three spacewalks in August to continue upgrading solar arrays, replace a communications antenna, and connect power and data cables in support of space station operations. Experts will preview the upcoming spacewalks during a news conference at 2Continue reading “NASA to Cover Three US Spacewalks, Host Preview News Conference”