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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Thirty-eight science educators representing seven school districts across Virginia’s Tidewater region joined forces with community organizations, such as the Elizabeth River Project, to deepen their instructional practice through a dynamic collaboration between NASA eClips and the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) Program. Together, these groups areContinue reading “NASA eClips and GLOBE Educators Strengthen a Regional STEM Ecosystem in Coastal Virginia”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to capture this 360-degree panorama of a region nicknamed “Crocodile Bridge” on Jezero Crater’s rim. The panorama is made up of 980 images, 971 of which were taken on Dec. 18, 2025, the 1,717th Martian day, or sol, of theContinue reading “NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Surveys ‘Crocodile Bridge’”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, May 1, 2026 Chile’s Atacama desert is the driest mid-latitude desert in the world, receiving only 15 millimeters (0.59 inches) of precipitation per year. Only the dry valleys of Antarctica receive less precipitation. These environmental conditionsContinue reading “Curiosity Blog, Sols 4879-4885: Struggle at Atacama”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY After a recent count, NASA Citizen Science is proud to report that more than 650 people who have volunteered to participate in NASA citizen science projects have co-authored peer-reviewed research papers with scientists on those project teams. These volunteers made incredible contributions like: And all of them saw their passionContinue reading “650 NASA Volunteers Have Co-Authored Scientific Papers”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description This series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover as it got a rock stuck to the drill on the end of its robotic arm and, after waving the arm and running the drill a few times, finally detached the rock. The imagery showing the entire process was capturedContinue reading “NASA’s Curiosity Rover Frees Its Drill From a Rock”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA-funded scientists have discovered that life on Earth over 3 billion years ago relied on the metal molybdenum, which was incredibly scarce in the environment at the time. The study, published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, is the first to show that molybdenum was used by ancient life this farContinue reading “NASA Research Shows Early Life Relied on Rare Metal”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronaut Chris Williams as he answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, May 8, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTubeContinue reading “NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Florida”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Description NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft’s Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image from a distance of approximately 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) at a resolution of about 1.9 miles (3Continue reading “NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY On the morning of May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch vehicle lifted into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Over the next 15 minutes, Shepard ascended to an altitude of 116 miles (187 kilometers) in his Freedom 7 spacecraft, becoming the first AmericanContinue reading “Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight”