Upcoming activities relevant to the Program Analysis Groups are scheduled for 10 - 17 June 2026. Wednesday 10 June at 11a Eastern (8a Pacific): Gravitational Wave Science Interest Group (GW SIG) seminar — Expected Science from deciHz Gravitational Waves, Cole Miller (University of Maryland). At 1p Eastern (10a Pacific): Habitable Worlds

Cole Miller of the University of Maryland is the speaker for the GW SIG Seminar. The seminar is listed as 10 June 2026. GW SIG Seminar, 10 June 2026. cole miller, university, maryland, gw sig, sig seminar, seminar, speaker, 10 june, june 2026, 2026

“If you take all these springs together in terms of flow, it’s by far the largest in Ireland, and one of the biggest systems in the world,” said Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau, geologist for the newly designated Unesco Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark in western Ireland. Over a few

About an hour’s drive east of Dubai, at the northern edge of the Rub’ al Khali, pale limestone ridges rise from the desert plain, the largest—Jabal al Fāyah—reaching 412 meters above sea level. Landsat 8 captured this landscape on October 23, 2025, where saffron-colored sand meets the

LINK, a robotic servicing spacecraft built by Katalyst Space to capture and boost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, arrived at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Friday, June 5. At Wallops’ Horizontal Integration Facility, Northrop Grumman engineers will install the spacecraft into one of the company’s Pegasus

Massachusetts Institute of Technology took first place in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition with Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm. A second MIT team placed overall with Mars Exploration Layered Infrastructure for Operations, Research, and Advancement, while Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University finished third with

On Aug. 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. Many other places in the Northern Hemisphere will see a partial eclipse, including parts of the northern U.S. (from Alaska to North Carolina), most

NASA’s experimental X-59 flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time on Friday, June 5. Test pilot Jim “Clue” Less took off and landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, reaching a top speed of approximately Mach 1.1 (713 mph) and an altitude of

Teams building the INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission have finished assembly and testing of two of the three SmallSats that will survey the dynamics of tropical convective storms. Testing on the third SmallSat continues, with completion scheduled no earlier than September ahead of a 2027 launch. The three observatories

After the Artemis II crew safely splashed down in the Pacific on April 10, teams moved quickly to collect data that will help explain how the human body adapts from microgravity back to Earth’s gravity. Crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen completed

This article explores the relationship between stars and the seasons experienced by the planets which orbit them. It examines how a star and its planets are linked when it comes to seasonal change. The piece seeks to clarify that connection. stars, seasons, planets, orbit, seasonal change, star planet, relationship, planetary

One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA’s first spacewalk, the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled for Gemini VIII, the extravehicular activity was reassigned to Gemini IX-A after that mission ended early, with Gene Cernan taking on the task. On June 5,

NASA selected the ExoPAG Executive Committee through a Dear Colleague letter. The EC coordinates between NASA and the wider exoplanet community represented by the ExoPAG. The current EC was selected in May 2025. Members include Ian Crossfield (Chair, The University of Kansas), Thomas Beatty (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Aparna Bhattacharya (University

Alaska’s extreme seasonal swings make it an unusual but valuable place to study the Sun and space weather. The state is the only U.S. one that lies partly within the Arctic Circle, where the difference between summer and winter daylight grows with latitude and can produce 24 hours

The 248th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society will be held in Pasadena, California, from 14 to 18 June 2026. On Monday, 15 June, 10:00am–11:30am PT, the Future Large Gamma-ray (FLAG) Mission Concepts working group will convene a hybrid work session in Conference Center 204 to review

In Australia's Northern Territory, land managers use prescribed burns in fire-prone savannas to reduce the severity of later-season blazes. Satellites typically begin detecting large numbers of wildland fires across the Top End and Arnhem Land in May and June; an Aqua satellite captured widespread smoke and fires on

An image shows nighttime temperatures at the Moon’s north pole. Those temperatures were measured by the Diviner instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. The image highlights how thermal conditions vary across the polar landscape at night. moon, north pole, nighttime temperatures, diviner instrument, lro, orbiter, spacecraft, thermal

3D bioprinting and stem cell research were the main topics aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, with Expedition 74 crew members also photographing growing plants and lab windows while packing a U.S. cargo spacecraft. NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir and ESA flight engineer Sophie Adenot tested a 3D

Thunderclouds roll across the sky and raindrops fall sporadically, yet at 81 percent humidity they barely register as 48 undergraduate students gather in Houston for a hands-on research experience. The Student Airborne Research Program is an eight-week internship usually held on the East and West coasts; this year SARP East

Juno captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity. It provides a detailed

Surviving Earth is an eight-part docuseries co-produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio and Loud Minds that premieres Thursday, June 11 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It revisits pivotal periods in Earth’s past to highlight the planet’s resilience and the many creatures that once called it home. Across

Location Virtual Dates 5 June 2026 9:00am-11:00am PT 12:00pm-2:00pm ET. This webinar will provide an overview of the current landscape of space interferometry, spanning foundational concepts, enabling technologies, mission architectures, and key astrophysical science applications. Experts across the community will explore how interferometric techniques can enable

One of the first images from the Artemis II mission shows Earth’s full disk amid a host of solar system features. An astronaut aboard the Orion spacecraft took the photo after the translunar injection burn, and although the visible hemisphere looks sunlit, it is illuminated by moonlight. From Orion’

Drilling kept the rover in place for a while, and our 47th successful drill, "Campo Marte," was no exception. The team used that downtime to run many observations. Having served three times as Science Operations Working Group chair while we were here, I find this a real goodbye

Twenty-five years ago humanity set out on a sustained effort to live and work together in space. What began as a fragile framework of modules has become the longest-running platform for international cooperation in orbit — the International Space Station. The hub offers a 2026 calendar and downloadable desktop and mobile