The next ASTRA seminar will be held June 12th, 12:00p - 1:00p ET (9:00a-10:00a PT). Connection information can be found on the PhysCOS seminar webpage and the COR seminar page. Title: Ground and Space-Based Astronomy in the 2030s/2040s. Speaker: Rob Petre, NASA / GSFC. The three

Wednesday aboard the International Space Station featured human research, microbial analysis and 3D bioprinting alongside routine maintenance and cargo work. Doctors on the ground monitor astronaut health continuously, and the long-running CIPHER suite of 14 studies examines how spaceflight affects physical and mental condition. Flight engineer Chris Williams began his

NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary for the planet to become habitable. The study, published today in Science Advances, traces that history by examining the ratio of phosphorus to nitrogen in iron meteorites and in younger objects known as

This virtual seminar will be held 12 June 2026, 12:00pm–1:00pm ET (9:00am–10:00am PT). It is a Physics of the Cosmos community seminar on Ground- and Space-Based Astronomy in the 2030s/2040s, presented by Rob Petre, NASA / GSFC. The three Astrophysics Program Analysis Groups (COPAG,

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image released on May 29, 2026, focuses on an active spiral galaxy undergoing a journey that spans hundreds of millions of years. The galaxy Messier 88 (M88), also known as NGC 4501, lies about 63 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice’

Particles traveling close to the speed of light near Jupiter were captured by the Juno mission, providing new evidence for how and where high-energy particles, including cosmic rays, form. Astronomers have sought the origins of cosmic rays for more than a century. These energetic particles can come from many sources,

The Cosmic Origins community meets in Pasadena, California, 14–18 June 2026. All times Pacific. On Tuesday, 16 June, 10:00am–11:30am, NASA's Big Science, Small Missions session takes place in the Pasadena Convention Center, Conference Center 204. The session explores how easier, more cost‑effective access

Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on May 17, 2026. The orbital outpost was soaring 259 miles

This 3D-print model shows Europa Clipper's major components and science instruments and lets users manipulate the solar-array–radar wings, which in the model rotate less than 360 degrees. The spacecraft's X, Y, and Z body axes are marked on the model, and “VSCA” on the stand

The NASA Astrobiology Program selected 15 members for Task Force 1 of the 2025 NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES). In response to 130 community whitepapers submitted to a Request for Information, Task Force 1 identified nine major focus areas. These focus areas were refined at a community

Microbiology, biotechnology and physics dominated research aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as the Expedition 74 crew explored how microgravity affects bacteria, cartilage growth and metallic structure. Scientific hardware maintenance rounded out the schedule to ensure continuous experimental operations. NASA flight engineer Jack Hathaway reviewed procedures ahead of an

The Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) mission will place a robotic arm with seven degrees of freedom into low Earth orbit. NASA is opening access to that arm for a select group of U.S. researchers — principal investigators, post‑doctoral researchers, professors and highly qualified graduate students — who can propose a

NASA is developing lunar surface infrastructure technologies to enable long‑duration exploration and science missions for the Moon Base at the lunar South Pole with Artemis. To sustain a long‑term presence, the agency is building systems for abundant power and energy storage, extraction of local resources that could be

A mobile wastewater treatment system built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center departed the spaceport and arrived at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Graduate students there will test the technology under conditions designed to closely mimic the challenges of operating on another planetary surface. Called the Divergent

In the mid-20th century astronomers discovered "clumpy" galaxies filled with bright blobs—massive stellar nurseries where stars are born at an explosive rate. These clumpy galaxies were much more common in the early universe than they are today, and their disappearance remains a mystery. The Euclid space telescope,

An international team co‑directed by a British marine archaeologist has uncovered the first shipwrecks in the Bahamas linked to the real pirates of the Caribbean. After the first official permission to dive in the closed zone of Nassau harbour, the expedition located six wrecks, three of them traceable to

Solstices mark the changing of seasons and occur twice a year, bringing the year’s shortest and longest daylight hours depending on your hemisphere. These extremes make solstice days more noticeable than the subtle equality of day and night at equinoxes. In 2026, they arrive on June 21 at 1:

On May 15 a wildfire was spotted on the southeastern side of Santa Rosa Island. Over the next several days the blaze grew to consume 18,379 acres (7,438 hectares), roughly one-third of the island. False-color Landsat images from May 16 and May 24 highlight the burned areas in

Registration is open for media to cover the arrival of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The observatory will arrive aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge from Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, where its construction, assembly and testing were

NASA selected Denmar Technical Services of Nevada to provide aircraft modifications, maintenance and testing services for the Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate at Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and Johnson Space Center in Houston. The award is a firm-fixed-price contract, with time-and-material provisions for any over-and-above or unforeseen work.

NASA and its partners are working on the solar array wings for the agency’s Artemis III Orion spacecraft. The European Service Module for NASA’s Artemis III mission undergoes acoustic testing inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout. NASA moved the core stage, the largest section of the

Early in June, look west shortly after sunset to see Venus and Jupiter, two of the brightest planets. Around June 9, they will appear very close together in a planetary conjunction. From June 11 through June 15, Mercury joins them low in the western sky, creating a mini parade of

Five research aircraft will support a Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) mission out of Ellington Field in Houston. Flights are expected from Wednesday, June 3 to Saturday, June 13. During the mission, select maneuvers will be conducted at low altitudes over the Houston area. Pilots will fly remote sensing payloads

The heat shield for NASA’s Dragonfly completed thermal-structural testing in the New Mexico desert. Team members from NASA’s Ames Research Center, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and Lockheed Martin collaborated with personnel at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility to stress-test the shield materials, ensuring

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