An image of Westerlund 2 released on March 19, 2026, features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and infrared data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue). Scores of gleaming stars ringed in neon pink stretch across the frame, highlighting a cluster where stars

A virtual kickoff for the Origin of the Isotopes Science Analysis Group will be held 5 June 2026 at 1:00pm ET. As the origin of the heaviest elements is being unraveled, the group will explore what a next-generation nuclear astrophysics telescope can accomplish. The SAG will identify sources of

The Cosmic Structure SIG Seminar was held on 4 June 2026. Speakers included Johannes Lange (American U) and Chun-Hao To (U of Chicago). The event was presented as part of the Cosmic Structure SIG Seminar program. cosmic structure, sig seminar, johannes lange, chun-hao to, american u, chicago, seminar program, seminar,

A study found that “devastating” wildfires ripped across wealthier parts of the world in 2025 even as the global area burned fell to 335m hectares, the second-lowest since 2002. Catastrophic blazes struck California, Canada, Europe and South Korea; a Scottish “megafire” burned more than 100,000 hectares, the Palisades and

In mid-April 2026, Super Typhoon Sinlaku churned across the North Pacific and brought heavy rain and flooding to the Mariana Islands. It reached “violent typhoon” status—the Japan Meteorological Agency’s highest intensity, roughly equivalent to a category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale—and was one of only a handful

Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed the final inspection of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) primary mirror. On May 20 and 21 they confirmed no specks fell onto the mirrors during testing and that the mirror path and

Expedition 74 crew members focused Friday on blood-clotting and immune-function experiments to advance human health in microgravity. Flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir, along with Sophie Adenot, took turns processing blood platelet samples inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox. Jack Hathaway assisted by collecting the platelet

For most NASA funding opportunities, see the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES), which facilitates the search for NASA research opportunities across the entire agency. Current opportunities include ROA-2025 Research Opportunities in Aeronautics 2025 (ROA-2025), which solicits foundational and system-level research in support of NASA’s

Four early-career researchers collaborating on the BlueFlux project combine field and airborne measurements to track how Everglades wetlands store and release carbon. Driven by the question of whether the benefits we get from wetlands will be lost under growing human pressures and climate change, their work ranges from mangrove and

NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract supports up to $300 million in upgrades to mission‑support facilities, utilities, and equipment across the Johnson campus. All funds must be obligated

At the PhysPAG Executive Committee retreat May 20-21, the EC and SIG chairs reviewed community feedback on the ASTRA Initiative and announced a PhysPAG Community Webinar on Tuesday, 02 June at 2p-3p Eastern / 11a-12p Pacific to provide further clarification. The ASTRA Initiative will develop selected mission concept studies to Concept

NASA will host a public event featuring three Crew-11 astronauts at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, June 1, in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in the Mary W. Jackson building, 300 E. Street SW in Washington. The appearance takes place during the crew’s standard postflight visit. The speakers

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of liquid oxygen, hydrogen and methane erupted at 9:00 p.m. EDT last night at Launch Complex 36 on the grounds of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, when a New Glenn rocket built by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin blew apart during a test

SpaceX launched the 12th test flight of its giant Starship rocket on Friday evening, and the mission ended in the Indian Ocean just over an hour later. The 407-foot vehicle pairs an upper-stage spacecraft, often called Ship, with a Super Heavy booster that carries 33 engines. Despite several engine failures,

An international team of researchers has revised the standardized emissions scenarios used in climate modeling and abandoned the high-emissions pathway known as RCP8.5, calling it “implausible” given recent energy trends. The move, which affects a scenario cited in thousands of studies, touched off intense debate among scientists and drew

Live coverage is underway on Amazon Prime and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch content through a variety of online platforms, including social media. The unpiloted Progress 94 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Baikonur time) on a

The unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 94 spacecraft reached orbit after launching at 7:59 a.m. EDT (4:59 p.m. Baikonur time) on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. One of the craft’s two KURS automated rendezvous antennas did not deploy as planned after launch, though

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered signs of an ancient river beneath the surface of Jezero Crater, using ground-penetrating radar to reveal buried layers of sediment left by flowing water. The channel appears to have been larger and faster-moving than many scientists expected—perhaps comparable to medium-size rivers on

Astronaut Chris Williams smiles at the camera during a spacesuit fit verification on Jan. 2, 2026, inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. The procedure confirms that the spacesuit is airtight and properly configured, assesses comfort and mobility, and helps prevent potential safety risks. Williams and fellow astronaut Jessica

NASA selected 14 university teams from across the nation as finalists in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. The challenge tasks students to design innovative concepts that could further human life and work on the Moon, Mars, and beyond, and links academia with the aerospace community

Real-life space exploration and big-screen science fiction will converge on Friday as the agency prepares to launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis program and another step toward sending the first astronauts – Americans – to Mars. The fictional film "Project Hail Mary" will take audiences on

Health research and final spacewalk closeouts wrapped up the week for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station as they prepared to receive a cargo delivery next week. To understand how the human body reacts to space, residents collected biological samples for ground teams; Jack Hathaway and Jessica

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will host the 2026 NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute this July. The five-day, hands-on program is designed to help rising high school juniors and seniors prepare for a future in the aerospace workforce, and applications open Friday, March 20 and run through

The Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft began rolling to Launch Pad 39B at 12:20 a.m. EDT on Friday, March 20. Rollout operations at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida were delayed earlier in the day by high winds. The trek to

Kīlauea’s episode 43 flared on March 10, 2026, with high lava fountains and widespread ash dispersal. From about 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time, lava issued from two vents on the southwest side of Halema‘uma‘u Crater, producing fountains estimated at 1,770 feet (540