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APOD: 2026 October 22 – The First Green Star, WD J1330+6435 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:05:00 +0000 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 22 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The First […]

Fires Char New Guinea Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:01:00 +0000 Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.

Faster to Science: A Letter to the Science Community Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:16 +0000 NASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions. On Monday, October 26, we will host a virtual NASA Science Town Hall.

NASA Conducts RS-25 Engine Test in Support of Future Artemis Missions Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:51:50 +0000 NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. During […]

NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:35:56 +0000 Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, they had no idea that their work marked the inception of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ninety years later, the lab, now managed by Caltech for NASA, isn’t […]

NASA to Conduct NCAA Flyover, Engage Fans at University of Alabama Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:31:11 +0000 As part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, NASA will conduct a flyover at the University of Alabama vs. Texas A&M football game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Saturday, Oct. 24. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will pilot one of three F-5 fighter jets during the flyover, highlighting NASA’s contributions to aeronautics and the agency’s continued commitment to […]

Tracks Along the Longest Drive on Another World Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:50:44 +0000 Written by Vandi Verma, Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Oct. 12, 2026 Since the last blog update, Perseverance has achieved a major milestone on Mars. On Sol 2006 (Oct. 11, 2026), its odometer reached 45.22 kilometers (28.10 miles), setting a new record for the farthest distance driven on another celestial […]

Science on the Space Station with NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:05:08 +0000 NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox on Oct. 9, 2026, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink and then filling a special cartridge with the cell‑ink mixture. The advanced research operations were part of the InSPA‑Auxilium Bioprinter‑Cell Printing investigation, which explores 3D […]

NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:17:58 +0000 From orbit, today’s space-based laser instruments measure Earth’s forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly measure. NASA’s CASALS instrument will blend machine learning with an ultra-compact lidar instrument to adaptively ‘sweep’ large swaths of Earth’s surface. This […]

APOD: 2026 October 21 – New Ghosts Revealed in Cassiopeia Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:05:00 +0000 APODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 October 21 – New…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. OriginalAnnotated New Ghosts Revealed in Cassiopeia Explanation: Jinkies, look at all those ghosts! It took 100 […]