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APOD: 2026 November 11 – NGC 4449: Small Galaxy, Big Impact Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:05:00 +0000 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 11 – NGC… 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. NGC 4449: […]

Water Surges Into Navajo Reservoir Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:01:00 +0000 Rounds of heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest flooded rivers and rapidly raised New Mexico’s second-largest reservoir.

NASA Invites Media, Public to Join Voyager 1 One-Light Day Activities Tue, 10 Nov 2026 19:22:45 +0000 Launched nearly 50 years ago in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 on Wednesday, Nov. 18 will have traveled one light-day from Earth, which is more than 16 billion miles (25.9 billion kilometers). Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object, and any light from Earth would take 24 hours to reach the spacecraft. NASA will highlight […]

NASA to Welcome Expedition 74 Astronauts Home at Space Center Houston Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:06:33 +0000 NASA will welcome home the Expedition 74 crew during a public event at Space Center Houston following their return from a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams; ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot; and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud‑Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will share mission […]

NASA Scientists Show How Gravitational Waves Can Reveal New Worlds Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:00:26 +0000 The LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) observatory, now in development, will detect gravitational waves, the tiny ripples in space-time caused by orbiting masses. Now two studies led by NASA astrophysicists show in new detail how LISA could reveal a new and unique population of exoplanets — worlds beyond our solar system — throughout our galaxy. […]

CHAPEA Crew Leaves a Mark Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:57:55 +0000 The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) Mission 2 crew arranged photos around a boot print in the simulated Martian sand outside their habitat on Aug. 31, 2026. The crew recently exited their habitat on Saturday, Oct. 31, after 378 days of isolation in a facility at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Health […]

APOD: 2026 November 10 – Saturn Behind the Moon Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:05:00 +0000 APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 10 –… 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. Saturn Behind the […]

Autumn Mornings Bring Valley Fog Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Low clouds trace the branching valleys of the Appalachian Plateau and the Cumberland River, then burn off by afternoon.

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5056-5062: Charging Back Up! Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:07:45 +0000 By Remington Free, Operations Systems Engineer, NASA-JPL Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 30, 2026 Today’s plan covered 3 sols, 5060, 5061, and 5062, as we take a few recharging sols before getting back to our normal drilling activities. As you may know if you have been following the blog closely, we are in the middle […]

Curiosity Blog, Sols 5050-5055: It’s Nazca, Our 49th Drill Hole Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:05:48 +0000 Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 As regular readers of this blog will know, we returned to the area where we found disc shaped inclusions in the rocks, which we interpreted as potential crystals. If they are indeed crystals, and […]