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Planetary Sciences Oct 13, 2026

New solar model maps sun more accurately by checking far-side activity

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)-led team has developed an improved model for predicting solar events that incorporates activity on the far side of the sun. The team studied near-simultaneous maps of the whole solar ...

Astronomy Oct 13, 2026

NASA's SpaceX CRS-35 mission to launch health research

NASA experiments focused on human and plant health and drug-resistant organisms will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency from Cape Canaveral Space ...

Space Exploration Oct 12, 2026

NASA demonstrates next-generation heat shield technologies

NASA is taking an unusual approach to testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the moon and Mars: taking out the trash.

Astronomy Oct 12, 2026

Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica's role in exploring the cosmos

When Belgian American particle physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical ...

Space Exploration Oct 12, 2026

The Preliminary Lunar Science Report for Artemis II is out

On April 1, 2026, the crew of the Artemis II mission launched into space atop NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). Roughly 3 1/2 hours after launch, the rocket's upper stage separated from the Orion spacecraft (Integrity), and ...

Environment Oct 9, 2026

Data centers make heat all year long—here's how the ground can hold onto it until winter

You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the ...

Space Exploration Oct 9, 2026

Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space

Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday after hurrying there eight months ago to replace an ailing colleague and his crew.

Plants & Animals Oct 8, 2026

Healthy reef sounds can boost coral and fish recovery efforts

Coral reefs are renowned for their visual beauty, but for the marine life they support, their sounds may be just as enticing. Two new studies led by UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography reveal how underwater ...

Space Exploration Oct 8, 2026

Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA's moon-bound Apollo program and later in life was celebrated as a powerful symbol of women in technology, ...

Space Exploration Oct 7, 2026

Artemis II crew moon photo annotations

A visualization of a dark moon eclipsing the sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member's tablet.

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