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NASA Roman Telescope primary mirror passes final inspection
The average bump on the Roman mirror's surface is only 1.
NASA Hosts Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event
On Monday, June 1, NASA Headquarters in Washington D.
NASA Awards $300M Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure Upgrades
Despite extending the proposal deadline to April 14, 2026, NASA's new $300 million contract for Johnson Space Center infrastructure requires all funds be obligated by September 30, 2026—a mere five an
Girl Scouts Explore Space Science at NASA-Led Camp Event
In early May 2026, 165 Girl Scouts at Camp Conowingo earned space science badges, yet three additional troops were turned away due to overwhelming demand, according to Science Nasa .
NASA Releases Draft Request for Landsat 10 Spacecraft
After a two-decade hiatus, NASA has officially opened the bidding process for its next dedicated Earth-observing satellite, Landsat 10.
NASA thermal sensors boost firefighter safety from blazes
The Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) is considering equipping its entire fleet of fire bulldozers with a new NASA-developed FireSense sensor.
Wildfires and Political Shifts Shape America's Future
Between 1988 and 2022, nearly 700,000 square miles of the continental U.
Jaclyn Kagey Leads Artemis EVA Planning for NASA
During a critical ammonia leak on the International Space Station, Jaclyn Kagey planned and executed a repair spacewalk with only 36 hours to prepare.
Blue-white star Spica visible next to moon tonight
On May 26, the waxing gibbous moon will appear remarkably close to the brilliant blue-white star Spica in the southern sky at sunset.
The Mandalorian and Grogu Earn $100 Million Over Memorial Day Weekend
The U.S. box office for the four-day Memorial Day weekend plummeted by a staggering 33% compared to the previous year. This collapse occurred even as 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' roared to a $100 milli
AI finds eight new signals of interest in old data
An artificial intelligence system has uncovered eight previously unidentified signals of interest from a dataset of nearby stars, previously scoured by classical techniques, according to SETI .
Estes Blue Origin Model Rocket On Sale for Memorial Day
The Estes Blue Origin New Shepard model rocket is on sale for $13.
Game 'Lunar Strike' depicts space travel decline in 2026
In the game 'Lunar Strike', released in 2026, the player assumes the role of a junior archivist documenting humanity's final lunar settlement, not as a triumph of exploration, but as a consequence of
Transformers 40th anniversary movie returns to theaters in 2026
Forty years after children cried in theaters over Optimus Prime's death, 'Transformers: The Movie' is returning to cinemas in 4K.
The Evolving Canon of Best Science Fiction
In the past six months, sales of Octavia Butler's 'Parable of the Sower,' a novel depicting societal collapse due to climate change and inequality, surged by 300% at major bookstores.
Biological agents transform regolith, boosting crop fertility
Scientists recently grew 27 grams of duckweed from just one gram of cyanobacteria mixed with Martian regolith simulant.
NASA Covers Roscosmos Spacewalk for Critical Station Antenna Repair
On Wednesday, May 27, NASA will broadcast live as Russian cosmonauts perform critical maintenance outside the International Space Station, potentially addressing a failed antenna.
NASA material resists molten moon dirt for lunar industry
The newly formed material did not match any of the over 1 million substances in the X-ray analysis database, underscoring its unprecedented composition for lunar applications, according to NASA (.
NASA Ground Crews Drive Aircraft Readiness Through Dedicated Operations
While NASA's X-59 experimental jet flies twice daily and the ER-2 supports geological mapping in Colorado, its C-20A simultaneously operates in Peru and Panama.
Submarine eruption detected in Bismarck Sea on May 8
High above the Central Bismarck Sea, NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites captured optical imagery of white, steam-rich volcanic plumes rising into the atmosphere on May 9, 2026, signaling an unexpected s
NASA Unveils 2025 International Space Station Science Results
In 2025, a Roscosmos investigation aboard the International Space Station used magnetic levitation to form complex tissue structures.
7 Emerging Technologies Accelerating Scientific Discovery
A new multi-agent AI system from Google DeepMind, Co-Scientist, recently identified drug candidates for liver fibrosis; one blocked 91% of a scarring-linked response in lab tests, according to Google
New Theory Proposes Universe With No Beginning
What if the universe didn't begin with a bang, but with a bounce – emerging from the collapse of a previous cosmos?
Space Exploration: Recent Discoveries and Commercial Trends
In the last five years, private companies have launched more payloads into orbit annually than all national space agencies combined, a reorientation of cosmic access detailed in the SpaceX Annual Repo