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New NASA HEAT Coloring Book Blends Art, Science, and Cultural Perspectives

A new Sun-centered and science-focused coloring book produced by NASA in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is now available for people to learn while showing their artistic side. The book, titled “Journey Through the Heliosphere: The Sun-Earth System in Color,” has twenty-eight, 11”x14” pages, and includes science facts and coloring pages for [...]

By |2026-05-05T11:09:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Volunteers Double Known Population of Brown Dwarfs

A new paper from NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project announces that volunteers have essentially doubled the number of known brown dwarfs, with over 3,000 new discoveries made over the past 10 years since the project began. Brown dwarfs are balls of gas the size of Jupiter, less massive than stars. There’s one for every [...]

By |2026-05-05T09:48:00-04:00May 5th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Welcomes Ireland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, T.D., 3rd from left, signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs William Cappelletti, left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason, [...]

By |2026-05-04T17:09:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies

4 Min Read NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. Credits: NASA To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, [...]

By |2026-05-04T16:32:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Crew Works Advanced Radio Frequency, Quantum Physics, and Health Tech

NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Jessica Meir configures research gear inside the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station.NASA/Jessica Meir The Expedition 74 crew kicked off the week setting up advanced radio frequency technology, configuring quantum physics hardware, and conducting ultrasound vein scans aboard the International Space Station. The [...]

By |2026-05-04T15:08:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

NASA Welcomes Malta as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Credit: NASA The Republic of Malta became the 65th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Monday during a ceremony in the town of Kalkara with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome the Republic of Malta to the Artemis Accords community,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in recorded [...]

By |2026-05-04T13:46:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Breaking Barriers at 3rd Annual Findings from the Field Symposium

Students had the opportunity to practice their science communication skills during the poster session portion of the Findings from the Field Symposium, held in Portland Maine. On March 30, 2026, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) and the NASA Science Activation program’s Learning Ecosystems Northeast (LENE) project hosted the third installment of the [...]

By |2026-05-04T12:58:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber

Environmental testing of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 (MK1) lunar lander has been completed inside Thermal Vacuum Chamber A at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration mission to advance Human Landing System capabilities in support of [...]

By |2026-05-04T12:31:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Building Community Through Generosity: SWE Networks in Montréal 2026 International Women’s Day Meetup

Read about the engaging event that brought together over 40 attendees for an evening of community building, interactive activities, and panel discussions. Source

By |2026-05-04T12:20:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: Uncategorized|

For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds

4 min read For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds A study of NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) data on stellar pairs undergoing mutual eclipses has uncovered more than two dozen candidate exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system. This method allows the mission to locate planets it couldn’t [...]

By |2026-05-04T09:32:00-04:00May 4th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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