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Engineering With Empathy: A Jamaican Engineer’s Reflection on Hurricane Melissa, Resilience, and Equity in St. Elizabeth

Engineer Jayann Walters reflects on Hurricane Melissa’s impact in Jamaica and the urgent need to build more resilient and equitable communities.Read more at All Together

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NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae

5 min read NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion. Gamma [...]

By |2026-05-20T08:55:00-04:00May 20th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PIA26775 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Mars’ Huygens Crater PNG (3.47 MB) Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, [...]

By |2026-05-19T16:47:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach PIA26774 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Spies Mars’ Wind-Blown Craters During Close Approach PNG (1.78 MB) Description This view of the [...]

By |2026-05-19T16:43:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole

1 Min Read Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole PIA26773 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal Psyche’s High-Resolution… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads Psyche’s High-Resolution View of Mars’ South Pole PNG (1.09 MB) Description This is the highest-resolution view of the water ice-rich south polar cap [...]

By |2026-05-19T16:38:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby PIA26772 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Sees Mars’ South Pole After Flyby PNG (423.28 KB) Description This is Psyche’s first view of [...]

By |2026-05-19T16:34:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars

1 Min Read NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PIA26771 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal NASA’s Psyche Mission Images… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About   Downloads NASA’s Psyche Mission Images the Crescent of Mars PNG (251.49 KB) Description This view of a crescent Mars was captured [...]

By |2026-05-19T16:28:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid

5 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) This view of a crescent Mars was captured on May 15, 2026, at about 5:03 a.m. PDT by NASA’s Psyche mission as it approached the planet for a gravity assist. The image has been processed into a natural-color view using red, green, and blue [...]

By |2026-05-19T15:49:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Astronauts Work Cancer, Cartilage Treatments, Cosmonauts Prep for Spacewalk

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft, with its nose cone open to reveal its docking mechanism, approaches the International Space Station carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew on May 17, 2026.NASA/Jessica Meir The Expedition 74 crew explored advanced treatments for cancer and cartilage injuries on Tuesday using the [...]

By |2026-05-19T15:27:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

Moon-Venus Conjunction

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington.NASA/Bill Ingalls The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson NASA [...]

By |2026-05-19T13:07:00-04:00May 19th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |
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