APOD: 2026 August 12 – Perseids over a Little Planet
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August 2026
Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Polar Geospatial Center EarthDEM Elevation Products
A new quality assessment report from NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program evaluates data from the Polar Geospatial Center’s (PGC) EarthDEM product. The results of the evaluation help inform…
King Tut was buried with more than a hundred pairs of underwear—all tailored to fit his massive butt
What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to Popular Science’s hit podcast. The Weirdest…
NASA Telescopes Create Colorful ‘Craft’ From Nearby Nebula
4 Min Read NASA Telescopes Create Colorful ‘Craft’ From Nearby Nebula Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous…
300-year-old sturgeon are swimming around the Great Lakes
The six-foot long, 100-pound, and thunderously loud lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) skulking around the Great Lakes may live upwards of 200 to 300 years. A new study published in the…
Building the Moon Base: NASA Stories at the Ion
4 Min Read Building the Moon Base: NASA Stories at the Ion Shatel Bhakta, principal systems engineer for NASA’s Moon Base Program, gives a presentation during NASA Stories at the…
NASA Shares Station Research Today Supporting Moon, Mars Tomorrow
International Space Station Expedition 74 astronauts (from left) Chris Williams, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Jessica Meir inside the space station’s cupola waiting to observe the Orion spacecraft—with the Artemis…
Do rage workouts really help to blow off steam?
Take a deep breath and count to ten. That’s the classic advice for dealing with a situation that makes you angry. But recently, some people have been resorting to a…
Dogs can tell if you’re angry, scared, or sad
Spend any time with a dog, and it’s clear many have a remarkable ability to understand how we’re feeling. But while there are endless anecdotes of empathetic dogs coming to…
Lion Nebula Roars to Life With NASA’s Webb
Explore Webb Science James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Lion Nebula Roars to Life With… Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite…