A Bit of Gray on an Emerald Isle
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2026
Bull sharks make ‘friends’—and prefer females to males
Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) have a really bad reputation. The ocean’s bad boys are responsible for at least 100 unprovoked attacks on humans, 27 of which have been fatal. However,…
NASA Invites Media to Learn About Upcoming X-59 Test Flights
As its team prepared for second flight, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft underwent engine run testing on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.…
Blue crabs have a serious cannibalism problem
It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Literally. Cannibalism is the number one killer of the crustaceans that congregate in mid-salinity waters like coastal…
SPARCS CubeSat ‘First Light’ Images
2 Min Read SPARCS CubeSat ‘First Light’ Images PIA26731 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Photojournal Navigation Science Photojournal SPARCS CubeSat ‘First… Photojournal Home Photojournal Search Latest Content Galleries Feedback RSS About Downloads SPARCS…
To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun
7 min read To Protect Artemis II Astronauts, NASA Experts Keep Eyes on Sun As four astronauts travel around the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission, they will venture beyond…
Celebrating 100 Years Since Goddard’s Breakthrough Moment in Modern Rocketry
Dr. Robert H. Goddard and a liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket in the frame from which it was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Mass. Esther Goddard, from the Clark University…
A Combination of Techniques Leads to Improved Friction Stir Welding
Download PDF: A Combination of Techniques Leads to Improved Friction Stir Welding The NESC developed several innovative tools and techniques during an assessment to find the root cause of poor…
NESC Develops Method for Estimating Risk When Reducing NDE
Download PDF: NESC Develops Method for Estimating Risk When Reducing NDE Performing nondestructive evaluation (NDE) can have both cost and schedule impacts, leading some to question whether descoping (i.e., reducing…
Long-lost page from Greek manuscript discovered in French art museum
The Archimedes Palimpsest is a Byzantine prayerbook written in 1229, but the artifact holds more than what immediately meets the eye. The original writing on its pages was erased and…