Inside Project Hail Mary
NASA/Dan Goods NASA astronaut and deputy director of the Flight Operations Directorate Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with panelists and the audience at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb.…
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Dry-Season Floods Drench Northern Colombia
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Dry-Season Floods Drench… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions…
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2025 Annual Report
Credit: NASA The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), which advises NASA and Congress on safety, has released its 2025 annual report on NASA’s performance and challenges. While the panel acknowledged…
Panama’s golden frogs beat extinction
It’s been 17 years since the bright yellow Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) hopped through its native habitat. But after nearly two decades of hard work, conservationists are finally reintroducing…
One of Europe’s largest Iron Age mass graves contains mostly women and children
A field in northern Serbia harbors a horrific secret dating back at least 2,800 years. At the Gomolava archaeological site roughly 35 miles west of Belgrade, researchers uncovered one of…
Making an Entrance
NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew-12 Pilot Jack Hathaway enters the International Space Station after docking aboard the Dragon spacecraft to join Expedition 74 and begin a long-duration microgravity research mission.…
Leaf tips glow blue in thunderstorms
The electrical energy generated by thunderstorms can make our hair stand up, and even create invisible sparkles on trees. Now, we have photographic proof of this long-theorized electrical event for…
Listen to This Month’s ‘Planetary Parade’ With NASA’s Chandra
6 Min Read Listen to This Month’s ‘Planetary Parade’ With NASA’s Chandra In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight : Six planets…
Physics discovery explains why sneakers squeak
It’s difficult to imagine watching a basketball game without the sound of sneakers squeaking across the court. The high-pitched noises are as instantly recognizable as they are inevitable—thanks to the…
NASA Study to Analyze Fermented Food Samples from Space
Astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) displays production bags containing probiotic yogurt cultures for the BioNutrients-3 investigation on Oct. 2, 2025, aboard…