Approval to Exceed GSA Lodging for LPSC 2026
This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending LPSC2026, allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although it’s expected…
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550-pound Ice Age kangaroos could still hop
Kangaroos have likely been hopping across the planet for much longer than experts previously believed. Not only that, but the ancestors of today’s marsupials landed their leaps while growing much…
Adorable ferret-sized martens are rebounding in California
It’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the coastal marten. These secretive—but adorable—woodland carnivores nearly went extinct. Fortunately, these ferret-sized mammals are making a slow recovery in the forests of…
Widely Attended Gatherings (WAGs) Determinations
2026 Goddard Memorial Dinner 3.13.26 ISS 25th Anniversary 1.19.26 2026 Amentum Artemis II Rollout Reception 1.14.26 Maryland Space Business Roundtable 1.14.26 2025 Commercial Space Federation 12.9.25 Ansys Government Initiatives (AGI)…
Snow isn’t actually white
When someone says “as white as snow,” it’s easy to envision what they’re talking about. We often think of snow as a dazzling white, the same way we immediately conjure…
NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data
4 min read NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data This artist’s impression shows the star TRAPPIST-1 with two planets transiting across it. ExoMiner++, a…
Snow Buries Kamchatka
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Snow Buries Kamchatka Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions…
NASA’s Artemis II Mission to Fly Legacy Keepsakes with Astronaut Crew
This image shows NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA’s massive crawler-transporter, upgraded for the Artemis…
Japanese snow monkeys get more than just relief from hot springs
When the temperatures plunge and snow falls, it’s understandable to envy a snow monkey soaking in a steaming hot spring. Officially called Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), the primates are well…
NASA Invites Media to Crew-10 Visit at Marshall
Official crew portrait for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission with NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. Ayers…