Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster 
NASA Breaking News
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the active spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88), located about 63 million light-years away.
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Blue Origin Rocket Blows Up on Florida Launchpad During Test
The rocket, built by the Jeff Bezos-owned space company, was to carry 48 satellites into space. Blue Origin reported on social media that “all personnel have been accounted for.”
A Hidden Treasure of Rare Snake Specimens 
NYT Science
In the foothills of the Ecuadorean Amazon, a 101-year-old farmer and a young scientist turned an amateur collection into a scientific survey of one of the most diverse snake habitats on Earth.
Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle NASA Breaking News
Radar data from an agricultural area in South Africa, shown in a vivid color palette, reveal crop types and how they changed during the Southern Hemisphere’s growing season.
Greenpeace’s Long War With a Pipeline Titan Enters a Strange New Phase NYT Science
This month, a North Dakota court barred Greenpeace from saying what it wanted in a European court, an unusual move. The environmental group says it is forging ahead.
NASA’s X-59 Prepares for First Supersonic Flight NASA Breaking News
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is preparing for some of its most significant flights yet. The X-plane is about to begin a new block of test flights that will include its first time flying faster than the speed of sound and other mission-critical objectives. “What comes next is the first time this one-of-a-kind aircraft […]
I Am Artemis: Daniel Stubbs NASA Breaking News
Listen to this audio excerpt from Daniel Stubbs, NASA aerospace engineer: If you’ve driven through a cloud of dust and dirt that temporarily obscured your view, you’ve gotten a partial picture of a potential problem that NASA’s human landing systems for Artemis will face when they land on the Moon. Daniel Stubbs, an aerospace engineer […]
New Landsat Science Team Holds First In-Person Meeting NASA Breaking News
From May 5 to 7, the Landsat Science Team meeting convened at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Co-moderated by Landsat 8, 9, and 10 Project Scientist Chris Neigh, the three-day event officially introduced the new 2026–2030 Science Team members.
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4900-4907: Pasadena, We Have a Drill Sample! NASA Breaking News
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Earth planning date: Friday, May 22, 2026 I spent this past weekend eagerly awaiting the downlink from Mars that would show us the results of Curiosity’s drill attempt at “Campo Marte.” A few weeks ago, when Curiosity drilled the “Atacama” […]
NASA Uses Mineralogical Marker to Understand Ancient Martian Climate NASA Breaking News
Scientists analyzed 20 Martian samples collected by NASA’s Curiosity Rover and found that differences in hematite crystallite size at varying elevations could serve as a new mineralogical marker for understanding Mars’ ancient climate.
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Poster NASA Breaking News
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Happy, Bronx Zoo Elephant at Center of Animal Rights Case, Is Dead at 55 NYT Science
Activists had sued in a bid to secure her the fundamental human right to bodily liberty. Zoo officials said she was well cared for and called the lawsuit frivolous.
Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Kenny Heckle NASA Breaking News
Kenny Heckle grew up in Orlando, just west of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An 80s child, he comes from a long line of union pipefitters and fabricators. Heckle recalls the day 42 years ago at KARS Park, which is a NASA Exchange–run recreation area for the agency’s workforce and their guests, when he […]
NASA Astronaut Andrew Morgan Retires NASA Breaking News
May 28, 2026 After a 12-year career at NASA, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Andrew R. Morgan has retired from the agency to continue his military service. Morgan spent 272 days in space aboard the International Space Station. NASA selected Morgan to join its 21st astronaut class in August 2013. He launched to the space station […]
Going Low and Slow in Testing NASA Breaking News
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on April 28, 2026, during testing focused on lower-speed and altitude flight conditions in support of NASA’s Quesst mission. The X-59 has completed initial test flights at high altitudes and near-supersonic speeds, opening the door for additional flights focused […]
NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds NASA Breaking News
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists expect the mission to reveal around 100,000 worlds — a staggering leap compared to the nearly 6,300 found so far thanks to NASA missions working in tandem with other […]
How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines NASA Breaking News
Tens of thousands of abandoned mines threaten waterways across the American West, but identifying which sites urgently need cleanup is slow and expensive. Now, NASA’s EMIT instrument can analyze the unique light signatures of mine waste from space to help focus remediation efforts where they’re needed most.
DNA solves 250-year-old mystery of the Seychelles’ lost crocodiles 
ScienceDaily
Scientists have solved the mystery of the Seychelles’ vanished crocodiles using DNA from historic museum specimens. The reptiles were not a unique species after all, but an isolated population of saltwater crocodiles that likely drifted thousands of kilometers across the Indian Ocean.
Growing Stem Cells in Space to Improve Cancer and Disease Treatments NASA Breaking News
Expedition 74 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are continuing research efforts to manufacture large quantities of stem cells for therapies on Earth. Previous studies have focused on fine-tuning hardware that allows scientists to produce greater quantities of high-quality stem cells. Now, the InSPA-StemCellEX-H2 investigation is aiming to demonstrate large scale production of blood stem […]
New York City’s Manhattanhenge is Back: When, Where and How to Watch NYT Science
On Thursday and Friday, some streets in Manhattan will get a lot more crowded as people gather to watch the city’s unique solar spectacle.
Can New Technology Help Save North Atlantic Right Whales? NYT Science
Innovative systems to keep ships from hitting North Atlantic right whales are coming into use. The Trump administration is weighing whether they can replace a bedrock protection.
A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes NASA Breaking News
Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety NASA Breaking News
With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level. The sensors also provide researchers with important data on what happens beneath the canopy during a fire. In April, researchers and […]
Released: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft NASA Breaking News
The Landsat 10 Spacecraft Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) is available for review via SAM.gov.
La NASA ofrece información actualizada sobre rovers, módulos de alunizaje y misiones de Base Lunar NASA Breaking News
Read this release in English here. Durante una sesión informativa sobre el programa Base Lunar, celebrada en la sede de la NASA en Washington, la agencia anunció nuevos contratos para el desarrollo de vehículos lunares con capacidad para transportar tripulación y módulos de aterrizaje de carga no tripulados con destino a la Luna. Directivos de […]
Girl Scouts Event Brings Space Science to the Next Generation NASA Breaking News
In early May 2026, NASA employees, contractors, and volunteers helped to bring Heliophysics to girls of all ages in a fun-filled weekend of hands-on science activities and experiments.
La NASA anunciará la tripulación de Artemis III e informará sobre el progreso de la misión NASA Breaking News
La NASA informará sobre los avances de la misión Artemis III de la agencia y anunciará los astronautas asignados a este vuelo de prueba durante un evento en vivo a las 11 a.m. EDT (hora del este) del martes 9 de junio en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la agencia en Houston. Siga la rueda […]
Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge NASA Breaking News
Katherine Rauscher of Michigan Technological University prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge competition on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Forty-seven teams from around the U.S. designed and built remote-controlled robots capable of traversing challenging lunar terrain while […]
NASA-European Sea Level Mission Homes in on El Niño NASA Breaking News
Sea level data from a satellite launched by NASA and European partners shows that a swell of warm water hundreds of miles wide has arrived in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, a sign that El Niño will likely emerge later in the year. Because water expands as it warms, a rise […]
Webinar 6/17: Discover, Access, and Task Commercial Data with NASA’s Satellite Data Explorer NASA Breaking News
Learn how to use the Satellite Data Explorer to search, access, and task commercial Earth Observation data.
Fish Sleep a Lot Like Us. (They Even Nap.) NYT Science
By tracking eye movements in zebrafish, researchers identified four different types of sleep, analogous to the complex sleep patterns of humans and other animals.
NASA’s Webb Reveals Black Hole That Formed Before Its Galaxy NASA Breaking News
Which comes first, the galaxy or the black hole? We don’t know, but scientists have long thought it could be the galaxy: Large stars within an existing galaxy consume their fuel and collapse to form black holes, which can gobble up surrounding material and merge over time to form more massive entities. But it’s hard […]
National Institutes of Health Nutrition Education Challenge NASA Breaking News
NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Nutrition Research (ONR) invites U.S.-based, accredited, non-profit academic institutions […]
NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics: Winning Student Teams Engineering Lunar Future NASA Breaking News
Resilient. Efficient. Autonomous. These are qualities NASA demands of its hardware, especially as the agency accelerates plans for a permanent Moon Base. NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge put those traits on full display, as college student engineers from across the country gathered at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center […]
Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy NASA Breaking News
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017, roughly 12,000 light-years in diameter and some 23 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. The galaxy’s low surface brightness makes it appear as a faint, starry swarm behind brighter foreground stars that are easily recognized by their diffraction spikes. Numerous red, […]
Ever Restless Mount Dukono Erupts NASA Breaking News
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update NASA Breaking News
NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The event will stream on NASA+ and on the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to […]
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York NASA Breaking News
Students in New York will hear from NASA astronaut Jessica Meir as she answers their prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11:05 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 28, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. This event […]
NASA Provides Update on Moon Base Rovers, Landers, Missions NASA Breaking News
Editor’s note: Release was updated May 27, 2026, to provide additional details on the crewed lunar terrain vehicles. During a Moon Base event Tuesday at NASA’s Headquarters in Washington, the agency announced new contracts for lunar rovers for crew to drive and uncrewed cargo landers bound for the Moon. NASA leaders also shared target launch […]
U.S. Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Start-Ups for Nuclear Fuel NYT Science
Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism from nonproliferation experts.
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