Science-focused workshops to identify potential landing sites and adjacent exploration zones of high scientific value. First Landing Site Workshop for the SkyFall Mission February 9-10, 2027, Virtual The First Landing Site Workshop (LSW) for the SkyFall mission to Mars will be held virtually, Feb. 9-10, 2027, and will be the first of two science-focused workshops
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Fans pose for a photo with an astronaut in the NASA Experience Zone at an NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Atlanta Falcons at Acrisure Stadium, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NASA’s engagement at NFL games is part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour, aimed at strengthening connections between NASA and its
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NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program has acquired commercial datasets from Wyvern. Wyvern’s five-satellite Dragonette constellation delivers high-resolution hyperspectral imagery. The data enables detection and differentiation of subtle biophysical and geochemical changes, including detailed analysis of vegetation health, soil composition, water quality, and a variety of other environmental conditions that impact ecosystems and human
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Active Galactic Nuclei Science Interest Group Our Spotlight Series highlights recent advances in AGN science, with a strong emphasis on participation from early-career researchers, and includes plenty of time for community discussion following the presentations. AGN SIG about AGN SIG Spotlight Series Dates 22 September 20261:00pm ET / 10:00am PT Unveiling the Role of Multi-Phase
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The CORE 2.0 Report, which stands for Challenges and Opportunities for Research in ESI (Earth Surface and Interior), is a compiled every ten years by subject matter experts across the field. The 2026 report was turned into a magazine-style publication by a team at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Source link
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Explanation: The hydrogen in your body and present in every molecule of water came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body
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As North America rode out a summer of remarkable heat, fall foliage and cool, crisp weather still seemed like distant, alien concepts across much of the continent in early September 2026. But fall comes early in the tundra and subarctic ecosystems of Nunavut, in far northern Canada. Vivid signs of the season were already sweeping
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2 hours ago The BOOP! mission was launched on a scientific balloon from NASA’s launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, at 8:03 a.m. MDT (10:03 a.m. EDT) on Sept. 13, 2026. This is the second year for NASA’s Balloon Program Office’s Balloon Optimization Opportunity Payload, or BOOP!, which allows multiple technology instruments to be tested during flight for future missions. The mission carried experiments to test compact tools for
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Explanation: This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Just over four years ago, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rose before dawn to the delight of northern sky enthusiasts awake that early. Up before sunrise on July 8th, the featured photographer was able to capture in dramatic fashion one of the few comets visible to the unaided eye this century, an inner-Solar
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