NASA’s AWE Completes Mission to Study Earth’s Effect on Space Weather
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On May 21, ground controllers powered down NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) instrument, bringing the data collection phase of the mission to a successful and scheduled end, surpassing its planned two-year mission. Installed on the exterior of th...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:31 +0000
NASA Wins Four Telly Awards for Artemis Moon Coverage, More
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NASA’s historic Artemis II mission coverage, which connected global audiences to watch the first humans to travel around the Moon in more than half a century, is among the agency’s video productions recognized with four 2026 Telly Awards. The agency’...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:06 +0000
Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms. Reddish-brown clumps and filaments of dust partially obscure the galaxy’s fu...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 17:32 +0000
Is Dust the Best Thing in the Universe? Part 2: The Astronomer's Headache
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Dust scatters light, absorbs light, re-emits light, and ruins everything. It's why our maps of the Milky Way were wrong before 1930, and it's why one of the biggest cosmological announcements of the 2010s quietly evaporated....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 14:16 +0000
NASA Welcomes 16th Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson
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Matt Anderson was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 16th deputy administrator by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. The oath was taken during a ceremony held at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. As NASA deputy administrator, Anderson will...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 14:08 +0000
NASA Highlights 2025 International Space Station Science Results
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To dive deeper into the International Space Station research achievements from the past year, browse the 2025 Annual Highlights of Results, which NASA released in May 2026. In 2025, researchers using the orbital laboratory conducted more than 750 investiga...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 21 May 2026 14:00 +0000