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NASA to Study Human Health, Performance During Crew-13 Mission

Reported by NASA

During NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission aboard the International Space Station, astronauts will support a series of biomedical and human performance investigations, including a new collaborative effort to study how spaceflight affects blood flow and clott...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:53 +0000

Curiosity rover insights after 5000+ sols on Mars

Reported by Space | EarthSky

Curiosity rover has now spent 5,000 sols — the equivalent to 5,000 Martian days, or more than 14 years — on Mars. Here's a look at some of its discoveries. The post Curiosity rover insights after 5000+ sols on Mars first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000

Stanford Engineers Teach Spacecraft to "Dream" Their Way to the Space Station

Reported by Universe Today

Docking with the ISS may seem simple. However, actually doing so is a showcase in how difficult orbital mechanics can be. It’s equivalent to traveling down a highway at 28,000 km/hr and parallel parking into an open garage on a multi-billion dollar labor...
  • By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
  • On: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:12 +0000

APOD: 2026 September 24 – The Ghosts of Five Supernovas

Reported by NASA

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 24 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating univ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:05 +0000

Cloudy Cloak Over the Northwest

Reported by NASA

A low-lying cloud layer brought autumn ambience to western Washington and Oregon, while mountainous areas near the coast remained above the pall....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:01 +0000

Strange Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Shaped by Weird Stars

Reported by Universe Today

Galaxies and their stars in the early Universe look a lot weirder than those we see today, and astronomers want to know why. A team of researchers at the University of Utah decided to survey certain stars in nearby galaxies as analogs of those that existed...
  • By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
  • On: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:07 +0000