Going Low and Slow in Testing
Reported by NASA
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. Th...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 28 May 2026 16:01 +0000
NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds
Reported by NASA
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...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 28 May 2026 14:40 +0000
How NASA Uses Light to Detect Waste From Mines
Reported by NASA
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 hel...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 28 May 2026 14:20 +0000
Growing Stem Cells in Space to Improve Cancer and Disease Treatments
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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 gr...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00 +0000
Do Europa’s water vapor plumes not exist after all?
Reported by Space | EarthSky
New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope suggest that Europa's water vapor plumes are less likely than previously thought. But they don't rule them out.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 28 May 2026 08:00 +0000
A Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
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Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 28 May 2026 04:00 +0000