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Connecting Educators with NASA Data: Learning Ecosystems Northeast in Action

Reported by NASA

One of the challenges many teachers face year after year is a sense of working alone. Despite the constant interaction with students many questions often linger: Did the lesson stick? Will students carry this knowledge with them? Will it shape how they see...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:59 +0000

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4655-4660: Boxworks With a View

Reported by NASA

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Friday Sept. 12, 2025 Curiosity continues to image, analyze, and traverse through a landscape characterized by higher standing ridges ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:15 +0000

Helicopter Training for Artemis Missions

Reported by NASA

NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick (left) and Mark Vande Hei (right) prepare to fly out to a landing zone in the Rocky Mountains as part of the certification run for the NASA Artemis course on Aug. 26, 2025. The mountains in northern Colorado offer similar v...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:30 +0000

Avatars for Astronaut Health to Fly on NASA’s Artemis II

Reported by NASA

NASA announced a trailblazing experiment that aims to take personalized medicine to new heights. The experiment is part of a strategic plan to gather valuable scientific data during the Artemis II mission, enabling NASA to “know before we go” back to t...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:56 +0000

Weird Ways to Observe the Moon

Reported by NASA

International Observe the Moon Night is on October 4, 2025, this year– but you can observe the Moon whenever it’s up, day or night! While binoculars and telescopes certainly reveal incredible details of our neighbor’s surface, bringing out dark seas...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:00 +0000

New comet SWAN25B already bright, but near sunset’s glow

Reported by Space | EarthSky

A new comet is visible not far from the setting sun. Comet SWAN25B is already bright, though its location will make it a challenge to observe. Finder map here! The post New comet SWAN25B already bright, but near sunset’s glow first appeared on EarthSky....
  • By: Space | EarthSky
  • On: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:12 +0000