Winter’s End Is Written in the Clouds
Reported by NASA
As winter turned to spring, the skies over the Gulf of Alaska displayed textbook examples of numerous cloud formations....
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00 +0000
Flexible 3D-Printable Shielding for Extreme Environments
Reported by Universe Today
You’re based at Artemis Station on the lunar south pole, and you’re monitoring your 12 autonomous rovers that are exploring the surrounding terrain for signs of water ice or other essentials minerals. They’re about 3 kilometers out when you suddenly ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:43 +0000
I Am Artemis: Ryan Schulte
Reported by NASA
Listen to this audio excerpt from Ryan Schulte, Orion flywheel project manager: As the four Artemis II astronauts traveled on a 694,481-mile journey around the Moon and back, the Orion spacecraft provided them w...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:45 +0000
How a Meteorite Helps Explain Mercury's Chemical Makeup
Reported by Universe Today
Mercury is one of the four rocky worlds of the Solar System, yet its chemistry is very different from Earth, Venus, and Mars. Missions to the planet show that it has an iron-poor, but sulfur- and magnesium-rich crust. Furthermore, it's known to planetary s...
- By: Carolyn Collins Petersen (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cc-petersen)
- On: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:45 +0000
US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence
Reported by NASA
Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission captured between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. The region has been a well-known hot spot of sub...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:12 +0000
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4873-4878: Welcome to the Atacama Drill Target
Reported by NASA
Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Friday, April 24, 2026 There was excitement in the air as the Curiosity Science Team kicked off a drill campaign at the Atacama site t...
- By: NASA
- On: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:38 +0000