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Hubble Observes Stars Flaring to Life in Orion
Just-forming stars, called protostars, dazzle a cloudy landscape in the Orion Molecular Cloud complex (OMC). …

Fires on the Rise in the Far North
Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise …

Fire on Ice: The Arctic’s Changing Fire Regime
An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent,…

NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-11 Return, Splashdown
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the age…

NASA’s Pandora Small Satellite Launched
In this photo from early January 2026, teams prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Pandora small satellite, NASA-spon…

NASA, Department of Energy to Develop Lunar Surface Reactor by 2030
NASA, along with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced Tuesday a renewed commitment to their longsta…

NASA Back for Seconds with New Food System Design Challenge
NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sust…

Hubble Nets Menagerie of Young Stellar Objects
A disparate collection of young stellar objects bejewels a cosmic panorama in the star-forming region NGC 133…

NASA’s Webb Delivers Unprecedented Look Into Heart of Circinus Galaxy
The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole t…

A Plume of Bright Blue in Melissa’s Wake
The category 5 hurricane stirred up carbonate sediment near Jamaica in what scientists believe is the largest…

NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-12 Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and …

A Quarter Century in Orbit: Science Shaping Life on Earth and Beyond
For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, con…