National Aeronautics and Space Administrion

Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many nonaerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general. Perhaps more importantly, our exploration of space has taught us to view Earth, ourselves, and the universe in a new way. While the tremendous technical and scientific accomplishments of NASA demonstrate vividly that humans can achieve previously inconceivable feats, we also are humbled by the realization that Earth is just a tiny "blue marble" in the cosmos. Check out our "Thinking About NASA History" folder online as an introduction to how history can help you.

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Apophis

"When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch it drift across the night sky."https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/apophis-flyby-in-2029-will-be-the-first-time-a-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-has-been-visible-to-the-naked-eye

Ancient Life Plot thickens

"Since February 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring a region on Mars known as Jezero Crater, a huge cavity believed to have once hosted a lake."https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/did-nasas-perseverance-rover-find-evidence-of-ancient-red-planet-life-the-plot-thickens?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Laboratory controlled conditions

"When it comes to finding out about the Universe in a scientific fashion, most of us think about performing experiments here on Earth under laboratory controlled conditions."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/spherex-jwst-comet-3i-atlas/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Samples collected by NASA’s Mars Rover

"A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life."


https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-says-mars-rover-discovered-potential-biosignature-last-year/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Cosmic Traffic



With all the talk about a new space age and new programs in space, you never hear about traffic lights in space. You never even see them in sci-fi films or books. Would there be the same laws as on a terrestrial highway? 

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Monday, September 8, 2025

Media Conference

"NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 10, to discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of a forthcoming science paper."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-to-share-details-of-new-perseverance-mars-rover-finding/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=perseverance20250908

Delayed Liftoff

"Liftoff of the 10th fully integrated Starship from SpaceX’s Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach, in Texas, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CDT / 7:30 p.m. EDT / 2330 UTC on Sunday, Aug. 24."https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/08/24/live-coverage-spacex-gets-ready-for-crucial-10th-test-flight-of-starship/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

31/ATLAS

"We already knew that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was different from the other two interstellar objects known to have traversed the Solar System, but a slew of new observations suggest it may be even weirder than the weirder that it was."https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/4-powerful-telescopes-agree-interstellar-025023118.html

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Tonight's Lunar Eclipse

"Much of the world will get to witness the spectacle of a total lunar eclipse on Sunday night."https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-full-moon-lunar-eclipse-tonight-2000655078?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-09-07-pm

Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli

"Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli ForMemRS HFRSE (/ˌskæpəˈrɛli, ˌʃæp-/ SKAP-ə-REL-ee, SHAP-,[2][3] US also /skiˌɑːp-/ skee-AHP-,[3][4] Italian: [dʒoˈvanni virˈdʒiːnjo skjapaˈrɛlli]; 14 March 1835 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. Schiaparelli established the Martian system of nomenclature still in use today; before him, features of the planet bore the names of contemporary astronomers, similar to the lunar map of van Langren that preceded that of Hevelius.[5]"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Schiaparelli

31/ATLAS

"Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb are calling for NASA to monitor the Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it passes the sun on Halloween Eve to ensure it does not drop off “mini probes” that could invade Earth."https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/world-news/interstellar-object-3i-atlas-could-release-mini-probes-that-will-appear-as-uaps-experts-warn/

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Quantum Matter





"Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified a previously unknown state of quantum matter."


https://scitechdaily.com/its-its-own-new-thing-scientists-discover-new-state-of-quantum-matter/

Supermassive blackhole

"A tiny blob of red light spotted at the beginning of the Universe could represent the first direct evidence for a supermassive black hole formation pathway."https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-may-have-found-the-first-direct-evidence-of-a-primordial-black-hole

31/ATLAS

"Astronomers have captured a stunning image of a tail growing on interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS. The image was captured on Aug. 27, 2025, by a team of scientists and students using the Gemini South telescope located on Cerro Pachón in Chile."https://www.space.com/astronomy/scientists-capture-interstellar-invader-comet-3i-atlas-growing-a-tail-this-image-is-both-a-scientific-milestone-and-a-source-of-wonder-photo-video

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Quantum Hardware



"Researchers have demonstrated a new fabrication approach that enables the exploration of a broader range of superconducting materials for quantum hardware."https://phys.org/news/2025-09-fabrication-technique-door-materials-quantum.html#google_vignette

Gravitational Waves

"Using gravitational waves, tiny ripples in space-time first predicted by Albert Einstein back in 1915, astronomers have discovered that a "stellar graveyard" is packed with mergers between extreme stellar remnants like black holes and neutron stars, created when massive stars die in supernova explosions."https://www.space.com/astronomy/gravitational-waves-reveal-stellar-graveyard-packed-with-neutron-star-and-black-hole-mergers

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Titan

"Titan is the only world apart from Earth that is known to have liquid on its surface."https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250831112449.htm#google_vignette

Astronomers

"According to astronomers, water worlds, though admittedly not those containing Kevin Costner, are one of the most common types of planets in our solar system."https://phys.org/news/2025-09-soot-planets-common-worlds.html

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Quantum Tunneling

"In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs would be spontaneously created out of nothing, through a phenomenon called quantum tunneling."https://charmingscience.com/something-from-nothing-physicists-model-vacuum-tunneling-in-a-2d-superfluid/

31/ATLAS

"Few cosmic visitors have captured the fascination of astronomers quite like the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS."https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/i-watched-scientists-view-the-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-in-real-time-heres-what-they-saw

Inside of Mars

"The inside of Mars isn't smooth and uniform like familiar textbook illustrations."https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267873/marss-interior-more-like-rocky-road/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Gemstones in Space

"Scientists found both gemstone-like silicates and smoky grains, along with life-linked carbon structures appearing in unexpected places."https://scitechdaily.com/webb-telescope-spots-sparkling-crystals-and-lifes-ingredients-in-the-butterfly-nebula/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Time

"Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist."https://charmingscience.com/new-theory-proposes-time-has-three-dimensions-with-space-as-a-secondary-effect/