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University High School Wins Regional Science Bowl at NASA’s JPL

After months of preparation, more than 100 students competed at the fast-paced annual academic competition hosted by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For the second...

When Dead Stars Collide! – NASA Science

After that initial burst of gamma rays, the debris from the explosion continued to glow, fading as it expanded outward. Our Swift, Hubble,...

What’s Made in a Thunderstorm and Faster Than Lightning? Gamma Rays!

There are an estimated 1,800 thunderstorms occurring on Earth at any given moment. Over its first 10 years in space, Fermi spotted about 5,000 terrestrial...

NASA Administrator Announces New Marshall Space Flight Center Director

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named Joseph Pelfrey director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective immediately. Pelfrey...

NASA’s Laser Navigation Tech Enables Commercial Lunar Exploration

Later this month, NASA’s commercial lunar delivery services provider Intuitive Machines will launch its Nova-C lunar lander carrying several NASA science and technology...

Matthias Maurer: How to become a lunar astronaut

Matthias Maurer is one of six European astronauts available for selection for upcoming lunar missions. "My third big dream would be to explore...

The Iconic Photos from STS-41B: Documenting the First Untethered Spacewalk

As astronaut Bruce McCandless II flew the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) out of the space shuttle Challenger’s payload bay for the first time...

Meet the Creators, Part 3: NASA’s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Posters

“For 2017, the total solar eclipse passed over so many national parks and natural landscapes with very few cities in the path. So I...

California, Massachusetts Students to Hear from NASA, ESA Astronauts

Students from California and Massachusetts will have separate opportunities next week to hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The two Earth-to-space...

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