NASA Satellites Help Plan Future for Palau Fish Stocks
Portal origin URL: NASA Satellites Help Plan Future for Palau Fish Stocks Portal origin nid: 472972Published: Monday, August 2, 2021 - 14:38Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: In recent years, populations of rabbit fish and other dietary staples for the people of Palau are dwindling. The country is now building sustainable aquaculture farms in the ocean...
NASA Begins Launch Preparations for First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids
Portal origin URL: NASA Begins Launch Preparations for First Mission to the Trojan AsteroidsPortal origin nid: 472969Published: Monday, August 2, 2021 - 12:14Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's first spacecraft to explore the Trojan asteroids arrived Friday, July 30, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. It is now in a...
Trapped Saltwater Caused Mangrove Death After Hurricane Irma, NASA Data Show
Portal origin URL: Trapped Saltwater Caused Mangrove Death After Hurricane Irma, NASA Data ShowPortal origin nid: 472930Published: Monday, August 2, 2021 - 10:50Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: When Hurricane Irma hit southern Florida in September of 2017, the storm buffeted coastal mangrove forests with winds strong enough to rip off leaves and...
NASA Launches X-ray Spectrometer Mission to Probe Mysteries of Solar Corona
Portal origin URL: NASA Launches X-ray Spectrometer Mission to Probe Mysteries of Solar CoronaPortal origin nid: 472962Published: Monday, August 2, 2021 - 10:10Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA successfully launched a sophisticated X-ray solar imager July 30 to study how and why the Sun’s corona grows so much hotter than the actual surface of...
NASA Study Highlights Importance of Surface Shadows in Moon Water Puzzle
Portal origin URL: NASA Study Highlights Importance of Surface Shadows in Moon Water PuzzlePortal origin nid: 472903Published: Monday, August 2, 2021 - 07:22Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The shadows cast by the roughness of the Moon’s surface create small cold spots for water ice to accumulate even during the harsh lunar daytime.Portal...
THURSDAY 29. JULY 2021
NASA’s 10th Space Apps Challenge Increases Global Participation
Portal origin URL: NASA’s 10th Space Apps Challenge Increases Global ParticipationPortal origin nid: 472899Published: Thursday, July 29, 2021 - 17:38Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: To mark the 10th International Space Apps Challenge, the largest annual global hackathon in the world, NASA is collaborating with nine space agency partners to bring the...
Exploring our Origins with NASA | Comic-Con@Home 2021
Anthony Rapp (actor, Star Trek: Discovery) joins Dr. John Mather (astrophysicist), Dr. Ann Nguyen (planetary scientist), Dr. Laura Kerber (planetary scientist), and Dr. Allegra LeGrande (physical research scientist) to discuss how NASA’s research and missions help us understand how our universe, our solar system, and our Earth came to be.
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WEDNESDAY 28. JULY 2021
Soon to Launch: NASA Rocket Carrying Solar X-Ray Scanner
Portal origin URL: Soon to Launch: NASA Rocket Carrying Solar X-Ray ScannerPortal origin nid: 472872Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 12:31Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer, or MaGIXS, mission is about to take flight. The launch window opens at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on July...
Shoring up the Corn Belt’s Soil Health With NASA Data
Portal origin URL: Shoring up the Corn Belt’s Soil Health With NASA DataPortal origin nid: 472822Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Soil is the foundation of our food systems, and sustainable farming depends upon healthy soil, which has impacts far beyond the field on air, water and climate. Wind and water,...
FRIDAY 23. JULY 2021
Artificial Intelligence Helps Improve NASA’s Eyes on the Sun
Portal origin URL: Artificial Intelligence Helps Improve NASA’s Eyes on the SunPortal origin nid: 472681Published: Friday, July 23, 2021 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA’s images of the Sun, helping improve the data that scientists use for solar...
WEDNESDAY 21. JULY 2021
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample
Portal origin URL: NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First SamplePortal origin nid: 472678Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 12:45Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth.Portal...
Media Invited to Learn About NASA Mission to Study Intense Storms
Portal origin URL: Media Invited to Learn About NASA Mission to Study Intense StormsPortal origin nid: 472676Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 11:40Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA is inviting media to learn more about an upcoming airborne science campaign to study intense summer thunderstorms over the central United States, which will aid...
An EPIC View of the Moon’s Shadow During the June 10 Solar Eclipse
Portal origin URL: An EPIC View of the Moon’s Shadow During the June 10 Solar EclipsePortal origin nid: 472643Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: No, that’s not a smudge on your screen -- the blurry dark brown spot over the Arctic is a shadow cast by our Moon during a solar eclipse.Portal image: Image...
NASA’s Webb to Explore a Neighboring, Dusty Planetary System
Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb to Explore a Neighboring, Dusty Planetary SystemPortal origin nid: 472665Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 09:18Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Researchers will take stock of the dust in the debris disk surrounding the nearby star Beta Pictoris.Portal image: A debris disk, which includes comets, asteroids,...
TUESDAY 20. JULY 2021
NASA Study Finds Tropical Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide Is Waning
Portal origin URL: NASA Study Finds Tropical Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide Is WaningPortal origin nid: 472650Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 15:54Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The finding comes out of an effort to map where vegetation is emitting and soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.Portal image: Amazon rain...
Huge Waves in the Sun Discovered with NASA Mission
Portal origin URL: Huge Waves in the Sun Discovered with NASA MissionPortal origin nid: 472621Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 11:11Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: With NASA’s SDO, scientists discovered huge slowly oscillating waves at the solar surface caused by the Sun’s rotation.Portal image: Two illustrated spheres representing the...
Innovative Technology Measures Muscle Strength of Worms in Space to Prepare Astronauts for Future Missions
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Determining Muscle Strength in Space-flown C. elegans
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Loss of muscle mass and strength in astronauts remains an issue for space exploration. Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a nematode species that is 1 mm long, shares common traits with humans and these worms are a good, cost-effective model for studying the effects of spaceflight on muscle. A NASA-funded research...
Signs of Life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins the Hunt
Portal origin URL: Signs of Life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins the HuntPortal origin nid: 472620Published: Monday, July 19, 2021 - 20:18Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: arms20210720Portal image: Perseverance mars...
MONDAY 19. JULY 2021
Hubble Returns to Full Science Observations and Releases New Images
Portal origin URL: Hubble Returns to Full Science Observations and Releases New ImagesPortal origin nid: 472617Published: Monday, July 19, 2021 - 16:12Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, exploring the universe near and far.Portal image: These early snapshots demonstrate Hubble's return to full...
FRIDAY 16. JULY 2021
NASA Mission Explores Intense Summertime Thunderstorms
Portal origin URL: NASA Mission Explores Intense Summertime ThunderstormsPortal origin nid: 472545Published: Friday, July 16, 2021 - 14:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA and university scientists will be studying the intense summer thunderstorms over the central United States to understand their effects on Earth’s atmosphere and how it...
NASA Tracks Heat Wave Over US Southwest
Portal origin URL: NASA Tracks Heat Wave Over US SouthwestPortal origin nid: 472558Published: Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 18:11Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: While one science instrument mapped the dome of high pressure that settled over the southwestern U.S. in early July, another captured ground surface temperatures.Portal image: The AIRS...
THURSDAY 15. JULY 2021
New Maps Help Developers Plan Lunar Road Trip for VIPER’s Artemis Mission
Portal origin URL: New Maps Help Developers Plan Lunar Road Trip for VIPER’s Artemis MissionPortal origin nid: 472507Published: Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 12:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: As any seasoned road-tripper knows, to get the most out of an adventure, a good map helps.Portal...
Chandra Catches Slingshot During Collision
Portal origin URL: Chandra Catches Slingshot During CollisionPortal origin nid: 472505Published: Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: When the titans of space — galaxy clusters — collide, extraordinary things can happen. A new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory examines the repercussions after two galaxy...
WEDNESDAY 14. JULY 2021
Five Ways NASA Helps With Shark Conservation
Portal origin URL: Five Ways NASA Helps With Shark Conservation Portal origin nid: 472525Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 13:23Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: While scientists at our partner institutions are directly focusing on shark conservation, NASA’s Earth-observing satellites collect key information about sharks’ habitat – the...
SMART Nav: Giving Spacecraft the Power to Guide Themselves
Portal origin URL: SMART Nav: Giving Spacecraft the Power to Guide ThemselvesPortal origin nid: 472517Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft begins its final mission phase, it will see a 4-megapixel view of nothing but a few very dim dots of...