NASA Nears Decision Time on Boeing Starliner’s Fate
There’s now a significant chance the spacecraft’s crew will have to return to Earth on a different one—and maybe not until next year.Read More
How to See the Conjunction Between Mars, Jupiter, and the Moon
On the 27th, the celestial bodies will form an unusual triangle in the sky just before dawn.Read More
Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station
Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson, both NASA astronauts, pose for a fun portrait as Dominick tests portable breathing gear aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. (Credit: NASA) Students from Topeka, Kansas, will have the opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 21, to have NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson [...]
The Uncertain Path Forward for Psychedelic Medicine
After the FDA rejected its proposed MDMA treatment, Lykos Therapeutics is laying off 75 percent of its staff and its founder has left the company.Read More
This Mpox Outbreak Isn’t Like the Last One
The strain of mpox behind the current global health emergency is believed to be up to 10 times deadlier than the one that swept the globe in 2022.Read More
This Is the Most Detailed Map of Brain Connections Ever Made
In a world first, Harvard biologists worked with Google to diagram a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex at the subcellular level, paving the way for the next generation of brain science.Read More
This Code Breaker Is Using AI to Decode the Heart’s Secret Rhythms
Inspired by his expertise in breaking ancient codes, Roeland Decorte built a smartphone app that continuously listens for signs of disease hidden in our pulse.Read More
Winners of NASA’s Power to Explore Student Challenge Tour NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Meet NASA Engineers
The winners of the 2024 Power to Explore Student Essay content (from left to right) Aadya Karthik, Raine Lin, and Thomas Liu. NASA/Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman WHAT: The three grand prize winners of NASA’s third Power to Explore Challenge, a national essay competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes, visited the NASA’s Glenn Research [...]
Solar Eclipse Data Story Helps the Public Visualize the April 2024 Total Eclipse
Learn Home Solar Eclipse Data Story Helps… For Educators Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Stories Science Activation Highlights Citizen Science 2 min read Solar Eclipse Data Story Helps the Public Visualize the April 2024 Total Eclipse The NASA Science Activation program’s Cosmic Data Stories team, led by Harvard [...]
NASA Funds Research Projects Advancing STEM Career Development
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. This is the third round of seed funding awarded through the agency’s MOSAICS (Mentoring and Opportunities in STEM with Academic Institutions for Community [...]