In late 2025, scientists reported that, for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on land using NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) …
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Education & Innovation
NASA Resumes Efforts to Reestablish Contact With MAVEN
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauAs spacecraft and rovers at Mars emerge from solar conjunction – a period when the Red Planet and Earth are on opposite sides of the Sun and contact with Mars …
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NASA Welcomes Oman as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe Sultanate of Oman signed the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Muscat attended by NASA on Monday, becoming the 61st nation to commit to responsible space exploration for the …
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NASA Finds Lunar Regolith Limits Meteorites as Source of Earth’s Water
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauA new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery. These findings place upper bounds on how much water …
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Education & Innovation
NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauScientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our Sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of these planets were discovered thanks to data from NASA’s retired Kepler mission …
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NASA’s Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauLike a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has a “back catalog” of cosmic recordings that is impossible to replicate. To access these X-ray tracks, or …
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Crew Studies Cardiac Research, Artificial Intelligence as Dragon Boosts Station’s Orbit
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauCardiac research and artificial intelligence were the main science topics for the Expedition 74 crew on Friday. The International Space Station also received an orbital boost when the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft fired its engines …
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Biomedical Science and Hardware Top Thursday’s Schedule
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe Expedition 74 trio aboard the International Space Station checked out ultrasound gear, inspected advanced sample processing hardware, and tested muscle-stimulating electrodes on Thursday. NASA Flight Engineer Chris Williams spent the first half of his shift …
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NASA Tests Technology Offering Potential Fuel Savings for Commercial Aviation
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauNASA researchers successfully completed a high-speed taxi test of a scale model of a design that could make future aircraft more efficient by improving how air flows across a wing’s …
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NASA Chase Aircraft Ensures X-59’s Safety in Flight
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauAs NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft continues a series of flight tests over the California high desert in 2026, its pilot will be flying with a buddy closely looking out for his safety. That …