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  • CSDA Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Satellogic NewSat Data
    on 17 April 2026 at 9:21 pm

    The report adds to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.

  • Webinar 4/29: NASA CSDA Program Vendor Focus- MDA Space
    on 17 April 2026 at 8:33 pm

    Join us April 29 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to learn more about CSDA program vendor MDA Space.

  • NASA Artemis II Human Research Data Methodology Challenge
    by Bailey G. Light on 17 April 2026 at 6:41 pm

    NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) uses research to develop methods to protect the health and performance of astronauts in space. In support of NASA’s goals for long-term missions on the surface of the Moon and human exploration of Mars, HRP is using ground research facilities, the International Space Station, and analog environments to monitor human health in deep space.  NASA’s Artemis II mission was the first

  • NASA, OPM Announce New NASA Force Website, Open Job Applications 
    by Jennifer M. Dooren on 17 April 2026 at 5:04 pm

    NASA and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched the NASA Force website on Friday, opening applications for roles aimed at recruiting the nation’s top engineers and technologists to support America’s air and space program.  NASA Force, a new hiring initiative developed in partnership with OPM, will recruit and place high-impact technical talent into mission-critical roles supporting NASA’s exploration, research, and advanced technology priorities,

  • Quality Assessment Report Evaluates Tomorrow.io Precipitation Radar Data
    on 17 April 2026 at 3:06 pm

    The report adds to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.

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  • Moon dust preserves record of life’s building blocks
    by Stuart Clark on 14 April 2026 at 4:57 pm

    The Moon may preserve a record of the raw ingredients that helped life begin on Earth. New analysis of lunar samples returned by China’s Chang’e missions has revealed a diverse suite of organic compounds embedded within the soil.

  • Dark matter may come in multiple forms, new model suggests
    by Stuart Clark on 11 April 2026 at 10:47 am

    Astronomers may not need to see the same dark matter signal everywhere in the Universe to confirm its existence. A new theoretical study suggests that dark matter could consist of more than one type of particle, potentially resolving a long-standing observational puzzle.

  • Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope
    by Stuart Clark on 2 April 2026 at 5:00 pm

    ORLANDO, FLORIDA. I’m a space-crazed Canadian who has somehow seen 11 launches across four different rockets since 2009. I’ve witnessed missions with astronauts, interplanetary spacecraft and (inevitably) Starlink, across two continents. But Artemis II took me by surprise yesterday (April 1). The Space Launch System was so bright it was almost painful to look at. The arc of its plume across the sky made noise and noise and NOISE minutes after launch. And the grizzled photographers surrounding me on the press-site lawn at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida were screaming: “TO THE MOON!” And cheering. And yelling the phrase again. It’s literally 16 hours after launch as I type this. I’m in Orlando airport trying to look relaxed, as much as one can on three cups of coffee and five hours of sleep. It feels ridiculous thinking about suitcases and flight arrangements. I’ve been asking myself, “What is normal? Can this be normal?” Fellow Canadian Jeremy Hansen is on his way to the Moon, with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch. I’ve been wanting to see any Moon mission with astronauts for 30 years; now there’s someone up there from my own country, and while

  • Artificial Intelligence uncovers more than 100 new worlds in NASA data
    by Stuart Clark on 25 March 2026 at 12:01 am

    A machine learning pipeline developed in the UK has validated over 100 exoplanets in NASA’s TESS data, revealing rare planetary systems and sharpening estimates of how common close orbiting worlds really are.

  • XRISM solves gamma-Cas’s 50-year X-ray mystery
    by Emily Baldwin-Fiebrich on 24 March 2026 at 10:11 am

    Strange X-rays from the naked eye star gamma-Cas have been confirmed to come from matter falling onto a hidden white dwarf companion, resolving a fifty-year astronomical mystery.