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Hubble Views an Infant Star’s Outburst

Portal origin URL: Hubble Views an Infant Star’s OutburstPortal origin nid: 477964Published: Friday, March 11, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: Dark cloud of gas and dust a with bright-white glowing outline in...


THURSDAY 10. MARCH 2022


What's Up: March 2022 Skywatching Tips from NASA

What are some skywatching highlights in March 2022? Look for Saturn to join Venus and Mars in the morning sky around mid-month. In the evenings, find the Y-shaped constellation Taurus, the bull, high in the southwest. The Hyades star cluster forms the bull's face. Then take a tour of four easy-to-find stars that have known planets of their own orbiting them....


WEDNESDAY 9. MARCH 2022


Thawing Permafrost Could Leach Microbes, Chemicals Into Environment

Portal origin URL: Thawing Permafrost Could Leach Microbes, Chemicals Into EnvironmentPortal origin nid: 477946Published: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 13:43Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists are turning to a combination of data collected from the air, land, and space to get a more complete picture of how climate change is affecting the...


TUESDAY 8. MARCH 2022


Students Use NASA Data for Air Quality Research

The "ExploreHope Air Quality Monitoring Project" at Hope College in Holland, Michigan (supported by the Michigan Space Grant Consortium) facilitates the use of portable air quality monitoring technology into middle and high school classrooms. Air quality monitors, developed by Don Triezenberg, a retired physics and mathematics teacher, allow students to take local readings of carbon...

HBCU Regional Discussion

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is developing a new model to expand, deepen and sustain the relationship between NASA Centers and HBCU’s. Join us for our first discussion! Are you a representative from an HBCU based by NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, or Langley Research Center in Hampton Roads, VA and interested in joining the...

NASA’s NICER Telescope Sees Hot Spots Merge on a Magnetar

Portal origin URL: NASA’s NICER Telescope Sees Hot Spots Merge on a MagnetarPortal origin nid: 477896Published: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: For the first time, NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) has observed the merging of multimillion-degree X-ray spots on the surface of a magnetar, a...


MONDAY 7. MARCH 2022


Space Station to Host ‘Self-Healing’ Quantum Communications Tech Demo

Portal origin URL: Space Station to Host ‘Self-Healing’ Quantum Communications Tech DemoPortal origin nid: 477909Published: Monday, March 7, 2022 - 12:10Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are...

NASA’s Psyche Gets Huge Solar Arrays for Trip to Metal-Rich Asteroid

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Psyche Gets Huge Solar Arrays for Trip to Metal-Rich AsteroidPortal origin nid: 477900Published: Monday, March 7, 2022 - 11:16Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch.Portal image: One of two solar arrays on...

Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys Celebrates 20 Years of Discovery

Portal origin URL: Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys Celebrates 20 Years of DiscoveryPortal origin nid: 477867Published: Monday, March 7, 2022 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Installed on March 7, 2022, the Advanced Camera for Surveys has pushed humanity’s view of the universe back to within 435 million years of the Big Bang, capturing...


SATURDAY 5. MARCH 2022


NASA Sounding Rocket Launches into Aurora

Portal origin URL: NASA Sounding Rocket Launches into AuroraPortal origin nid: 477888Published: Saturday, March 5, 2022 - 10:56Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The LAMP mission, short for Loss through Auroral Microburst Pulsations, launched at 2:27 a.m. AKST (6:27 a.m. EST) Saturday, Mar. 5, 2022, on a Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket.Portal...


FRIDAY 4. MARCH 2022


Hubble Observes a Not-So-Close Encounter

Portal origin URL: Hubble Observes a Not-So-Close EncounterPortal origin nid: 477801Published: Friday, March 4, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The twin galaxies NGC 4496A and NGC 4496B dominate the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: 2 bright galaxies fill the top 2 thirds of the image. The...


THURSDAY 3. MARCH 2022


NASA to Share Tools, Resources at Upcoming Agriculture Conference

Portal origin URL: NASA to Share Tools, Resources at Upcoming Agriculture ConferencePortal origin nid: 477850Published: Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 16:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will participate in the 2022 Commodity Classic conference, America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused educational and agricultural experience.Portal...

T2AR on the ISS

Video Length: 1:35T2 is one of the station’s treadmill. AR is augmented reality. And NASA is using its treadmill to test how crew members can use AR to make repairs in space. Read this story Video Links: T2AR on the ISS -...

California Fire Led to Spike in Bacteria, Cloudiness in Coastal Waters

Portal origin URL: California Fire Led to Spike in Bacteria, Cloudiness in Coastal WatersPortal origin nid: 477846Published: Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 11:46Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists analyzed coastal water quality in the months following a major Southern California wildfire. Their results were eye-opening.Portal image: The...

NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft

Portal origin URL: NASA Begins Assembly of Europa Clipper Spacecraft Portal origin nid: 477836Published: Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 10:20Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission’s final phase before a launch to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in 2024.Portal...


WEDNESDAY 2. MARCH 2022


Workshop for Amateur Radio Operators

Body:  Working to Advance Science Come join HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, at its fifth annual workshop! March 18-19, 2022 in Huntsville, Alabama.  Link: Read...

Workshop for Amateur Radio Operators Working to Advance Science

Come join HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, at its fifth annual workshop! March 18-19, 2022 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. HamSCI is a community of amateur radio operators working together to advance science—now a member of the NASA citizen science community! The HamSCI workshop brings together the amateur radio community and professional...

Coffee Chat with Planet Hunters

Body: Do you want to help discover new planets? How about having your name included on a scientific publication? Watch the Planet Hunters Coffee Chat video tutorials and learn how you can join and become a citizen scientist, be part of the hunt for undiscovered worlds! Link: Learn...

Coffee Chat with Planet Hunters

Do you want to help discover new planets? How about having your name included on a scientific publication? Watch the Planet Hunters Coffee Chat video tutorials and learn how you can join and become a citizen scientist, be part of the hunt for undiscovered worlds! Planet Hunters Coffee Chat (PHCC) is an opportunity to grab some coffee and hear from astronomers about discovering planets,...

NASA, ULA Launch NOAA’s Newest Earth Observing Satellite

Portal origin URL: NASA, ULA Launch NOAA’s Newest Earth Observing SatellitePortal origin nid: 477797Published: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 20:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA successfully launched the third in a series of next-generation weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday....


TUESDAY 1. MARCH 2022


Protecting Future Planetary Missions from Extreme Heat

PROJECT Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator – Domestic (PICA-D) Development and PICA Capability Sustainment (PCS) SNAPSHOT To ensure the availability of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) thermal protection systems (TPS) for NASA missions, the agency is developing PICA-D – an updated TPS material that uses a domestically sourced raw material, Lyocell, along with a streamlined...


MONDAY 28. FEBRUARY 2022


The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-rays

Portal origin URL: The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-raysPortal origin nid: 477688Published: Monday, February 28, 2022 - 12:17Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: An artist’s conception illustrates the aftermath of a "kilonova," a powerful event that happens when two neutron stars merge.Portal image: An artist’s conception...


FRIDAY 25. FEBRUARY 2022


4 Agencies Select 8 Research Projects to Extend Longevity of 3D Tissue Chips to 6 Months

NASA, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announce the award of 8 contracts in a multi-agency collaboration that will extend tissue viability and physiological function to a minimum of 6 months using automated engineering capabilities...