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  2. APOD: 2026 September 19 – A Zodiacal Night

    APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 19 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Night SkyAnnotation A […]

    NASA · 2026-09-19T04:05:00Z

  4. NASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony

    The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd country signatory. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson will host Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha and Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the […]

    NASA · 2026-09-18T19:56:08Z

  6. NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’

    Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares. The research is part of NASA’s exploration of the extreme universe to better understand how the […]

    NASA · 2026-09-18T18:02:53Z

  10. COSI Telescope Comes Together

    UC Berkeley engineers and managers watch as the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) detector assembly is slowly raised from a table in this July 8, 2026, image. The four pieces of silver material on the top of the detector box cover the flex circuits, which carry signals from the detectors to the readout electronics. COSI […]

    NASA · 2026-09-18T15:45:03Z

  12. NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy

    Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic secret. This galaxy is NGC 4698, and it lies about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It’s one of over a thousand galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, the nearest large cluster of galaxies bound together by […]

    NASA · 2026-09-18T13:38:12Z

  14. APOD: 2026 September 18 – Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy

    APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 18 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Messier 33: The […]

    NASA · 2026-09-18T04:05:00Z

  16. NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector

    NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida […]

    NASA · 2026-09-17T20:37:09Z

  18. NASA Invites Media to SpaceX’s 35th Resupply Launch to Space Station

    Media accreditation is open for the next cargo launch that will deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station. The 35th SpaceX commercial resupply services mission to the orbital laboratory for NASA will lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than October to launch […]

    NASA · 2026-09-17T18:32:30Z

  20. NASA Unveils Enterprise, the First Space Shuttle

    Fifty years ago, on Sept. 17, 1976—Constitution Day of America’s bicentennial year—NASA unveiled its first space shuttle orbiter, OV-101, to the public. NASA had originally planned to name the vehicle Constitution, but a letter-writing campaign changed the agency’s plans. Nearly 100,000 fans of the Star Trek television series wrote the White House urging that the […]

    NASA · 2026-09-17T15:22:42Z

  22. APOD: 2026 September 17 – A Treasure Chest in the Carina Nebula

    APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 17 – A… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. A Treasure […]

    NASA · 2026-09-17T04:05:00Z

  24. Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome

    Temperature records toppled across the central and southern U.S. as the autumnal equinox approached.

    NASA · 2026-09-17T04:01:00Z

  26. Passion Meets Precision at NASA’s Flight Research Lab

    Long before they helped shape NASA’s future aerospace breakthroughs, Derek Abramson, Justin Hall, and Justin Link were in their garages and homes building radio‑controlled aircraft, testing new ideas, and flying their creations at hobby events. That early passion now fuels the work of NASA’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory at the agency’s Armstrong Flight […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T21:06:08Z

  28. NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater

    It started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scanned a giant Moon map on his computer screen, an unusually large bright spot circled by a dark halo caught his eye, as it implied that surface material in that area had been shaken up. “I […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T18:06:35Z

  30. NASA Celebrates Restoration of Guam Station Damaged by Typhoon Mawar

    NASA celebrated the full restoration of its Guam Remote Station with a ribbon-cutting on Sept. 10, closing out more than three years of recovery after Super Typhoon Mawar devastated the site in 2023. Engineers from across the agency completed the final and most complex step of the rebuild on July 1, when they returned the […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T16:12:01Z

  32. NASA Watches Earth’s Weight, Finds Center of Mass

    Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet’s center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center. NASA scientists are on the case, tracking the oscillations because Earth’s center of mass is a crucial reference point for satellite navigation and elevation measurements. A team, led […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T16:08:00Z

  34. Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau

    Anak Krakatau erupts ash and volcanic gases in this Sept. 5, 2026, image acquired with the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8. Eruptions are a regular occurrence at Anak Krakatau, a small volcano between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. Much of its activity remains relatively mild, but it occasionally puts on more […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T15:23:51Z

  36. Curiosity Postcard Celebrates Rover’s 5,000th Day on Mars

    Description While parked at a sand ridge nicknamed “Chocolatal,” NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day. The first was taken on Aug. 30, 2026, at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time; the second was taken on Sep. 2, 2026, at 5:39 p.m. local Mars time. Those […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T15:21:27Z

  38. NASA Visits Schools Strengthening Florida’s Skilled Workforce

    NASA recently awarded $10.5 million to seven organizations nationwide through its new State Hubs initiative. Space Florida was selected for Project ORBIT, which aims to expand opportunities for middle and high school students, boost enrollment in key career and technical programs, and create a statewide portal connecting skilled workers with aerospace employers. Elaine Ho, associate […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T15:14:57Z

  40. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman to Join NFL Fans in Baltimore

    As part of NASA’s new Inspiration Tour, Reid Wiseman, NASA astronaut and commander of the agency’s Artemis II mission, will highlight America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation at the Baltimore Ravens vs. New Orleans Saints game in Baltimore on Sunday, Sept. 20. A Baltimore native, Wiseman is a 27-year Navy veteran and NASA […]

    NASA · 2026-09-16T15:00:18Z