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Station Science Top News: September 13, 2024

3 min read

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) researchers examined the structures of four titanium-based compounds solidified in levitators in microgravity and on the ground and found that the internal microstructures were generally similar. These results could support development of new materials for use in space…

Article3 months ago

Bente Eegholm: Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision

7 min read

Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027, the Roman mission will shed light on many astrophysics topics, like dark energy, which…

Article6 months ago

NASA Teams with Forest Service to Tally America’s Oldest Trees

6 min read

The White House has called for an inventory of our eldest forests. A space instrument is helping scientists chronicle these trees as a changing climate threatens their future.

Article2 years ago