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The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
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The coastal dune field in Brazil looks like a desert but fills with freshwater lagoons every year.

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NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact
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Using ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters. The impact poses no…

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NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test
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Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of concept test. The results, presented Tuesday at the…

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Ames Science Stars of the Month – August 2026
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The NASA Ames Science Directorate recognizes the outstanding contributions of (pictured left to right) Danielle Lopez, Jennifer Claudio, and Duncan Mifsud. Their commitment to the NASA mission represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical expertise, and collaborative disposition needed to explore this…

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August 2026 Satellite Puzzler
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Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.

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NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations
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NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations. To advance lunar surface infrastructure development, commercial partners such as Blue Origin, Firefly…

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Smoke Streams Across Eastern Washington
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Wildland fires in early August 2026 pushed air quality to unhealthy levels, destroyed hundreds of structures, and triggered mandatory evacuations in Spokane.

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Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas
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Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineered payloads they have spent months preparing.  The goal is to…

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A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap
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The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing a network of melt features.

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NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay
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NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development of future lunar communications and navigation services. The lunar relays are designed to enable communications and navigation for astronauts and rovers operating at the agency’s future Moon…

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