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Get the latest NASA Science mission updates, from exploring distant planets to studying Earth’s climate. Stay informed about new discoveries, mission milestones, and the technology driving space exploration. Whether it’s Mars rovers, exoplanet research, or the latest satellite launches, you’ll find the most recent news and insights right here.ding the natural world. Here, you can read news about NASA-funded citizen science projects, new discoveries, and opportunities to get involved. For more information on current citizen science projects.

NASA Engineers Simulate Lunar Lighting for Artemis III Moon Landing
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Better understanding the lunar lighting environment will help NASA prepare astronauts for the harsh environment Artemis III Moonwalkers will experience on their mission. NASA’s Artemis III mission will build on earlier test flights and add new capabilities with the human…

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A Researcher’s Guide to: Microgravity Materials Research
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June 2025 Edition Most materials are formed from a partially or totally fluid sample, and the transport of heat and mass from the fluid into the solid during solidification inherently influences the formation of the material and its resultant properties.…

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NASA Celebrates Employees Selected for Top Federal Award
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Two NASA employees are being honored as part of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, also known as the Sammies, recognizing outstanding federal employees who are addressing many of our country’s greatest challenges. Rich Burns of NASA’s Goddard Space…

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NASA Seeks Commercial Feedback on Space Communication Solutions
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NASA is seeking information from U.S. and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities as the agency aims to use private industry satellite communications services for emerging agency science missions. “As part of NASA’s Communications Services Project,…

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NASA, DoD Practice Abort Scenarios Ahead of Artemis II Moon Mission
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NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) teamed up June 11 and 12 to simulate emergency procedures they would use to rescue the Artemis II crew in the event of a launch emergency. The simulations, which took place off the…

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Hubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene
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This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, is situated 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Hubble captured this image in 2023. IC 758 appears…

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NASA Sensor on Space Station Eyes Contamination off California Coast
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Proof-of-concept results from the mouth of the Tijuana River in San Diego County show how an instrument called EMIT could aid wastewater detection. An instrument built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory  to map minerals on Earth is now revealing clues…

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NASA Launching Rockets Into Radio-Disrupting Clouds
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NASA is launching rockets from a remote Pacific island to study mysterious, high-altitude cloud-like structures that can disrupt critical communication systems. The mission, called Sporadic-E ElectroDynamics, or SEED, opens its three-week launch window from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands…

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NASA’s Roman to Peer Into Cosmic ‘Lenses’ to Better Define Dark Matter
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A funky effect Einstein predicted, known as gravitational lensing — when a foreground galaxy magnifies more distant galaxies behind it — will soon become common when NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins science operations in 2027 and produces vast…

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Studying Storms from Space Station
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Science in Space June 2025 Scientists use instruments on the International Space Station to study phenomena in Earth’s ionosphere or upper atmosphere including thunderstorms, lightning, and transient luminous events (TLEs). TLEs take many forms, including blue jets, discharges that grow…

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