NASA Sets Coverage for SpaceX 35th Station Resupply Launch, Arrival

Description This artist’s concept depicts the proposed design for NASA’s PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA), which was selected by the agency in September 2026. The PRIMA observatory is the first in a new class of NASA astrophysics missions, called Probe Explorers, within the agency’s longstanding Explorers Program. By observing far-infrared light, PRIMA will enable scientists to study cosmic […]

Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this view looking back at the floor of Gale Crater, with the crater’s rim visible in the distance, on Sept. 5, 2026, the 5,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Just nine days prior, on Aug. 26 (Sol 4,996), Curiosity set a mission milestone by reaching 1 kilometer […]

Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island.

That ancient impact dramatically altered Earth. Now, astronomers are using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to investigate young star systems that appear to be experiencing similarly violent events. By studying these systems, researchers can estimate how energetic the collisions were and learn more about how rocky planets form and evolve. The material surrounding a star changes significantly over time. Young stars begin with a juvenile, gas-rich protoplanetary disk where forming planets can reside. As the system matures, that environment develops into a gas-poor debris disk.