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NASA astronauts joke around with an optical illusion on the ISS | Space photo of the day for April 15, 2026

Two NASA astronauts had some fun during the ISS' capture of a robotic cargo spacecraft on April 13, pretending to…

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Planetary Exploration With Four-Legged Rovers Carrying Only Two Instruments

European researchers tested four-legged semi-autonomous rovers that carry only two instruments. These capable and agile robots could be part of…

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2026 NSTA Hyperwall Schedule

Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News In Memoriam Announcements…

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NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Maps Water Ice Throughout Cygnus X

3 Min Read NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Maps Water Ice Throughout Cygnus X PIA26748 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC/Hora et al. Photojournal Navigation Science…

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Catching the 2026 April Lyrid Meteor Shower

April flowers mean one thing to springtime sky-watchers: it’s time for the Lyrid meteor shower. The Lyrids are always a…

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Are Neutrinos Their Own Evil Twins? Part 4: Majorana’s Mystery

In 1937, Ettore Majorana asked a question nobody else was even thinking about: does a particle have to have a…

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Exploring the Moon’s Shadowy Craters With Nuclear-Powered Rovers

Rovers equipped with Radioisotope Power Systems (RPSs), aka. nuclear reactors, could effectively explore the craters in the Moon's southern polar…

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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features…

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Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical relay network

The European Space Agency has picked Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications to lead a hosted payload mission to test…

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Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg

COLORADO SPRINGS – Blue Origin moved a step closer to launching New Glenn rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base with…

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