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Award: The American Geophysical Union’s Eugene Shoemaker Lecture is presented annually and recognizes excellence in planetary exploration.   Awarded to: Kelsey Young, Artemis II lunar science lead, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.   Kelsey Young, Artemis II lunar science lead at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,Continue Reading

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Daily images of ice cover in the Arctic Ocean show sea ice melting around the pole from March 15, 2026 to Sept. 12, 2026. Trent Schindler/NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice DataContinue Reading

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Explore This Section Overview ROSES FAQ Blog ROSES Budget Redaction Grant Stats No Due Date Programs OSDMP FAQ Suborbital Program Program Officer List Volunteer to Review Proposals Dual-Anonymous Peer Review PRC FAQ Solicitations Solicitations Help & Support Announcement of Opportunity SOMA Community & Career Advisory Committees Public Meetings Work-Life BalanceContinue Reading

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Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid checked on wheat plants aboard Russia’s Mir Space Station on Sept. 23, 1996. Lucid left Mir later that day along with the rest of the STS-79 crew except for John E. Blaha, who was beginning a four-month stay aboard the station. NASA Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting MissionContinue Reading

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Convey is a new Linux email client based on the code of Geary , remade with a GTK4/libadwaita UI and support for Microsoft 365 accounts. Somewhat like traditional mail, it arrives not long after I wrote about another new Linux email client, Postcard , which also draws its inspiration fromContinue Reading

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Israel’s destruction leaves Lebanon’s border villages in ruins, Israel’s destruction leaves Lebanon’s border villages in ruins NewsFeed Israeli forces have destroyed homes and infrastructure across occupied villages in southern Lebanon, leaving displaced residents questioning whether there will be anything left to return to. Published On 23 Sep 2026,2026-09-23 16:48:00,Read MoreContinue Reading

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President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls for Israeli withdrawal, condemning its attacks as Syria emerges from civil war., President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls for Israeli withdrawal, condemning its attacks as Syria emerges from civil war. Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has called for Israel to withdraw from internationally-recognised Syrian territory in a speech atContinue Reading

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Every war produces its own vocabulary of loss — death tolls, displacement figures, damage assessments. But one number cuts across every current conflict and rarely makes the headline: the count of children who go to sleep each night with no parent left to tuck them in. In Sudan, Gaza, UkraineContinue Reading

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth keeps popping up on the campaign trail, fueling speculation he may run for president in 2028. His travel last month to Iowa, “a presidential campaign proving ground, fits that pattern,” The Washington Post reported, citing an official familiar with Hegseth’s thinking. Like so much about Hegseth’sContinue Reading