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Pakistan warns Mecca defence agreement may be activated if Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue targeting Saudi Arabia., Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says agreement between Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia may be activated if Yemen’s Houthis continue targeting the kingdom. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said any attack on Saudi Arabia couldContinue Reading

have-we-found-alien-life?-hundreds-of-scientists-weigh-in

Two major alien-life announcements in 2025 generated enormous excitement, but most astrobiologists remained unconvinced. Only 6.6% of surveyed experts thought possible biological molecules on K2-18b probably represented extraterrestrial life, while 15.1% said the same about intriguing mineral patterns in a Martian rock., Read MoreContinue Reading

Curiosity Blog, Sols 4995-5001: 5,000 (Martian) Days on Mars

Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 The span of sols spanned by this blog post is noteworthy in several ways. First, Curiosity became a world-class (for Mars at least) mountaineer by passing the 1 kilometer mark of elevation from its landing site on the floorContinue Reading

Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud

HQ Web Team Sep 08, 2026 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-yearsContinue Reading

codepink-statement:-marking-25-years-of-the-global-war-of-terror

Twenty-five years ago, in the ashes of the September 11th attacks, the United States launched what it called the “Global War on Terror.” While the country was afraid and vulnerable, neoconservatives in the Bush administration, like then-Vice President Dick Cheney, saw an opening for expanding empire and U.S. hegemony byContinue Reading

“let’s-just-round-them-up”:-the-rise-of-islamophobia-in-the-post-9/11-domestic-war-on-terror

The attacks on September 11, 2001, unleashed a wave of Islamophobia in the United States that resulted in widespread harassment and persecution of Muslim Americans. In addition to vigilante attacks targeting Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim, there was also state repression including police roundups, community surveillance, prosecutions onContinue Reading

henry-helgeson 

Henry Helgeson  Associate Administrator, Office of Communications Henry Helgeson serves as the associate administrator for the Office of Communications at NASA Headquarters in Washington. In this capacity, he leads global communications strategy, public engagement, branding, media relations, and digital enterprise projects across all NASA centers. As a senior advisor to the administrator and other executive leadership, he directs allContinue Reading