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NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock next to a spacesuit. The helmet is secured with a protective cover designed to prevent scratches and contamination when the suit is not in use, ensuring the visor remains clear for spacewalks. NASA Expedition 74 is making finalContinue Reading

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On Jan. 6, the mission operations team for NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) successfully completed the second trajectory correction maneuver for one of the two spacecraft, after delaying the attempt in December 2025. The other spacecraft completed its first two maneuvers in December as originally planned.Continue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Discovery of a Starless Galaxy… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   Discovery of a Starless Galaxy Reported at AAS 7 January 2026 NASA Press Release NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First ofContinue Reading

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Amy Jo Scarino Lidar Data Analyst, Contractor, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Amy Jo Scarino, scientific analyst and programmer in the airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) group, has been working as a contractor (SSAI from 2008-2023, CAI 2023-current) at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC)Continue Reading

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Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has been infecting humans for at least 2,500 years. Some people inherited the virus directly in their DNA, passing it down across generations. The study shows that these viruses evolved alongside humans—and that one strainContinue Reading