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NASA

• Contours of the James Bay Lowlands
  April 15, 2026
  After the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated from present-day Hudson Bay, rebounding land has revealed striking nearshore topography.
• Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons
  April 15, 2026
  Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. Today the team informally named this crater “Antofagasta,” after a region and major city in Chile next to the […]
• NASA Finds Young Stars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly
  April 14, 2026
  Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according to a new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. A paper describing the results published Monday in The Astrophysical Journal. Unlike in the new movie “Project Hail Mary,” this quieting […]
• NASA Receives 7 Nominations for the 30th Annual Webby Awards
  April 14, 2026 by Gary Daines
  Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media and other online communications. NASA’s broad reach across digital platforms has been recognized by the […]
• 2025-2026 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners
  April 14, 2026 by Lillian Gipson
  2025-2026 Dream with Us Winners Congratulation to our 2025-2026 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners! We are pleased to share this year’s winning projects:  Middle School 1st Place: Scout Farm (Varenya D., Aashritha P., and Alvitha P., NJ) 2nd Place: AgriTech (Charlotte W. and Richard F., CA) 3rd Place: AgriDrone (Hasini B. and Kanishka A, TX and […]

SpaceNews

• Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical relay network
  April 15, 2026
• Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg
  April 14, 2026
• NRO highlights government and industry partnerships
  April 14, 2026
• SES and Boeing move toward factory-installed multi-orbit inflight connectivity
  April 14, 2026
• Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes ispace-U.S. to Board of Directors
  April 14, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• NASA chose the right crew to launch a new era of human space exploration
  by Stephen Clark
• To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain
  by Scott K. Johnson
• Shock from Iran war has Trump's vision for US energy dominance flailing
  by Marianne Lavalle, Inside Climate News
• Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon
  by Stephen Clark