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NASA

• Cyclone Rains Spur Papua New Guinea Landslides
  May 1, 2026
  Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Maila triggered a deadly landslide in the mountains of East New Britain.
• NASA Invites Media to Ireland Artemis Accords Signing
  April 30, 2026 by Elizabeth Shaw
  Ireland will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, May 4, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason; Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, T.D., of Ireland; and U.S. Department of State […]
• Odyssey Team Celebrates on a Global Map of Mars
  April 30, 2026
  Description Team members past and present from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter mission gathered on April 15, 2026, to celebrate 25 years since the spacecraft’s launch, which took place April 7, 2001. For the occasion, the team rolled out a giant global map of Mars created using imagery from Odyssey’s THEMIS (Thermal Emission Imaging System) […]
• What’s Up: May 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
  April 30, 2026
  Shooting stars before dawn, a brilliant meetup between the Moon and Venus and a rare blue moon to end the month.
• Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage on the Move
  April 30, 2026 by Monika Luabeya
  Teams move the core stage, or largest section, of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for NASA’s Artemis III mission into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this photo from April 27, 2026. The SLS core stage traveled 900 miles on the Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the stage is manufactured, to complete […]

SpaceNews

• Space Force taps K2 satellites to test laser communications for missile-defense
  May 1, 2026
• SpaceComputer to conduct on-orbit test of secure computing infrastructure
  April 30, 2026
• Northrop Grumman delivers sensor for missile-warning satellite as Pentagon cancels program
  April 30, 2026
• U.S. investors dominate Europe’s private-led space scale-up rounds
  April 30, 2026
• House appropriators keep NASA funding flat
  April 30, 2026

ArsTechnica

• Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids
  by John Timmer
• Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries
  by John Timmer
• Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally
  by Kiona N. Smith
• Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
  by Stephen Clark