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Astronomy educators to rendezvous in Chile
Members of the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassadors Program are heading to Chile for a tour of its great observatories, July 27 to August 5, 2019.
July 26, 2019
Meet a family of NASA space robots
NASA engineers are working on a new family of space robots that can roll, climb, and use artificial intelligence to navigate around obstacles in rough terrains on other worlds. Meet the family, here.
July 22, 2019
Planting a flag on the moon
With virtually no atmosphere on the moon - and, therefore, no wind - flags that fly freely on Earth would hang like limp cloth in the lunar environment. So Apollo 11 engineers had to rethink flagpole design entirely.
July 19, 2019
5 moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
The technologies behind weather forecasting, GPS and even smartphones can trace their origins to the race to the moon.
July 19, 2019
Join space scientists marking Apollo anniversary
Join online as leading space scientists discuss the legacy of Apollo 11 during the mission's 50th anniversary this week.
July 17, 2019
The eclipse that marked the start of the Iroquois Confederacy
The total solar eclipse of August 22, 1142, may have coincided with the birth of the Iroquois Confederacy, oldest democracy in North America and possibly on Earth.
July 15, 2019
Dragonfly aims for Saturn’s moon Titan
Scheduled for launch in 2026, the Dragonfly mission will look for clues to the origins of life, and possibly even evidence of life itself, on Saturn's alien yet remarkably Earth-like moon Titan.
July 14, 2019
California shakes from 2nd big quake in 2 days
An earthquake scientist said of the recent 2 big California earthquakes, "... the M6.4 was a foreshock. This was a M7.1 on the same fault ... part of the same sequence." She added it will not trigger another large earthquake outside the Ridgecrest, California, area.
July 6, 2019
US revamps volcano early warning system
There are 161 active volcanoes in the United States, more than 1/3 of which have been classified as posing a high threat to nearby communities. A new law aims to improve volcano monitoring.
June 27, 2019
