The NASA Planetary Science Division (PSD) will host a virtual community town hall on Thursday November 12 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time. The townhall will feature the new PSD Director […]
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Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
Eyes on Exoplanets Software October Release Notes
[NASA] On October 28, 2026, a new version of Eyes on Exoplanets was released. This release added the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is expected to find thousands […]
Posted inSPACELINE Current Awareness List
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,223 30 October 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
[NASA]. The abstract in PubMed or at the publisher’s site is linked when available and will open in a new window.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes
NASA Explores Potential Commercial Servicing for Hubble Telescope
[NASA] NASA issued a Request for Information Oct. 29 to learn more about industry capabilities for in-space servicing to support the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Metagenomics in Spaceflight: Establishing an Implementation Roadmap
[essopenarchive.org] As space agencies prepare for complex missions such as human exploration of Mars and life detection, Planetary Protection (PP) risk assessments would benefit from extending beyond traditional microbial monitoring […]
Posted inAstrochemistry
Astrochemistry: Dwarf Galaxies Retain Only A Small Fraction Of The Oxygen Made By Their Stars
[NASA/STSCI] NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope just revealed a mystery in our cosmic neighborhood. In a paper published Monday in The Astrophysical Journal, researchers using Hubble studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies […]
Posted inMars
Well-Preserved Polygons In Elysium Planitia on Mars
[NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona]. Polygons are interesting features on Mars, though sometimes only visible in high resolution images like those taken by HiRISE.
Posted inInterstellar
Voyager 1 Interstellar Probe Conserves Power, Resolves Brief Communications Pause
[NASA] The agency’s longest-running mission is approaching a historic distance milestone as its team members implement creative engineering solutions to keep it going.
Posted inReports, Roadmaps, & Plans
NASA ROSES-25 Amendment 80: D.3 AGIGO: Swift, Fermi, & TESS Observatories Second Opportunities in ROSES-25
The Neil Gehrels Observatory, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Observatory, and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) General Investigator programs solicit proposals for basic research relevant to the respective missions. On or […]
STScI James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Summer School II
The STScI James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Summer School II — from August 2 to 13, 2027 — will focus on exoplanet transits, eclipses, and phase curves with JWST. Early […]