NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in Southern California at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), to ensure continued accountability and strong value for U.S. taxpayers. The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has managed the laboratory since its inception in […]

A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the Moon. NASA is researching ways explorers could “live off the land” by harnessing lunar resources, including melting Moon rocks to extract metals for building infrastructure and oxygen for fuel and life support.

NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to better deliver on the nation’s highest‑priority objectives with speed and efficiency. During the Ignition event in late March, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and agency leaders outlined the most pressing objectives to

Début des années 1930 : l’astronome français Bernard Lyot invente un instrument pour observer la couronne solaire et ses monstrueux jets de gaz, sans avoir à attendre une éclipse. Le même outil permettra dans les années 1990 de découvrir parmi les premières exoplanètes !

Week in images: 18-22 May 2026 Discover our week through the lens

Look closely at this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and you’ll see galaxies of various shapes and sizes clustered together toward the center-left of the image. A few foreground stars shine brightly and are easily distinguished by the spikes that appear to extend outward from each star. These spikes, called diffraction spikes, are the

European Commission Speech Brussels, 22 May 2026 Professor Dàstoli,Thank you for inviting me to this important event on the life and legacy of Altiero Spinelli. Mayor Gualtieri,Excellencies,Ladies and gentleme…

European Commission Communiqué de presse Brussels, 22 May 2026 Aujourd’hui, la Commission européenne a sélectionné 65 projets dans le cadre de la vente aux enchères de chaleur du Fonds pour l’innovation.

European Commission Actualité quotidienne Brussels, 22 May 2026 La Commission lance un appel de 16,5 millions d’euros pour démanteler les réseaux criminels Hier, la Commission européenne a publié un appel à propositions visa…