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2026-08-25

NASA News Releases · nasa-news-releases

New Next-Gen Dish Adds Muscle to NASA’s Deep Space Network

NASA’s Deep Space Network facility in California is marking the addition of a brand new 34-meter-wide (114-foot-wide) radio frequency antenna to the agency’s deep space communications and navigation system. The network uses giant dish antennas located at three global facilities t

2026-08-25

NASA News Releases · nasa-news-releases

NASA Invites Media to LunaRecycle Challenge Finale Event in Alabama

NASA will announce the winners of the final phase of its LunaRecycle Challenge on Friday, Aug. 28, at The University of Alabama (UA) Lee Styslinger College of Engineering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Launched in 2024, the challenge incentivizes the invention of new recycling systems t

2026-08-25

NASA News Releases · nasa-news-releases

NASA Ames’ Contributions to Roman’s Mission

Set to launch on Sunday, Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will empower astronomers to explore vast regions of the cosmos and settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, dark matter, planets outside our solar system, and the formation and growth of gal

2026-08-25

NASA News Releases · nasa-news-releases

NASA Ames Experts Available for Roman Space Telescope Interviews

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Roman telescope will provide a wide, detailed view of

2026-08-25

NASA News Releases · nasa-news-releases

NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars

Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond our solar system and the stars they orbit. The mission will determine the atmospheric make-up of at le

2026-08-25

NASA News Releases · nasa-news-releases

Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra

Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes displays a collection of galactic images that showcase this variety. Astronomers put

2026-08-25

NASA News Releases · nasa-news-releases

Astronauts Anil Menon and Sophie Adenot on Spacewalk

From left, Expedition 75 flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA (partially obscured and wearing the spacesuit with a red stripe on the legs) and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) work together during a six‑hour and 23‑minute spacewalk outside the International Space Stati

2026-08-25

PLOS ONE · plos-one

Etching characteristics and profile simulation of silicon

by Hui Zhang, Pengpeng Cai The anisotropic wet etching characteristics of crystal silicon are complex and easily affected by etching conditions and mask shapes, which makes it difficult to accurately predict and control the evolution process and 3D etched profile. This study is b

2026-08-25

PLOS ONE · plos-one

An index-based system for early alerts of potential zoonotic disease outbreaks

by Jaqueline S. Angelo, Livia Abdalla, Douglas A. Augusto, Marcia Chame, Eduardo Krempser The Information System on Wildlife Health (SISS-Geo) is a free platform designed for the real-time collection of georeferenced data on wildlife health and environmental conditions via mobile

2026-08-25

PLOS ONE · plos-one

Temperature characteristics of fiber-optic shearer cables

by Feng Gao, Shutian Gong, Zifeng Liu, Lijuan Zhao, Jing Liu, Tianyi Zhang, Yang Liu, Feida Wang, Dongyang Wang, Tiangu Wu, Zhongjian Bai, Shuo Tian During the reciprocating motion of a coal shearer, shearer cables are exposed to complex underground conditions, including high loa

2026-08-25

arXiv cs.AI · arxiv-cs-ai

AIREP: A Protocol for Per-Decision Evidence in AI Runtime Governance

arXiv:2608.21363v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A protocol is presented for recording the governance decisions of automated AI runtimes. When a runtime releases, blocks, defers, redacts, or escalates an individual output, AIREP records that decision as a single signed object that