The space of night is infinite,
The blackness and emptiness
Crossed only by thin bright fences
Of logic

— Kenneth Rexroth
"Theory of Numbers"

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La NASA informará sobre su estrategia y misiones para la Base Lunar

NASA News - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:08pm
Concepto artístico de astronautas trabajando en la superficie lunar.Crédito: NASA

Read this news release in English here.

La NASA ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa el martes 26 de mayo a las 2 p.m. EDT (hora del este) para compartir los planes para la Base Lunar y destacar los avances hacia una presencia sostenida en la superficie lunar. La sesión informativa para los medios tendrá lugar en la sede central de la agencia en Washington.

Líderes de la agencia hablarán sobre los avances del programa, incluyendo a los nuevos socios de la industria y los planes de la misión. Una vez finalizada la conferencia de prensa, habrá expertos en la materia disponibles para dar entrevistas individuales.

Siga la rueda de prensa en vivo a través de la aplicación NASA+ y el canal de YouTube de la agencia. Descubra cómo ver el contenido de la NASA en diversas plataformas en línea, incluidas las redes sociales (información ofrecida en inglés).

Entre los participantes se encuentran:

  • Jared Isaacman, administrador de la NASA
  • Lori Glaze, administradora asociada interina, Dirección de Misiones de Desarrollo de Sistemas de Exploración
  • Carlos García-Galán, director del programa Base Lunar. García-Galán es hispanohablante.

Los representantes de los medios que no puedan asistir en persona podrán hacer preguntas por teléfono. Para participar en persona o por teléfono, debe confirmar su asistencia a la oficina de prensa de la sede a más tardar a las 11 a.m. del 26 de mayo, enviando un correo a: hq-media@mail.nasa.gov. La política de acreditación de medios de la NASA está disponible en línea (en inglés). La NASA impulsa el desarrollo de la Base Lunar, una iniciativa de exploración e infraestructura lunar a largo plazo diseñada para permitir una presencia humana sostenida y una mayor actividad científica y comercial en el Polo Sur lunar.

Como parte de una edad de oro de innovación y exploración, la NASA enviará astronautas en misiones cada vez más difíciles para explorar más de la Luna con fines de descubrimiento científico y beneficios económicos, y para continuar sentando las bases para las primeras misiones tripuladas a Marte.

Para más información sobre las misiones de la NASA, visite:

https://www.nasa.gov (inglés)
https://ciencia.nasa.gov/ (español)

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Bethany Stevens / James Gannon / María José Viñas
Sede central, Washington
+1-202-358-1600
bethany.c.stevens@nasa.gov / james.h.gannon@nasa.gov / maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov

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La NASA informará sobre su estrategia y misiones para la Base Lunar

NASA - Breaking News - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:08pm
Concepto artístico de astronautas trabajando en la superficie lunar.Crédito: NASA

Read this news release in English here.

La NASA ofrecerá una conferencia de prensa el martes 26 de mayo a las 2 p.m. EDT (hora del este) para compartir los planes para la Base Lunar y destacar los avances hacia una presencia sostenida en la superficie lunar. La sesión informativa para los medios tendrá lugar en la sede central de la agencia en Washington.

Líderes de la agencia hablarán sobre los avances del programa, incluyendo a los nuevos socios de la industria y los planes de la misión. Una vez finalizada la conferencia de prensa, habrá expertos en la materia disponibles para dar entrevistas individuales.

Siga la rueda de prensa en vivo a través de la aplicación NASA+ y el canal de YouTube de la agencia. Descubra cómo ver el contenido de la NASA en diversas plataformas en línea, incluidas las redes sociales (información ofrecida en inglés).

Entre los participantes se encuentran:

  • Jared Isaacman, administrador de la NASA
  • Lori Glaze, administradora asociada interina, Dirección de Misiones de Desarrollo de Sistemas de Exploración
  • Carlos García-Galán, director del programa Base Lunar. García-Galán es hispanohablante.

Los representantes de los medios que no puedan asistir en persona podrán hacer preguntas por teléfono. Para participar en persona o por teléfono, debe confirmar su asistencia a la oficina de prensa de la sede a más tardar a las 11 a.m. del 26 de mayo, enviando un correo a: hq-media@mail.nasa.gov. La política de acreditación de medios de la NASA está disponible en línea (en inglés). La NASA impulsa el desarrollo de la Base Lunar, una iniciativa de exploración e infraestructura lunar a largo plazo diseñada para permitir una presencia humana sostenida y una mayor actividad científica y comercial en el Polo Sur lunar.

Como parte de una edad de oro de innovación y exploración, la NASA enviará astronautas en misiones cada vez más difíciles para explorar más de la Luna con fines de descubrimiento científico y beneficios económicos, y para continuar sentando las bases para las primeras misiones tripuladas a Marte.

Para más información sobre las misiones de la NASA, visite:

https://www.nasa.gov (inglés)
https://ciencia.nasa.gov/ (español)

-fin-

Bethany Stevens / James Gannon / María José Viñas
Sede central, Washington
+1-202-358-1600
bethany.c.stevens@nasa.gov / james.h.gannon@nasa.gov / maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov

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NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge

NASA News - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:02pm

The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge — the fifth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a competition to advance persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. NASA Flight Opportunities invites applicants to propose a payload that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit. Up to three winners will each receive up to $500,000 to develop a flight-ready payload. In addition, NASA intends to provide an opportunity for the winning teams to demonstrate their payload in orbit (at no additional cost). These TechLeap payloads will fly aboard an orbital spacecraft that will rendezvous with the Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) platform. The FFR mission is expected to launch in late 2027, and the TechLeap payloads are slated to launch in early 2028.

Across three phases, applicants will move from ideation to payload build over 12 months. The timeline for this challenge is intentionally rapid, with the goal of increasing the pace of space.

Award: Up to three winners may receive up to $500,000 in prizes across three phases

Challenge Open Date: May 20, 2026

Phase 1 Registration Close Date: July 29, 2026

Application Close Date: August 12, 2026

For more information, visit: https://rmpc.nasatechleap.org/

Categories: NASA

NASA TechLeap Prize: Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge

NASA - Breaking News - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:02pm

The Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge — the fifth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a competition to advance persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing. NASA Flight Opportunities invites applicants to propose a payload that can be manipulated by a robotic arm in low Earth orbit. Up to three winners will each receive up to $500,000 to develop a flight-ready payload. In addition, NASA intends to provide an opportunity for the winning teams to demonstrate their payload in orbit (at no additional cost). These TechLeap payloads will fly aboard an orbital spacecraft that will rendezvous with the Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) platform. The FFR mission is expected to launch in late 2027, and the TechLeap payloads are slated to launch in early 2028.

Across three phases, applicants will move from ideation to payload build over 12 months. The timeline for this challenge is intentionally rapid, with the goal of increasing the pace of space.

Award: Up to three winners may receive up to $500,000 in prizes across three phases

Challenge Open Date: May 20, 2026

Phase 1 Registration Close Date: July 29, 2026

Application Close Date: August 12, 2026

For more information, visit: https://rmpc.nasatechleap.org/

Categories: NASA

Women’s body temperature rises from age 18 to 42 but we don’t know why

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:00pm
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
Categories: Astronomy

Women’s body temperature rises from age 18 to 42 but we don’t know why

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:00pm
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
Categories: Astronomy

The mysterious reason why women get hotter from age 18 to 42

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:00pm
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
Categories: Astronomy

The mysterious reason why women get hotter from age 18 to 42

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 3:00pm
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
Categories: Astronomy

A New Study on Coronal Holes Improves Space Weather Forecasting

Universe Today - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:27pm

New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy graduate student Khagendra Katuwal studied 70 coronal holes on the sun to better understand the connection between solar activity and space weather. His paper was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal.

Categories: Astronomy

It Looks Like Europa Doesn't Have Plumes of Water Vapour After All

Universe Today - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:12pm

In 2014, researchers presented the discovery of water vapour plumes being emitted from Jupiter's moon Europa. This caused quite a stir; it meant that the moon's buried ocean was accessible without contending with the thick ice shell that concealed it. But new research by the same researchers questions those detections.

Categories: Astronomy

Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan
Categories: Astronomy

Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan
Categories: Astronomy

How a visit to Stonehenge reminded me of deep time

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
On a visit to the UK, Sydney-based reporter James Woodford visited an archaeological site that was on his bucket list – and experienced a very special moment as the sun set
Categories: Astronomy

How a visit to Stonehenge reminded me of deep time

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
On a visit to the UK, Sydney-based reporter James Woodford visited an archaeological site that was on his bucket list – and experienced a very special moment as the sun set
Categories: Astronomy

Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. Now researchers are exploring if these effects help to explain the success of an array of puzzling health treatments
Categories: Astronomy

Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. Now researchers are exploring if these effects help to explain the success of an array of puzzling health treatments
Categories: Astronomy

PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
Like covid-19 and mpox before it, the decision to relabel PCOS as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome is a welcome one – and reveals why a name is never just a name
Categories: Astronomy

PMOS shows us why many scientific terms need to be renamed

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
Like covid-19 and mpox before it, the decision to relabel PCOS as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome is a welcome one – and reveals why a name is never just a name
Categories: Astronomy

This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
There’s unexpected news of a fifth movie for one of the most underrated sci-fi reboots. Hurray, says New Scientist film columnist Bethan Ackerley
Categories: Astronomy

This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/20/2026 - 2:00pm
There’s unexpected news of a fifth movie for one of the most underrated sci-fi reboots. Hurray, says New Scientist film columnist Bethan Ackerley
Categories: Astronomy