Month: August 2026

Science & Space — NASA — News, Missions & Technology

NASA Johnson Pilots Chase Moon’s Shadow for Eclipse Science

August 26, 20264 min read

During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at exactly the right time. Pilots from NASA’s Johnson Space Center flew the WB-57F high altitude research aircraft from Ellington Field in Houston to Iceland,…

Science — U.S. National Science Foundation

NSF launches three new Science and Technology Centers with $90M investment in transformative research

August 26, 20264 min read

The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $90 million over five years to support three new NSF Science and Technology Centers (NSF STC). These centers will advance American leadership in science and technology, strengthen the nation’s STEM…

World News

LIVE: California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Meta settlement

August 26, 20261 min read

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World News

LIVE: WHO’s Africa Regional Committee hold briefing on Ebola outbreak

August 26, 20261 min read

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U.S. Government — GAO — Reports & Decisions

Department of Defense—Missile Defense Agency—Purpose Availability of Amounts Appropriated for Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii

August 26, 202613 min read

After the Department of Defense (DOD) obligated funds to develop the Homeland Defense Radar – Hawaii (HDR-H) program, it began moving excess radar…

World News

LIVE: Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks after Canada issues retaliatory tariffs against US

August 26, 20261 min read

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U.S. Veterans — Health & Care

Florence Standish: The nurse who helped build VA Care in Asheville

August 26, 20263 min read

Early VA nursing history is highlighted through nurse Florence Standish, whose leadership at Army Hospital No. 19 shaped early Veteran care in Asheville.

World News

Secretary Rubio meets with Mexican Foreign Secretary Roberto Velasco

August 26, 20261 min read

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Science & Space — NASA — News, Missions & Technology

NASA Sets Spacewalk for Station Maintenance, Live Coverage Planned

August 26, 20262 min read

NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in support of space station operations. Watch live coverage beginning at 7 a.m. EDT. The spacewalk is expected to start at approximately 8:30 a.m. and last about…

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Federal Trade Commission

FTC Announces 2027 Telemarketer Fees to Access the National Do Not Call Registry

August 26, 20262 min read

The Federal Trade Commission today announced new fees for telemarketers to access phone numbers on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry for Fiscal Year 2027 which begins on October 1, 2026.View Press Release