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KBR employee America Reyes Wang stands next to a spacesuit display.

Pioneer of Change: America Reyes Wang Makes NASA Space Biology More Open

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As humans return to the Moon and push on toward Mars, scientists are ramping up research into the effects of space on the body to make sure astronauts stay healthy on longer missions. This research often involves spaceflight studies of…

Article1 week ago
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA Awards 15 Grants to Support Open-Source Science

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NASA awarded $1.4 million to 15 teams developing new technologies that advance and streamline the open sharing of scientific information. High Priority Open-Source Science (HPOSS) awards fund projects that aim to increase the accessibility, inclusivity, or reproducibility of NASA’s Science…

Article2 months ago
Members of the NASA Impact and IBM Research teams accept their certificate after winning the NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award.

Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award 

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NASA’s science efforts aim to empower scientists with the tools to perform research into our planet and universe. To this end, a collaborative effort between NASA and IBM created an AI geospatial foundation model, which was released as an open-source…

Article2 months ago
K2-33b, shown in this illustration, is one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.

How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet Research

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NASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Over 5,000 exoplanets have been confirmed to date — and given that scientists estimate…

Article2 months ago
NASA intern Lena Young leans against a red NASA sign in front of NASA's Earth Information Center.

Meet NASA Interns Shaping Future of Open Science

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Students at NASA’s Office of the Chief Science Data Officer (OCSDO) are working to promote open science during the summer 2024 internship session. Their projects fall across a variety of areas, including user experience, policy, and DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion,…

Article2 months ago
This image of Perseverance's backshell and parachute was collected by NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 26th flight on April 19, 2022.

Mapping the Red Planet with the Power of Open Science

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Mars rovers can only make exciting new discoveries thanks to human scientists making careful decisions about their next stop. The Mars 2020 mission is aimed at exploring the geology of Jezero Crater and seeking signs of ancient microbial life on…

Article3 months ago
Five orange stars are connected with blue lines in a V-like shape, like a diagram of the constellation of Indus. Each of the stars is labeled with one of the NASA Science Mission Directorate divisions: astrophysics, biological and physical sciences, Earth science, heliophysics, and planetary science.

NASA-IBM Collaboration Develops INDUS Large Language Models for Advanced Science Research

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By Derek Koehl Collaborations with private, non-federal partners through Space Act Agreements are a key component in the work done by NASA’s Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT). A collaboration with International Business Machines (IBM) has produced INDUS, a…

Article3 months ago
Headshot of Rahul Ramachandran in front of a blue background. He wears a light blue shirt, dark gray jacket, and glasses.

Marshall Research Scientist Enables Large-Scale Open Science

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By Jessica Barnett  Most people use tools at work, whether it’s a hammer, a pencil, or a computer. Very few seek a doctorate degree in creating new tools for the job. Using that degree to make it easier for people…

Article4 months ago

NASA’s Repository Supports Research of Commercial Astronaut Health  

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NASA’s Open Science Data Repository provides valuable information to researchers studying the impact of space on the human body. Nearly three years after the Inspiration4 commercial crew launch, biological data from the mission represents the first comprehensive, open-access database to…

Article4 months ago
Hurricane Idalia as photographed by NASA's Terra satellite in August 2023. The swirling mass of the hurricane passes over some land masses and the ocean.

NASA, IBM Research to Release New AI Model for Weather, Climate

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By Jessica Barnett Editor’s Note: On Sept. 23, 2024, NASA and IBM released the open-source Prithvi Weather-Climate foundation model on Hugging Face, along with a fine-tuned gravity wave parameterization model that can help scientists account for the effects of gravity…

Article5 months ago