Author: Naomi Hartono
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What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Venus and Jupiter meet after sunset, the Moon passes in front of Venus, summer begins, and deep-sky treasures rise into view.
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What’s Up: May 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Shooting stars before dawn, a brilliant meetup between the Moon and Venus and a rare blue moon to end the month.
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NASA Honor Awards for Cold Atom Lab Team Members
NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA’s mission. Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements demonstrate the individual’s effectiveness in advancing NASA’s goals and image in present and future terms. Kamal Oudrhiri…
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Cold Atom Lab Publishes Paper in Nature
The following abstract was published in Nature 623, 502–508 (2023). The full paper can be read here: Elliott, E.R., Aveline, D.C., Bigelow, N.P. et al. Quantum gas mixtures and dual-species atom interferometry in space. Nature 623, 502–508 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06645-w The…
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Coolest Science Ever Headed to the Space Station
Atomic physicists tend to tinker away on their own, preferably in dark, hushed labs. When Eric Cornell started as a postdoc with Carl Wieman at JILA, an institute run jointly by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the…
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Universe’s Coolest Lab Set To Open Up Quantum World
Quantum physicists are about to get their own playground in space. NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory, scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on 20 May, is set to be the coldest place in the known Universe. Researchers will use…
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The Cold Atom Lab Is Ready for Launch
The Cold Atom Lab has been integrated into the Cygnus spacecraft in advance of its May 20th launch from the Wallops Flight Facility.The top image shows the Cold Atom Lab being loaded into the Cygnus spacecraft. The bottom image shows…
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NASA Creates Super-Cooled Particles to Try to Prove a Major Einstein Theory
NASA scientists have successfully created the coldest spot in the known universe, supercooling atoms aboard the International Space Station in an effort to test a theory put forth by Albert Einstein but never proven. The space agency installed a cold…
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NASA’s Cold Atom Lab: System Development and Ground Test Status
We report the status of the Cold Atom Lab instrument to be operated aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Utilizing a compact atom chip-based system to create ultracold mixtures and degenerate samples of 87Rb, 39K, and 41K, the Cold Atom…