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For anybody that wants a side of Hecklefish with their hearing
Forbidden Archaeology: Lost Giants of America | The Smithsonian's Biggest Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2MrTgBoqiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCYMAs4cqRU (Smithsonian Cover-Up: Ancient Egyptians and Giants in the Grand Canyon)
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 21, 2026
Turtle Rock on Mars
Is this a fossilized turtle on Mars? No. Although resembling a large Earth tortoise, this is a layered rock outcrop on Mars that is estimated to span about 15 meters, making it much larger than turtles on Earth. NASA’s robotic Curiosity rover came across this unusual mound, dubbed Miraflores, last month during its 4922nd Martian day exploring Mars. The small butte may survive because it was somehow more resistant to erosion than surrounding rock. More recent wind has now covered its top with orange Martian sand. Below the top shell, many layers of stratified rock are visible, possibly indicating a long history of intermittent wind-blown sand being deposited and then hardened by ground water. Similar wind-eroded layered landforms, such as yardangs in the Qaidam Desert of China, exist here on Earth. Curiosity and its companion rover Perseverance continue to investigate the ancient history of Mars as well as searching for signs of primeval life.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHGVg1WOD_E
Solar Alert, Crust Motion, Earth Tilt Model | S0 News and frens
July.21.2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu8FWkLrJqE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A7uQNzXZwA (Dobsonian Power: SOMETHING IS OFF IN THE SUN…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knuw_5NXZTc (Stefan Burns: Solar Alert: This Next Week Decides Everything…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjOQY3RX7vo (EarthMaster: Cascadia slow slips up once again. X Flare potential increasing. Monday Night update)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBZEyXsg3Mg (Thornews: Big Bertha is now a Tropical Storm but looking pretty harmless! Major Severe weather possible for NE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zj8cNKJKLE (Mr Weatherman: Bertha Slow Mover, New Earthquakes shake Many…)
https://www.iflscience.com/in-2018-a-solar-storm-may-have-affected-a-global-dust-storm-on-mars-could-space-weather-alter-planetary-weather-84164
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/high-risk-of-severe-storms-in-eastern-us-with-damaging-winds-flooding-downpours/1913626
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/meteorology/canadian-wildfire-smoke-to-drift-into-western-washington-this-week-amid-heat-advisory/ar-AA28j3si
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/tropical-storm-bertha-strengthens-to-make-landfall-along-gulf-coast-this-week/1913221
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15990781/tropical-storm-bertha-new-orleans-gulf-coast.html
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15993471/tropical-storm-bertha-new-orleans-louisiana.html
https://ema.alabama.gov/14815/tropical-storm-bertha-has-formed/
https://watchers.news/2026/07/21/four-tornadoes-confirmed-in-central-pennsylvania-including-ef2-in-huntingdon-county/
https://www.nj.com/weather/2026/07/nj-weather-fierce-thunderstorms-could-unleash-flash-floods-damaging-winds-tornadoes-today-latest-on-timing.html
https://chshyd.in/climate/iowa-tornado-watch-remains-in-effect-until-10-pm-as-severe-storms-sweep-the-state/
https://news.ssbcrack.com/severe-storms-expected-across-ontario-with-risk-of-tornadoes-and-heavy-rain/
https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/magnitude-5-0-earthquake-strikes-mojiang-county-in-yunnan-with-shallow-depth-of-6km/
https://philnews.ph/2026/07/21/earthquake-4-0-magnitude-quake-hits-southern-leyte-july-21-2026/
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Venezuela-earthquake-death-toll-reaches-5278/66734500
https://greekreporter.com/2026/07/21/ancient-helike-earthquakes-greek-city-rise-fall-return/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/volcano-erupts-philippines-creating-dazzling-140855543.html
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/995624/taal-volcano-logs-minor-phreatomagmatic-eruption/story/
https://schumannresonance.today/
https://www.weatherbug.com/news/Severe%20Storms%20Erupt%20Across%20the%20Northeast,%20Mid-Atlantic%20and%20Ohio%20Valley
https://www.tornadohq.com/
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news/320242/Volcano-earthquake-report-for-Tuesday-21-Jul-2026.html
https://www.spaceweather.gov/
https://spaceweather.com/
There's a lot of people talking about they feel like time has slowed down since turning that off.
Expedition 74 Turns Attention to Departing Crewmates
July 20, 2026 3:03PM
Three Expedition 74 crew members are packing up cargo and handing over their responsibilities with less than one week to go before returning to Earth.
The International Space Station’s three newest crewmates are already in the second week of their mission getting used to life on orbit and researching how microgravity affects the human body.
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are nearing the end of their mission that began with a launch from Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Nov. 27, 2025.
The trio will undock from the Rassvet module in the Soyuz MS-28 over the weekend signifying the beginning of Expedition 75. They will take a short ride back to Earth for a parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan inside the Soyuz.
NASA will soon release a Soyuz landing media advisory with official mission times, dates, and links to live NASA+ coverage.
Williams is handing over his mission responsibilities this week to NASA flight engineer Anil Menon who arrived at the orbital outpost on Tuesday, July 14 aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.
Williams is also helping Menon locate food, cargo, and medical supplies, practice safely moving around the space station, and operate the multitude of lab hardware and systems.
Kud Sverchkov and Mikaev continued testing the lower body negative pressure suit that my help the duo adapt quicker to Earth’s gravity after living and working in weightlessness for eight months.
The experimental suit works by reversing the space-caused fluid shifts from a crew member’s head toward their feet helping their blood pressure adjust to gravity.
The cosmonauts will also spend the rest of week packing the Soyuz MS-28 with cargo and handing over their responsibilities to Roscosmos flight engineers Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, who began their mission with Menon last week.
Menon, Dubrov, and Kikina are now transitioning from familiarization and orientation activities to full time space research and lab maintenance.
Menon kicked off Monday with blood sample collections, blood pressure checks, and artery scans using the Ultrasound 3 biomedical device.
Dubrov and Kikina took turns wearing virtual reality goggles and responding to computerized stimuli testing how their sense of balance and direction is adapting to microgravity.
The human research helps doctors keep crews healthy in space revealing how the body changes during a long-term spaceflight.
NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir, who will become station commander when Expedition 75 begins, started her shift assisting Menon with his health studies.
After lunchtime, Meir serviced an external high-definition camera that will be installed outside of the orbiting lab.
Flight engineer Jack Hathaway of NASA photographed tiny particles suspended in fluid that naturally arrange themselves into crystal‑like structures for a space physics investigation.
Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) tried on and tested two different suits on Monday—the EasyMotion-2 suit aims to increase the effectiveness of working out in microgravity, while the EuroSuit seeks to improve comfort and ergonomics aboard a spacecraft.
Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev assisted his departing crewmates with the lower body negative pressure suit tests.
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/07/20/expedition-74-turns-attention-to-departing-crewmates/
moar
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-briefings-for-spacex-crew-13-mission-to-space-station/
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/why-maines-sandy-shorelines-turn-jagged/
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/science-news/2026/07/20/nasa-funded-study-shows-how-controlled-burns-help-sequoias-survive-wildfires/
https://www.executivegov.com/articles/nasa-spacex-starlink-lasers-artemis-iii
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/new-nasa-earth-missions-gear-up-to-start-science-flights/
moar extra
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/rtmd/nasa-ge-hybrid-electric-flight/
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/technology-highlights/a-new-compact-instrument-enables-high-fidelity-measurements-of-energetic-particles-on-cubesats/
https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/amendment-63-new-opportunity-a-14-atmosphere/
https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2025/amendment-64-new-opportunity-a-15-biosphere/
New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights
Jul 20, 2026
Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West.
From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA’s newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up to deliver science that will benefit communities in the United States and beyond.
The six projects will mobilize hundreds of scientists and pilots from NASA, the U.S. Navy, universities, and other institutions over the next several years.
While the investigations range across topics, a defining feature of suborbital missions is the use of sensors mounted on aircraft.
Airborne remote sensing serves as a bridge between ground-based instruments and satellites.
Data collected via planes, helicopters, drones, and balloons can fill in gaps in computer models used by weather forecasters, city planners, and others.
When wildfires create their own weather
The first project to take wing this summer is Injected Smoke and PYRocumulonimbus Experiment (INSPYRE), led by the Naval Research Laboratory.
From mission headquarters in Colorado, the team will chase one of the least understood forms of severe weather on Earth: towering “fire clouds” generated when extreme wildfires burn hot enough to brew their own thunderstorms.
Smoky and crackling with lightning, these unique storms can create blind spots for aviators above and spark new blazes below.
Measuring and mapping the dangerous storms as they develop in real-time will help scientists forecast them in the future.
Several aircraft, including NASA’s high-altitude ER-2, flying out of Montana, will carry a large suite of instruments over wildfire-generated storm systems.
Among them will be two state-of-the-art infrared wildfire trackers, which were developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California and will be flying as part of the agency’s FireSense program.
Testing the air over farmland, megacities
Agricultural emissions represent an important and understudied part of Earth’s land and atmosphere systems.
The FarmFlux mission, which kicks off this year, will deploy more than a dozen sensors to measure ozone, methane, ammonia, particulates, and other pollutants rising from agricultural lands and animal farms stretching from the Midwest to California’s Central Valley. These emissions affect human health, global climate, and stratospheric ozone. The mission is led by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, along with Colorado State University, and Boston University.
Two North American cities with air quality concerns are Atlanta and Mexico City. But the causes differ, with weather and terrain playing a role.
To explore these differences, the Hemispheric Airborne Measurements of Air Quality (HAMAQ) mission will investigate areas of poor air in the two capitals and test how satellite information can help forecasting and mitigation efforts.
The team will deploy two aircraft at different altitudes: NASA’s P-3B will fly close to the surface, directly measuring fine particle and gaseous pollutants, while the recently acquired 777 science jet will soar high above, mapping pollution with remote sensors.
NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is leading the mission.
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Fast-changing north
As the Arctic warms at least twice as fast as the rest of Earth, data collected today can help guide communities on the front lines of change.
The Snow4Flow campaign, led by the University of Arizona, seeks to measure and model how far and fast glaciers are retreating in the far north.
Traversing remote icescapes across Alaska, the Yukon, Arctic Canada, Greenland, and Svalbard, Norway, they’ll sound both the near-surface and frozen depths of hundreds of glaciers while flying over in a modernized WWII-era aircraft outfitted with a scanning laser altimeter and two custom radars.
Their observations, combined with satellite data and advanced models of snowfall and glacier flow, will advance our understanding of how glaciers behave in different regions of the Arctic.
The mission seeks to uncover not just what these glaciers look like beneath the surface today, but the processes that will drive changes in the future.
As permafrost thaws, rivers on the doorstep of the Arctic become conveyor belts of carbon and sediment.
NASA Goddard, and the City College of New York lead a multidisciplinary team studying how rivers, lagoons, and estuaries across Alaska’s North Slope interact with the Arctic Ocean.
The project, called Frontlines of Rapidly Transforming Ecosystems (FORTE) will combine optical and radar measurements from satellites, planes, high-tech research vessels, drones, and underwater autonomous systems to track microscopic marine life, water flow, and chemistry.
The team will collaborate with local and tribal communities to sustain observations over time and apply NASA assets to address emerging local needs and decision-making priorities.
Landslide triggers
When a slow-moving landslide in California suddenly collapsed and buried a section of coastal highway in 2017, scientists at NASA JPL wanted to know how precipitation swings played a role.
JPL studies how water infiltrates and destabilizes hillslopes all over the world.
The Landslide Change Characterization Experiment (LACCE) project will combine airborne synthetic aperture radar with land-based sensors to track how slopes in California are responding to a world of intensifying droughts and downpours.
The project also takes aim at emerging landslide hazards in Alaska, where rapidly retreating glaciers are accelerating slope movements that have the potential to create mega-tsunamis.
NASA’s Earth Venture Suborbital program, designed to be nimble and high impact, was established following a recommendation by the National Research Council in 2007.
In the decades since, teams have studied phenomena, including blizzards, coral reefs, and ocean whirlpools.
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https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/niac-2026-selections/
https://www.nasa.gov/stmd-the-nasa-innovative-advanced-concepts-niac/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/dimming-the-sun-dimsun-using-controllable-dust-cloud-to-reduce-solar-insolation/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/combinatory-architecture-offering-neomobility-on-venus-adaptability-and-survivability-canvas/
https://www.nasa.gov/general/ps2i-transforming-submillimeter-space-interferometry-with-photonic-technologies/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/coilable-stacked-solar-sails-for-very-high-delta-v-missions/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/earendil-extended-astronaut-radioisotope-eva-in-nighttime-and-deep-space-icy-landscapes/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/solid-state-propulsion-for-autonomous-reconnaissance-of-karst-spark/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/power-over-fiber-to-enable-a-lunar-underground-explorer-lux/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/quantum-wind-lidar-applications-for-planetary-and-earth-science-missions/
https://www.nasa.gov/general/oblivion-observing-black-hole-light-via-intensity-correlation/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/plasmon-enhanced-radioisotope-thermophotovoltaic-prtpv-power-generation-for-interstellar-missions/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/eclipse-efficient-variable-conductivity-lunar-insulator-for-passive-surveyor-environmental-control/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/praxis-planetary-rings-autonomous-exploration-with-in-situ-sampling/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/actively-steerable-femtosat-constellations-for-in-situ-exploration-of-saturns-rings-atmosphere-and-magnetosphere/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/photophoretic-tracers-for-near-space-remote-sensing-at-30-100-km-altitudes/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/robotically-assembled-electromagnetic-metamaterials-for-long-range-space-situational-awareness/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/interworld-slingshot-resource-surveys/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/mapping-alien-continents-achieving-optical-vlbi-for-exoplanet-imaging/
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/precision-astrometry-using-optically-independent-spacecraft-for-graviational-wave-detection/
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts 2026 Selections
Jul 21, 2026
Phase I
Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay
Dimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar Insolation
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I
David Bugby
Combinatory Architecture offering Neomobility, on-Venus Adaptability, and Survivability (CANVAS)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I
Anish Damodaran
PS21: Transforming Submillimeter Space Interferometry with Photonic Technologies
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32826-2933
2026 Phase I
Artur Davoyan
Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0001
2026 Phase I
A.C. Charania
EARENDIL: Extended Astronaut Radioisotope-EVA in Nighttime and Deep-space Icy Landscapes
Zeno Power Systems, Inc.
Washington, DC 20001-3701
2026 Phase I
Daniel Drew
Solid-state Propulsion for Autonomous Reconnaissance of Karst (SPARK)
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822-2303
2026 Phase I
Gilly Elor
Power-over-Fiber to Enable a Lunar Underground eXplorer (LUX)
Stone Aerospace, Inc.
Del Valle, TX 78617-3017
2026 Phase I
Zhaoyan Liu
Quantum Wind Lidar Applications for Planetary and Earth Science Missions
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94034-0001
2026 Phase I
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Jeff Nosanov
OBLIVIAN: Observing Black hole LIght Via Intensity cOrrelatioN
Orbital Velocity, LLC
Decatur, GA 30033-4151
2026 Phase I
Keunhan Park
Plasmon-Enhanced Radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic (PRTPV) Power Generation for Interstellar Missions
University of Utah
Salt Lake City 84112-1109
2026 Phase I
Austin Phoenix
ECLIPSE – Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental Control
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State
University, Blacksburg, VA 24060-5605
2026 Phase I
Marco Quadrelli
PRAXIS: Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with In-situ Sampling
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I
Michael Rubenstein
Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere
Northwestern University
Chicago Evanston, IL 60208-0001
2026 Phase I
Benjamin Schafer
Photophoretic Tracers for Near-Space Remote Sensing at 30-100 km Altitudes
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0001
2026 Phase I
David Smith
Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Long-Range Space Situational Awareness
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-9976
2026 Phase I
Pablo Sobron
Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys
SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA 94043-5203
2026 Phase I
Paul Stankus
Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging
Brookhaven Science Associates
Upton NY 11973-0001
2026 Phase I
Paul Stankus
Precision Astrometry Using Optically Independent Spacecraft for Graviational Wave Detection
Brookhaven Science Associates
Upton, NY 11973-0001
2026 Phase I
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