Eberly College of Science

Q&A: How Penn State’s interdisciplinary strengths drive leadership in space science

Penn State’s strength in space science comes from the depth of our long-standing scientific leadership and the breadth of ...

Smile spacecraft reaches science orbit

The European-Chinese Smile mission reached its designated science orbit on June 20, 2026. The team is now embarking on a ...

Could you give birth in space?

Still, for all the chest-beating talk of looking to the stars, there’s one question that you rarely hear asked: Would ...
SpaceNews

NASA selects mission to study space weather interaction with Earth’s atmosphere

NASA has selected for development a space science mission that will study how space weather interacts with Earth’s atmosphere ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

NASA turns to Rocket Lab for dual space missions set to transform climate and solar research

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch two scientific missions aimed at improving understanding of the Sun’s energy and Earth ...
Science Daily

NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is creating one of the weirdest forms of matter in space

NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra ...

Put your name aboard NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

An illustration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The NASA observatory was designed to settle essential questions in ...
PRIMETIMER

NASA and Relativity Space join forces to launch a Mars science mission in 2028

NASA announced the partnership on June 17, 2026. Chief Jared Isaacman called it a "force multiplier" during an event at ...
The Manila Times on MSN

PhilSA, CFO team up to engage youth, global Filipino experts in space science

THE Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) have entered into a new partnership aimed at expanding youth participation in space science and strengthening ...