Join us onsite at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for a free three-day professional development workshop, where you’ll learn and practice strategies for using primary sources with K-12 students. Three sessions will be offered in the summer of… Read More »Apply Now! Summer 2026 Professional Development at the Library of Congress
Olympic National Park is asking for help locating “Angel” Alleacya Boulia, 26, of St. Louis, Missouri. Anyone who has information about Boulia’s whereabouts should contact the NPS Investigative Services Branch Tip Line at 888-653-0009, www.nps.gov/ISB, or nps_isb@nps.gov. https://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/news/olympic-national-park-seeks-information-on-missing-person-angel-alleacya-boulia-vehicle-found-at-sol-duc-trailhead.htm www.nps.gov ·… Read More »Olympic National Park Seeks Information on Missing Person "Angel” Alleacya Boulia; Vehicle Found at Sol Duc Trailhead
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service announce the availability of a proposed commercial air tour management voluntary agreement for Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, and Point Reyes… Read More »National Park Service and Federal Aviation Administration Announce Proposed Air Tour Management Voluntary Agreement for San Francisco Bay Area Parks
On Saturday, December 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Moores Creek National Battlefield will hold a “Christmas Comes to Currie” event. https://www.nps.gov/mocr/learn/news/christmas-comes-to-currie-event-at-moores-creek.htm www.nps.gov · Public Domain
NASA The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025, as it orbited 263 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Quebec, Canada. In… Read More »Waxing Gibbous Moon
NASA and industry partners will fly and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit through the Fly Foundational Robots mission set to launch in late 2027. This mission aims to revolutionize in-space operations, a critical capability for sustainably… Read More »NASA’s Fly Foundational Robots Demo to Bolster In-Space Infrastructure
Credit: NASA NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon. The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery… Read More »NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract
Today’s interview is with Kim Marie Eberhardt, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born and raised in Bochum, Germany, which is part of the… Read More »An Interview with Kim Marie Eberhardt, Foreign Law Intern
The novelist started with a map. His name was Robert Louis Stevenson, it was 1881 and he was playing a game with his stepson when he sketched out an idea. “I made the map of an island; it was elaborately… Read More »Literary Maps: Real Maps for Imaginary Places
This calculation is necessary for future space navigation and communication networks. www.nist.gov · Public Domain
Great Basin National Park is seeking proposals to provide food and beverage, retail, and other services from the Lehman Caves Visitor Center within Great Basin National Park. https://www.nps.gov/grba/learn/news/2025-12-01-concessions-contract-solicitation.htm www.nps.gov · Public Domain
The west entrance of Joshua Tree National Park, including the restrooms, will close to inbound and outbound traffic from 6 a.m., Dec. 3 through 6 p.m., Dec. 5. https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/news/2025-12-1-west-entrance-closure.htm www.nps.gov · Public Domain
For more than 25 years, Mark Elder has helped make human spaceflight safe and possible. As the International Space Station EVA hardware manager in the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Office within the EVA and Human Surface Mobility Program, he leads the… Read More »Mark Elder: Building the Future of Spacewalking for Artemis and Beyond
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of Florida); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured glowing cosmic dust heated by… Read More »Sagittarius B2 Molecular Cloud
4 Min Read What is AI? (Grades 5-8) This article is for students grades 5-8. What is AI? Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a type of technology that helps machines and computers have “thinking” abilities similar to humans. Devices using… Read More »What is AI? (Grades 5-8)
The following is a guest post by Em Merrick, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. They are a recent graduate with an M.F.A. in creative writing from West Virginia University. Yellow-breasted Warbler. Color… Read More »Bird-Friendly Laws: Reducing Collisions in Major U.S. Cities
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed tiger stripes near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in this image released on Feb. 23, 2010. A study published… Read More »Newly Found Organics in Enceladus’ Plumes
Explore This Section Science Science Activation PLANETS Units Have Landed –… Overview Learning Resources Science Activation Teams SME Map Opportunities More Science Activation Stories Citizen Science 4 min read PLANETS Units Have Landed – Free NASA-Funded Out-of-School Time Resources… Read More »PLANETS Units Have Landed – Free NASA-Funded Out-of-School Time Resources
The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut… Read More »NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 WSA President and General Counsel David GallupImage: Sheminghui.WU. World Service Authority (WSA), founded in 1954, describes itself as a “world-governmental organisation” and serves as the administrative branch of the World Citizen Government. It is an… Read More »Wikinews interviews the President of WSA: today’s World Passports and World Citizen Government