There is a question that has always stayed with me: What about those who can’t come to us? What about the passionate potential Wikimedians who live too far from our workshop venues? The teachers in remote villages, the students with… Read More »Bringing Wikipedia to the Living Room: The Story of Dagbani Wikipedia Saha
Fire managers at Shenandoah National Park plan to burn approximately 145 acres of Big Meadows Monday, November 17, 2025, weather permitting. https://www.nps.gov/shen/learn/news/shenandoah-national-park-plans-prescribed-burn-in-big-meadows.htm www.nps.gov · Public Domain
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Set to launch no earlier than Nov. 16, Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long data record of sea level measurement that will help decision-makers manage coastal flooding, support hurricane intensity… Read More »6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite
On October 11, 2025, members of the Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda came together in Kacyiru, Kigali to celebrate Wikidata’s 13th birthday under the theme “Connecting Knowledge for a Smarter Future.” This annual celebration brought together passionate Wikimedians, students, journalists,… Read More »Celebrating Wikidata’s 13th Birthday in Rwanda 2025
Beginning Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 9 a.m. CST. overnight tent camping reservations and houseboat permits for the 2026 summer season will become available. https://www.nps.gov/voya/learn/news/camping-and-houseboat-reservations-for-the-2026-summer-season-open-on-november-15.htm www.nps.gov · Public Domain
Curecanti National Recreation Area is transitioning to winter operations. Check the park websites for park hours, closures, and current conditions before your trip. https://www.nps.gov/cure/learn/news/curecanti-winter-operations.htm www.nps.gov · Public Domain
The National Park Service is launching a nationwide effort to recruit up to 500 highly qualified, experienced law enforcement officers to protect America’s most treasured lands and ensure the safety of millions of park visitors each year. https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/trump-administration-calls-on-nation-s-finest-to-defend-america-s-parks-and-heritage.htm www.nps.gov ·… Read More »Trump Administration Calls on Nation’s Finest to Defend America’s Parks and Heritage
Artistic rendering of the High-Rate Delay Tolerant Networking protocol being used on the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration to transfer radio and optical communications between Earth and space. Credit: NASA NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has earned 2025 R&D 100… Read More »NASA Glenn Teams Win 2025 R&D 100 Awards
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, CXC This image released on June 30, 2025, combines data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to visualize dark matter. Researchers used Webb’s observations to carefully measure the mass of the… Read More »Mapping Dark Matter
In this artist’s concept, the ocean-observing satellite Sentinel-6B orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and ocean data… Read More »NASA Sets Launch Coverage for International Ocean Tracking Mission
The 57.7-foot-long Canadarm2 robotic arm extends from a data grapple fixture on the International Space Station’s Harmony module in this July 23, 2025, image. www.nasa.gov · Public Domain
The following is a guest post by Justine Forcina, a foreign law intern working with Foreign Law Specialist Jenny Gesley at the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. This post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal… Read More »FALQs: 35 Years of German Reunification
Grand Canyon National Park will close the North Rim to all visitor access on Friday, November 14, 2025, at 5:20 p.m. Sections of the North Rim are tentatively expected to reopen to visitors for the 2026 season on May 15,… Read More »Grand Canyon National Park’s North Rim to Close for the Season on November 14
Voyageurs National Park is announcing the Rainy Lake Visitor Center Hours for the 2025-2026 winter season. https://www.nps.gov/voya/learn/news/winter-2025-2026-rainy-lake-visitor-center-hours.htm www.nps.gov · Public Domain
Independence Hall will be closed to visitors from November 13, 2025, to January 28, 2026, to enable preservation teams to complete comprehensive interior work to prepare the site for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/independencehalltemporaryclosure.htm… Read More »Independence Hall to temporarily close for preservation projects in advance of the 250th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Dr. Walsh is the institute’s seventh director and will also serve as director of the National Toxicology Program. www.nih.gov · Public Domain
NASA’s Technology Transfer Office invites entrepreneurs, innovators, and creative thinkers to apply NASA’s patented technologies to practical applications. Participants will select an existing NASA patent and develop a business or product concept that will be evaluated based on value proposition,… Read More »NASA Patent Remix Challenge
Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars… Read More »A Stranger in Our Midst?
Thanks to the CC Open Education Platform community’s time proposing projects and voting on the proposals, we now have five winning ideas to advance open education globally. CC will fund five projects in 2024, spanning Brazil, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria.… Read More »The CC Open Education Platform Funds Five New Community Projects
Launched in 2018, the Creative Commons Certificate program has trained and graduated nearly 1800 people from 66 countries. The Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices, and the ethos of the Commons. Our staff is constantly inspired… Read More »CC Certificate Alumni Making a Global Impact