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NASA Wins Four Telly Awards for Artemis Moon Coverage, More

- NASA received four 2026 Telly Awards for its video productions, including Gold for “NASA’s Artemis II: Humanity’s Return to the Moon.” - The agency’s 24/7 Artemis II livestream combined visuals, real‑time mission data, and expert analysis to reach a global audience. - A video about geology training for future lunar exploration won a Silver in Science and Technology. - A documentary about Hubble, Webb and Roman telescopes won a Bronze for craft‑writing; combined streaming reached nearly 290 million views.

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- A study published June 5 (Science Advances) combines two decades of NASA MODIS satellite data, ocean surveys, and genetic markers in Prochlorococcus to map phytoplankton nutrient stress globally. - Warming sea-surface temperatures increase stratification, reduce upwelling, and limit surface nutrients, with strongest stress in subtropical gyres and the South

Fighting Fire With Fire

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- NASA’s Aqua/MODIS imagery captured smoke from numerous fires in Australia’s Northern Territory on May 28, 2026. - Many detected fires are deliberate prescribed burns, typically lit in mornings to manage savanna fuel loads. - Indigenous practices and modern programs (e.g., WALFA, Arnhem Land Fire Abatement)

NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

- A NASA-supported study found that over the past decade wildfires have increased ground-level ozone (smog) across much of the contiguous U.S., worsening air quality far from fires. - Nationally, fires offset nearly four years of ozone-control gains; in the Midwest wildfires erased about 5.3 years of progress