Kalpana Youth Foundation

22/02/2026

High-performing engines? Calculated aerodynamics? Teams giving it all they've got? Yeah, we've got that!

As the waves the green flag, we're preparing to launch our own adventurous mission just 50 miles south of the track.

Learn more about the similarities between rockets and racecars >> https://go.nasa.gov/40b3pQX

22/02/2026

12/10/2025

30/05/2025

"Having the dust devil in the background makes it a classic — this is a great shot."

30/05/2025

👻 GHOST — a powerful new instrument on the Gemini South telescope — just spied an ultra-hot Jupiter with ultra-fast winds! 🔥🌬️ 🔥🌬️

Astronomers used GHOST to study HAT-P-70 b, a giant planet orbiting very close to its star. This marks GHOST’s first exoplanet transit, and it delivered big time.

Read our blog post to learn how GHOST is changing the way we see distant worlds!
https://noirlab.edu/public/blog/ghost-spies-jupiter/
📷: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

30/05/2025

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are! Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving us fresh clues about the origin of a new class of mysterious objects. More at: https://s.si.edu/lprt ⭐

30/05/2025

This galaxy? It's a nice, cool 70 degrees. 😎

NGC 3511, seen here, appears tilted about 70 degrees from our vantage point looking with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Astronomers are studying the galaxy as part of a survey of the star formation cycle in nearby galaxies.