Space News
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Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center
2 min read Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397. ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth The light that…
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4580-4581: Something in the Air…
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources…
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I Am Artemis: Patrick Junen
NASA For some people, a passion for space is something that might develop over time, but for Patrick Junen, the desire was there from the beginning. With a father and…
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Sparkling Andromeda
X-ray: NASA/CXO/UMass/Z. Li & Q.D. Wang, ESA/XMM-Newton; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE, Spitzer, NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Gordon (U. Az), ESA/Herschel, ESA/Planck, NASA/IRAS, NASA/COBE; Radio: NSF/GBT/WSRT/IRAM/C. Clark (STScI); Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GALEX; Optical: Andromeda, Unexpected © Marcel Drechsler,…
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By Air and by Sea: Validating NASA’s PACE Ocean Color Instrument
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Ames research scientist Kristina Pistone monitors instrument data while onboard the Twin Otter aircraft, flying over Monterey Bay…
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NASA Mars Orbiter Learns New Moves After Nearly 20 Years in Space
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An antenna sticks out like whiskers from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in this artist’s concept of the spacecraft, which…
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NASA Citizen Scientists Find New Eclipsing Binary Stars
When two stars orbit one another in such a way that one blocks the other’s light each time it swings around, that’s an eclipsing binary. A new paper from NASA’s…
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Meet the Space Ops Team: Derrick Bailey
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Since childhood, Derrick Bailey always had an early fascination with aeronautics. Military fighter jet pilots were his childhood heroes,…
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NASA’s Webb Digs into Structural Origins of Disk Galaxies
Explore Webb Webb News Latest News Latest Images Webb’s Blog Awards X (offsite – login reqd) Instagram (offsite – login reqd) Facebook (offsite- login reqd) Youtube (offsite) Overview About Who…
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NASA, Australia Team Up for Artemis II Lunar Laser Communications Test
An artist’s concept of NASA’s Orion spacecraft orbiting the Moon while using laser communications technology through the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System. Credit: NASA/Dave Ryan As NASA prepares for…