Space News
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Solar Orbiter Launch Takes Solar Science to New Heights
Solar Orbiter, a new collaborative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA to study the Sun, launched at 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V…
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NASA’s MAVEN Explores Mars to Understand Radio Interference at Earth
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere of Mars. The phenomenon is common at Earth and causes unpredictable disruptions to…
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NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Mission of Astronomical Discovery
After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope’s mission has come to…
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How Earth Climate Models Help Scientists Picture Life on Unimaginable Worlds
Thousands of computers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center are tasked with running sophisticated climate models to predict Earth’s future climate. Collectively known as NASA’s Discover supercomputer, they’re now also…
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NASA’s Kepler Witnesses Vampire Star System Undergoing Super-Outburst
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was designed to find exoplanets by looking for stars that dim as a planet crosses the star’s face. Fortuitously, the same design makes it ideal for spotting…
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Famous Black Hole Has Jet Pushing Cosmic Speed Limit
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have seen that the famous giant black hole in Messier 87 is propelling particles at speeds greater than 99% of the speed of light.…
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Galactic Pyrotechnics From 23 Million Light Years Away
NGC 4258, a galaxy about 23 million light years away, is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks. First published at NASA.gov
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Galaxy Gathering Brings Warmth
As the holiday season approaches, people in the northern hemisphere will gather indoors to stay warm. In keeping with the season, astronomers have studied two groups of galaxies that are…
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Black Hole Nurtures Baby Stars a Million Light-Years Away
Black holes are famous for ripping objects apart, including stars. But now, astronomers have uncovered a black hole that may have sparked the births of stars over a mind-boggling distance,…
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Stars Are Being Born in the Depths of a Black Hole
In the Phoenix constellation, astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are being born at its core. First published at NASA.gov