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Andromeda’s Supermassive Black Hole Feeding Habits Revealed by NASA’s Spitzer
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These images of the Andromeda galaxy use data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope. Multiple wavelengths are shown in the image on ...
NASA Advances Six Pioneering Space Technologies for Tomorrow
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A collage of artist concepts highlighting the novel approaches proposed by the 2024 NIAC Phase II awardees for possible future missions. Credit: ...
NASA’s Key to Predicting Sudden Droughts
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NASA scientists have found that satellite-tracked plant fluorescence can predict flash droughts months in advance, aiding mitigation and understanding carbon cycle impacts ...
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Reveals Dynamic Shifts on Europa’s Frozen Surface
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Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s close flyby on September 29, 2022. ...
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower, Red Giant Star Antares, and May Planets
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The Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower is an annual celestial event that occurs from late April to mid-May, peaking around May 5th and ...
Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars
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This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...
NASA Receives Laser Communications From 140+ Million Miles Away
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A team prepares NASA’s Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of life on ...
NASA’s Voyager 1 Restores Data Transmission After 5 Months
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Artist’s illustration of one of the Voyager spacecraft. Credit: Caltech/NASA-JPL NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has begun transmitting usable engineering data for the ...
* NASA’s Perseverance Rover Hits the Mark – “This Is the Kind of Rock We Had Hoped To Find”
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The 21st rock core captured by NASA’s Perseverance has a composition that would make it good at trapping and preserving signs of ...