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NASA's Hubble, Webb Probe Surprisingly Smooth Disk Around Vega - NASA Science
In the 1997 movie “Contact,” adapted from Carl Sagan’s 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a space-alien-built wormhole ride to the star Vega.science.nasa.gov
Contract Specialist Miranda Meyer - NASA
“Discipline is one of the things that they instill within you All the way starting in boot camp, is doing the right thing when no one is looking. Integrity.NASA
‘Blood-Soaked’ Eyes: NASA’s Webb, Hubble Examine Galaxy Pair - NASA Science
Stare deeply at these galaxies. They appear as if blood is pumping through the top of a flesh-free face. The long, ghastly “stare” of their searing eye-like cores shines out into the supreme cosmic darkness.science.nasa.gov
NASA to Launch Innovative Solar Coronagraph to Space Station - NASA Science
NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details about the solar wind including its origin and its evolution.science.nasa.gov
NASA Technologies Named Among TIME Inventions of 2024 - NASA
As NASA continues to innovate for the benefit of humanity, agency inventions that use new structures to harness sunlight for space travel, enableTiernan P. Doyle (NASA)
Carissa Arillo: Testing Spacecraft, Penning the Owner’s Manuals - NASA
Flight operations engineer Carissa Arillo helped ensure one of the instruments on NASA’s PACE mission made it successfully through its prelaunch testing. SheMadison Olson (NASA)
NASA Successfully Integrates Coronagraph for Roman Space Telescope - NASA
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully completed integration of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument onto Roman’s Instrument Carrier, aJeanette Kazmierczak (NASA)
Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball - NASA Science
The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind it.science.nasa.gov
NASA Awards NOAA’s Solar Wind Plasma Sensors Contract - NASA
NASA has selected the University of New Hampshire in Durham to build Solar Wind Plasma Sensors for the Lagrange 1 Series project, part of the National OceanicNASA
NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation - NASA
NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASANASA
Meloë Kacenelenbogen Eyes the Future of Air Quality, Climate Research - NASA
A mentor of research scientist Meloë Kacenelenbogen once shared a sentiment from French author André Gide: “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have theMadison Olson (NASA)
NASA Reveals Prototype Telescope for Gravitational Wave Observatory - NASA Science
NASA has revealed the first look at a full-scale prototype for six telescopes that will enable, in the next decade, the space-based detection of gravitational waves — ripples in space-time caused by merging black holes and other cosmic sources.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Captures a New View of Galaxy M90 - NASA Science
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the striking spiral galaxy Messier 90 (M90, also NGC 4569), located in the constellation Virgo.science.nasa.gov
NASA Goddard Hosts Former VP Al Gore to Mark 10 Years of DSCOVR Mission - NASA
Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Oct. 16, 2024, to commemorate theRob Garner (NASA)
NASA to Embrace Commercial Sector, Fly Out Legacy Relay Fleet - NASA
NASA is one step closer on its transition to using commercially owned and operated satellite communications services to provide future near-Earth spaceKatherine Schauer (NASA)
NASA's Hubble Sees a Stellar Volcano - NASA Science
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided a dramatic and colorful close-up look at one of the most rambunctious stars in our galaxy, weaving a huge spiral pattern among the stars.science.nasa.gov
NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle - NASA Science
In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced that the Sun has reached its solar maximum period, whic…science.nasa.gov
ESA/NASA’s SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky - NASA Science
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.science.nasa.gov
ESA/NASA’s SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky - NASA Science
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.science.nasa.gov
Hubble Spots a Grand Spiral of Starbursts - NASA Science
The sparkling scene depicted in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is of the spiral galaxy NGC 5248, located 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes. It is also known as Caldwell 45.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Hubble Watches Jupiter's Great Red Spot Behave Like a Stress Ball - NASA Science
Astronomers have observed Jupiter’s legendary Great Red Spot (GRS), an anticyclone large enough to swallow Earth, for at least 150 years. But there are always new surprises – especially when NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope takes a close-up look at it.science.nasa.gov
NASA's Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at Uranus - NASA Science
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints.science.nasa.gov
NASA Terminal Transmits First Laser Communications Uplink to Space - NASA
NASA’s LCOT (Low-Cost Optical Terminal), a ground station made of modified commercial hardware, transmitted its first laser communications uplink to the TBIRDKorine Powers (NASA)
Systems Engineer Noosha Haghani Prepped PACE for Space - NASA
Throughout the life cycles of missions, Goddard engineer Noosha Haghani has championed problem-solving and decision-making to get to flight-ready projects.Madison Olson (NASA)
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Exoskeleton’ Whirls Through Major Test - NASA
A major component of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just took a spin on the centrifuge at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.Ashley Balzer (NASA)
NASA: New Insights into How Mars Became Uninhabitable - NASA Science
NASA’s Curiosity rover, currently exploring Gale crater on Mars, is providing new details about how the ancient Martian climate went from potentially suitable for life – with evidence for widespread liquid water on the surface – to a surface that is …science.nasa.gov
Hubble Observes a Peculiar Galaxy Shape - NASA Science
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy, NGC 4694. Most galaxies fall into one of two basic types.science.nasa.gov
2 NASA Employees Awarded Space and Satellite Professionals 20 under 35 of 2024 - NASA
Two NASA employees, Howard Chang and Bradley Williams, were named as two of the “20 under 35 of 2024” by the Space and Satellite Professionals International.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
Two NASA Employees Awarded Space and Satellite Professionals 20 under 35 of 2024 - NASA
Two NASA employees, Howard Chang and Bradley Williams, were named as two of the “20 under 35 of 2024” by the Space and Satellite Professionals International.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
NASA’s LRO: Lunar Ice Deposits are Widespread - NASA Science
Deposits of ice in lunar dust and rock (regolith) are more extensive than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) mission. Ice would be a valuable resource for future lunar expeditions.science.nasa.gov
How NASA Astronauts Vote from Space Aboard International Space Station - NASA
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station have the opportunity to vote in general elections through absentee ballots or early voting inDominique V. Crespo (NASA)
Via NASA Plane, Scientists Find New Gamma-ray Emission in Storm Clouds - NASA Science
There’s more to thunderclouds than rain and lightning. Thunderclouds can produce intense bursts of gamma rays.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s TESS Spots Record-Breaking Stellar Triplets - NASA
Professional and amateur astronomers teamed up with artificial intelligence to find an unmatched stellar trio called TIC 290061484, thanks to cosmic “strobeAshley Balzer (NASA)
NASA’s Webb Reveals Unusual Jets of Volatile Gas from Icy Centaur 29P - NASA Science
Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own kind of centaurs: distant objects orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.science.nasa.gov
NASA Announces Selections for Lunar Comms, Network Studies - NASA
NASA has selected Intuitive Machines of Houston and Aalyria Technologies Inc. of Livermore, California, to perform capability studies with the goal ofNASA
Astrophysicist Gioia Rau Explores Cosmic ‘Time Machines’ - NASA
To shape NASA’s path of exploration forward, Dr. Gioia Rau unravels stars and worlds beyond our solar system.Madison Olson (NASA)
NASA’s Artemis Science Instrument Gets Tested in Moon-Like Sandbox - NASA Science
Scientists and engineers test an instrument suite in development for NASA's Artemis III mission in a “sandbox” of simulated Moon "soil."science.nasa.gov
NASA's Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions - NASA Science
In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s Record-Breaking Laser Demo Completes Mission - NASA
NASA’s TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery) demonstration and its host spacecraft — the PTD-3 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-3) — have completed theirKatherine Schauer (NASA)
In Odd Galaxy, NASA’s Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars - NASA Science
Looking deep into the early universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas outshining its stars.science.nasa.gov