- — Webb Sheds Light on Galaxy Evolution, Black Holes
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at 7/12/22 10:13amStephan's Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies, is best known for being prominently featured in the holiday classic film, "It's a Wonderful Life." Today, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals Stephan's Quintet in a new light.- — Webb Reveals Cosmic Cliffs, Glittering Landscape of Star Birth
- at 7/12/22 10:13amThis landscape of "mountains" and "valleys" speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula.
- — NASA's Webb Captures Dying Star's Final 'Performance' in Fine Detail
- at 7/12/22 10:13amSome stars save the best for last.
- — Nevada As Seen From Space By Sentinel 2
- at 7/11/22 9:54pmNevada, United States (41.0°N 115.2°W), 07 Jul 2022
- — How To Anticipate A CMEs' Arrival Time
- at 7/11/22 9:54pmCoronal mass ejections (CMEs) are eruptive solar events. They are often associated with solar flares and filaments.
- — Hopping Space Dust Makes Asteroids Look Rougher
- at 7/11/22 9:54pmLike corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new study from physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder.
- — Undead Planets: The Unusual Conditions Of The First Exoplanet Detection
- at 7/11/22 9:54pmThe first ever exoplanets were discovered 30 years ago around a rapidly rotating star, called a pulsar.
- — Perseverance Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites
- at 7/11/22 9:54pmNASA's Perseverance Mars rover is conducting its science campaign, taking samples at Jezero Crater's ancient river delta, but it's also been busy scouting.
- — The First James Webb Space Telescope is Awe Inspiring
- at 7/11/22 6:26pmThe first image of the James Webb Space Telescope did not disappoint and when you think for a minute what you're looking at, it is awe inspiring.
- — NASA Space Station Update 11 July, 2022 - Preparations for a Cargo Mission This Week
- at 7/11/22 4:52pmPreparations for a cargo mission this week and a spacewalk next week are keeping the Expedition 67 crew busy aboard the International Space Station.
- — NASA Space Station Status Report 8 July, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence, Hearing Tests
- at 7/11/22 4:52pmArtificial intelligence, hearing tests, and a microscope setup topped the research agenda aboard the International Space Station on Friday.
- — Nanoracks Bishop Airlock - International Space Station Trash Deployment
- at 7/10/22 9:52pmThe Nanoracks Bishop Airlock is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as it is positioned away from the International Space Station.
- — Artemis IV Engine Section Moved
- at 7/10/22 9:52pmTechnicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility move the engine section of NASA's Space Launch System rocket for Artemis IV from the Vertical Assembly Building to Cell G for weld priming.
- — Hiiraan, Hirshabelle, Somalia As Seen From Space By Sentinel 2
- at 7/10/22 9:52pmHiiraan, Hirshabelle, Somalia (4.0°N 45.5°E), 04 Apr 2022
- — Become a Jovian Vortex Hunter
- at 7/10/22 8:22pmA new NASA citizen science project, Jovian Vortex Hunter, seeks your help spotting vortices - spiral wind patterns - and other phenomena in photos of the planet Jupiter.
- — NASA Johnson Space Center SpaceCast Weekly - 8 July 2022
- at 7/10/22 1:51pmSpaceCast Weekly is a NASA Television broadcast from the Johnson Space Center in Houston featuring stories about NASA's work in human spaceflight.
- — This Week at NASA - James Webb Space Telescope First Full-Color Images Next Week
- at 7/10/22 1:51pmReady to showcase the Webb space telescope's first full-color images, back in touch with a spacecraft on an important mission to the Moon, and our Artemis I Moon rocket and spacecraft move a step closer to launch ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA!
- — NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 8 July, 2022
- at 7/9/22 10:38amNASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.
- — NGC 972 In Bloom
- at 7/8/22 3:29pmThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week shows bright, colourful pockets of star formation blooming like roses in a spiral galaxy named NGC 972.
- — Northwest Greenland Seen From Orbit
- at 7/8/22 3:29pmNorthwest Greenland is featured in this icy image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission.
- — NGC 3169: Up And Over
- at 7/8/22 3:29pmEvery now and then, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope glimpses a common object -- say, a spiral galaxy -- in an interesting or unusual way.
- — Earth from Space - Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, Canary Islands
- at 7/8/22 1:58pmFuerteventura and Lanzarote, part of the Canary Islands lying in the North Atlantic Ocean, are featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
- — NASA Space Station Update 8 July, 2022 - Artificial Intelligence, Hearing Tests
- at 7/8/22 1:58pmArtificial intelligence, hearing tests, and a microscope setup topped the research agenda aboard the International Space Station on Friday.
- — NASA Space Station Status Report 7 July, 2022 - The GRIP Experiment
- at 7/8/22 1:58pmThe International Space Station continues hosting an array of advanced science experiments and spacewalk preparations.
- — A New Way To Get Rid Of Waste From The Space Station
- at 7/7/22 9:23pmThe Nanoracks Bishop Airlock is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm as it is positioned away from the International Space Station.
- — Orion Docking Hatch Evaluation
- at 7/7/22 9:23pmEngineers and astronauts conduct testing in a representative model of the Orion spacecraft at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 28, 2016 to gather the crew's feedback on the design of the docking hatch and on post-landing equipment operations.
- — Asteroid Bennu Reveals its Surface is Like a Plastic Ball Pit
- at 7/7/22 9:23pmAfter analyzing data gathered when NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample from asteroid Bennu in October 2020, scientists have learned something astonishing: The spacecraft would have sunk into Bennu had it not fired its thrusters to back away immediately after it grabbed dust and rock from the asteroid's surface.
- — NASA Space Station Update 7 July, 2022 - The GRIP Experiment
- at 7/7/22 4:45pmThe International Space Station continues hosting an array of advanced science experiments and spacewalk preparations.
- — NASA Space Station Status Report 6 July, 2022 - Preparing For Another Spacewalk
- at 7/7/22 4:45pmThe Expedition 67 crew continued exploring how humans and plants adapt in microgravity while testing robotic free-flyers on Wednesday.
- — Wyoming As Seen From Space
- at 7/7/22 3:05pmWyoming, United States (43.7°N 106.8°W), 28 Jun 2022
- — All Along the Slopes On Mars
- at 7/7/22 3:05pmPrevious images that we acquired showed recurring slope lineae (RSL) on northwest and west-facing slopes.
- — A Complex Geologic History Of Aram Chaos On Mars
- at 7/7/22 3:05pmThis 280-kilometer diameter crater center has experienced a long history of water activity.
- — Dynamic Dunes On Mars
- at 7/7/22 2:32pmAt first glance this captivating scene peering through wispy clouds and down onto a dune field is reminiscent of a satellite view of one of Earth's deserts, but this is in fact a beautiful landscape on Mars.
- — Suez, Egypt As Seen From Orbit
- at 7/7/22 2:32pmSuez, Egypt (30.2°N 32.5°E), 27 Jun 2022
- — Jewel Bug Nebula NGC 7027
- at 7/7/22 2:32pmThis image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts NGC 7027, or the "Jewel Bug" nebula.
- — Najran Region, Saudi Arabia As Seen From Space
- at 7/6/22 4:16pmNajran Region, Saudi Arabia (18.5°N 45.5°E), 26 Jun 2022
- — Isidis Basin Ejecta On Mars
- at 7/6/22 4:16pmThis scene is a jumbled mess! There are blocks and smears of many different rocks types that appear to have been dumped into a pile.
- — New Instruments Selected For Priority Artemis Science on Moon
- at 7/6/22 2:34pmAdding to the growing list of commercial deliveries slated to explore more of the Moon than ever before under Artemis, NASA has selected two new science instrument suites, including one that will study the mysterious Gruithuisen Domes for the first time.
- — Contained Confinement At Concordia Research Station In Antarctica
- at 7/6/22 2:34pmESA-sponsored medical doctor Nick Smith snapped this photo of the storage containers at Concordia research station in Antarctica shortly before sunset, 8 April 2021. The dark blue line at the horizon is the shadow of the Earth.
- — Wadi al Shatii As Seen From Orbit
- at 7/6/22 2:34pmWadi al Shatii, Libya (28.4°N 11.6°E), 21 Jun 2022
- — NGC 3895: One Large Stellar Latte To Go
- at 7/6/22 2:34pmFar away in the Ursa Major constellation is a swirling galaxy that would not look out of place on a coffee made by a starry-eyed barista
- — Advanced Space - CAPSTONE Mission: 05 July 2022 Update
- at 7/5/22 8:28pmOn July 4, 2022, CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) separated successfully from the launch vehicle and is heading to the Moon on behalf on NASA.
- — NASA CAPSTONE Mission Experiences Comms Issue (Updated)
- at 7/5/22 8:28pmNASA is reporting that communications issue has arisen between the spacecraft and the Deep Space Network.
- — NASA Space Station Update 5 July, 2022 - Space Physics and Human Research
- at 7/5/22 3:28pmSpace physics and human research dominated the science agenda aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday.
- — North Kordofan State, Sudan As Seen From Orbit
- at 7/5/22 3:28pmNorth Kordofan State, Sudan (15.8°N 31.6°E), 24 Jun 2022
- — Dunes On The Floor Of Katoomba Crater On Mars
- at 7/5/22 3:28pmThis observation is part of a large and ongoing series to aid in the classification and volume estimates of dunes in the United States Geological Survey global dune database.
- — A Mirror for NASA's Antarctic Balloon Mission
- at 7/5/22 3:28pmThe 8.2-foot (2.5-meter) primary mirror on NASA's Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths mission, or ASTHROS, is one of the largest to ever fly on a high-altitude balloon.
- — Lake Mar Chiquita, Argentina Seen From Space
- at 7/5/22 2:08pmThe Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over Lake Mar Chiquita - an endorheic salt lake in the northeast province of Córdoba, Argentina.
- — NGC 2775: Birds Of A Feather
- at 7/5/22 2:08pmThe spiral pattern shown by the galaxy in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is striking because of its delicate, feathery nature.
- — NASA CAPSTONE Mission Experiences Comms Issue
- at 7/5/22 11:28amNASA is reporting that communications issue has arisen between the spacecraft and the Deep Space Network.
- — Namibia As Seen From Orbit
- at 7/4/22 3:37pmNamibia (19.5°S 12.7°E), 16 Jun 2022
- — Novel NASA Instrument Sets Sights on Earth-bound Solar Radiation
- at 7/4/22 3:37pmA very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the Sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet's severe weather, climate change and other global forces.
- — A 3D-printed Block Of Moon Dust
- at 7/4/22 2:15pmThe hollow cell structure of this 1.5 tonne block, 3D printed from simulated lunar dust, let it combine strength with low weight, like bird bones.
- — Lake Titicaca Seen From Space
- at 7/4/22 2:15pmAhead of World Wetlands Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake Titicaca - one of the largest lakes in South America.
- — IC 2051: Discs And Bulges
- at 7/4/22 2:15pmThis image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 2051, a galaxy in the southern constellation of Mensa (The Table Mountain), lying about 85 million light-years away.
- — TBone Study Shows That Spaceflight Is hard On Astronaut Bodies
- at 7/3/22 2:51pmEver wondered if you have anything in common with an astronaut? Turns out there are 206 things - your bones.
- — Young, Active Bagana Volcano Seen From Space
- at 7/3/22 2:51pmBougainville Island in Papua New Guinea hosts three large volcanoes along its mountainous middle: Mount Balbi, Mount Bagana, and the Mount Takuan volcanic complex.
- — NGC 772: A Rival To The Milky Way
- at 7/3/22 2:51pmThe Universe is simply so vast that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of scale.
- — This Week at NASA - A New Moon Mission Launched for the Artemis Program
- at 7/3/22 2:51pmLaunching a new mission around the Moon, preparing the Space Launch System for its first flight, and undocking a resupply spacecraft from the space station ... a few of the stories to tell you about - This Week at NASA.
- — Shoemaker Crater, Australia Seen From Space
- at 7/2/22 2:15pmFor Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Shoemaker Impact Structure (formerly known as Teague Ring) in Western Australia.
- — NGC 5468: A Dramatic Demise
- at 7/2/22 2:15pmSome of the most dramatic events in the Universe occur when certain stars die -- and explode catastrophically in the process.
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