Science

Hubble Captures Crisp New Image of Jupiter and Europa

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This latest image of Jupiter, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, was captured when the planet was...

Possible Marker of Life Spotted on Venus

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An international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a rare molecule — phosphine — in the clouds of Venus. On Earth,...

NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor’ Planet Hugging White Dwarf Star

In this illustration, WD 1856 b, a potential Jupiter-size planet, orbits its much smaller host star, a dim white dwarf.
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SOFIA Returns to Flight Studying Galaxies

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NASA’s flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, has returned to science...

Wheelock Readies Astronauts for Moon Landing

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STS-120 Commander Pamela Melroy talked to media and guests on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...

Monitoring the Arctic heatwave

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Inside NASA’s Pandemic Response Campaigns

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Patrick Degrosse, engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, shows the guts of the ventilator that a team...

Hubble Maps Giant Halo Around Andromeda Galaxy

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This illustration depicts the gaseous halo of the Andromeda galaxy if it could be seen with...