Science

Sounding Rocket Mission to Observe Magnetic Fields on the Sun

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SUMI’s instruments are designed to study magnetic fields of the sun’s chromosphere...

The 'Flame' Burns Bright in New WISE Image

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A fiery image from NASA's WISE mission shows the Flame nebula "burning" a hole in the cosmic dust.

Hubble Sees a Vapor of Stars

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Relatively few galaxies possess the sweeping, luminous spiral arms or brightly glowing...

NASA's 'Webb-Cam' Has Double Vision for MIRI's Arrival

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This is an image taken from one of NASA’s two special "Webb-cams,” a camera in a giant clean...

ESA astronaut André Kuipers returns to Earth

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The Soyuz TMA-03M capsule with astronauts Don Pettit, Oleg Kononenko and ESA astronaut André Kuipers touchdown on Sunday 1...

Smokey Bear Goes to Space

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NASA Partners With Forest Service To Highlight Wildfires, Science

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Wildfires Seen From Station
A video camera aboard the International Space Station captured this footage of the wildfires burning in the...

Hubble, Swift Detect First-Ever Changes in an Exoplanet Atmosphere

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This artist's rendering illustrates the...