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Kangaroo Island Shows Burn Scars On One Third of the Land Mass

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These images taken by the Terra satellite and enhanced by using correction reflectance bands on the MODIS (...

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New Technique May Give NASA’s Webb Telescope a Way to Quickly Identify Planets with Oxygen

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Conceptual image of water-bearing (left) and dry (right) exoplanets with oxygen-rich atmospheres. Crescents are...

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NASA’s TESS Mission Uncovers Its 1st World With Two Stars

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TOI 1338 b is silhouetted by its host stars. TESS only detects transits from the larger star.

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NASA's Great Observatories Help Astronomers Build a 3D Visualization of an Exploded Star

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This new multiwavelength image of the Crab Nebula combines X-ray light from the Chandra X-ray...

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NASA's Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy

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This Hubble Space Telescope photograph showcases the majestic spiral galaxy UGC 2885,...

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Scientists Find Evidence that Venus has Active Volcanoes

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This figure shows the volcanic peak Idunn Mons (at 46 degrees...

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Ferocious Fires in New South Wales Intensify

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Hubble Sights Galaxy’s Celestial Sequins

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Hubble Sights Galaxy’s Celestial Sequins

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