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A topographical image of the South Pole Aitken-Basin, with a dark blue and purple area to highlight the basin amongst its surroundings.

South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return and eXploration (SPARX) Science Definition Team (SDT)

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Amendment 112: C.8 Lunar Data Analysis Program Due Dates Delayed

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En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

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A topographical image of the South Pole Aitken-Basin, with a dark blue and purple area to highlight the basin amongst its surroundings.

South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return and eXploration (SPARX) Science Definition Team (SDT)

article 24 mins ago

En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

article 51 mins ago

Green background with swirls of brown indicating the river location.

NASA’s Cloud-based Confluence Software Helps Hydrologists Study Rivers on a Global Scale

article 3 hours ago

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Station Science Top News: Jan. 31, 2025

Station Science Top News: Jan. 31, 2025

article 22 hours ago

CDLC

CDLC

article 1 day ago

A graphic illustration of the rover known as VIPER. It is mostly grey with blue siding and the central structure is box-like. Four wheels are underneath the rover, which will help it traverse the lunar south pole. Mounted on top of the rover are a couple of additional small structures as well as lights that will shine the way in permanently shadowed regions (PSRS). In the background is a simulation of the Moon�s surface surrounded by black space.

VIPER Announcement for Partnership Proposals

article 6 days ago

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NASA Radar Imagery Reveals Details About Los Angeles-Area Landslides

NASA Radar Imagery Reveals Details About Los Angeles-Area Landslides

article 4 days ago

Glowing bands over Earth at night.

The Atmosphere… After Dark!

article 2 weeks ago

How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth

How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth

article 2 weeks ago

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Amendment 112: C.8 Lunar Data Analysis Program Due Dates Delayed

article 37 mins ago

En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

article 51 mins ago

View of the aurora from the International Space Station.

Auroras

article 4 hours ago

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A large galaxy is at center, and a significantly smaller galaxy is to its left. The large galaxy, nicknamed the Bullseye, is mostly face-on, but the top appears slightly tilted away. It has several rings. Its circular core is bright white at the very center, but light yellow overall. Going outward, there are gaps between the rings. The core is surrounded by two slightly lighter yellow rings, which also appear to be overlapping. The next ring is slightly more transparent and yellow. The two or three rings that are farther out are bluer, sometimes with blue clumps. The widest ring is also blue, but also the most transparent. At 9 o’clock is a small dwarf galaxy. It is about the same size as the yellow core of the Bullseye. The dwarf galaxy is blue, with many dots. It looks like the edge of the Bullseye might touch the dwarf galaxy. Both galaxies are set on the black background of space, which is dotted with a range of galaxies in different shapes, colors, and sizes, along with one foreground star at left.

Straight Shot: Hubble Investigates Galaxy with Nine Rings

article 5 hours ago

6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA’s Newest Space Telescope

6 Things to Know About SPHEREx, NASA’s Newest Space Telescope

article 4 days ago

In the exact center a supernova is visible as a small but bright blue dot. It lies atop the outer disk of a hazy-looking galaxy, which has a somewhat warped shape. Around this are a number of minor galaxies visible as glowing disks, and some points of light that are stars near to us, on a black background. A few bright stars hold X-shaped spikes that are optical artefacts from the telescope.

Hubble Spots a Supernova

article 4 days ago

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Amendment 112: C.8 Lunar Data Analysis Program Due Dates Delayed

article 37 mins ago

Green background with swirls of brown indicating the river location.

NASA’s Cloud-based Confluence Software Helps Hydrologists Study Rivers on a Global Scale

article 3 hours ago

View of the aurora from the International Space Station.

Auroras

article 4 hours ago

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NASA Flight Tests Wildland Fire Tech Ahead of Demo

NASA Flight Tests Wildland Fire Tech Ahead of Demo

article 4 days ago

SUbsonic Single Aft eNgine (SUSAN) Electrofan

SUbsonic Single Aft eNgine (SUSAN) Electrofan

article 1 week ago

SUSAN Publications

SUSAN Publications

article 1 week ago

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Cassiopeia A, a circular-shaped cloud of gas and dust with complex structure. The inner shell is made of bright pink and orange filaments studded with clumps and knots that look like tiny pieces of shattered glass. Around the exterior of the inner shell, particularly at the upper right, there are curtains of wispy gas that look like campfire smoke. The white smoke-like material also appears to fill the cavity of the inner shell, featuring structures shaped like large bubbles. Around and within the nebula, there are various stars seen as points of blue and white light. Outside the nebula, there are also clumps of yellow dust, with a particularly large clump at the bottom right corner that appears to have very detailed striations.

Funding for Events

article 1 day ago

NASA 3D-Printed Antenna Takes Additive Manufacturing to New Heights

NASA 3D-Printed Antenna Takes Additive Manufacturing to New Heights

article 2 weeks ago

In this illustration, a small portion of the Sun appears in yellow at the bottom with a dark sunspot in the center. Above the sunspot, against a black background, appear several vertical, curved streaks of light that are light pink at the bottom, closest to the sunspot and darken to dark pink in the middle then purple at the top. The streaks also appear thinner at the top than at the bottom.

Amendment 105: A.52 Advanced Component Technology Due Dates Delayed

article 2 weeks ago

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How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades K-4)

How Does the Sun Behave? (Grades K-4)

article 23 hours ago

Amendment 111: F.5 FINESST SMD’s Graduate Student Research opportunity: Updated Text and Charts and Reviewers Sought

article 5 days ago

Amendment 107: F.5 FINESST Graduate Student Research Opportunity: Due Date Delay and Other Important Updates

article 2 weeks ago

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A topographical image of the South Pole Aitken-Basin, with a dark blue and purple area to highlight the basin amongst its surroundings.

South Pole-Aitken Basin Sample Return and eXploration (SPARX) Science Definition Team (SDT)

article 24 mins ago

Amendment 112: C.8 Lunar Data Analysis Program Due Dates Delayed

article 37 mins ago

En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

En Route to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper Captures Images of Stars

article 51 mins ago

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La NASA identifica causa de pérdida de material del escudo térmico de Orion de Artemis I

La NASA identifica causa de pérdida de material del escudo térmico de Orion de Artemis I

article 2 months ago

Preguntas frecuentes: La verdadera historia del cuidado de la salud de los astronautas en el espacio

Preguntas frecuentes: La verdadera historia del cuidado de la salud de los astronautas en el espacio

article 2 months ago

La NASA lleva un dron y un rover espacial a un espectáculo aéreo

La NASA lleva un dron y un rover espacial a un espectáculo aéreo

article 3 months ago

Four colorful angles of Mercury using data from two MESSENGER instruments

Colorful Angles of Mercury

Four colorful angles of Mercury using data from two MESSENGER instruments

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