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Get the latest NASA Science mission updates, from exploring distant planets to studying Earth’s climate. Stay informed about new discoveries, mission milestones, and the technology driving space exploration. Whether it’s Mars rovers, exoplanet research, or the latest satellite launches, you’ll find the most recent news and insights right here.ding the natural world. Here, you can read news about NASA-funded citizen science projects, new discoveries, and opportunities to get involved. For more information on current citizen science projects.

NASA’s Webb Reveals New Details, Mysteries in Jupiter’s Aurora
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new details of the auroras on our solar system’s largest planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth. With Webb’s advanced sensitivity, astronomers have…

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What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years
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One year on, NASA scientists are still making huge discoveries about the largest geomagnetic storm to hit Earth in two decades, the Gannon storm. The findings are helping us better understand and prepare for the ways in which the Sun’s…

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Hubble Comes Face-to-Face with Spiral’s Arms
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The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, the Lion. British astronomer Sir…

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NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue
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NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes. These scientific productions are sonifications — or translations into sound — of data collected by NASA telescopes…

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NASA’s Hubble Pinpoints Roaming Massive Black Hole
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Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.” Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible monster gulping down any wayward star that plummets…

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Key Portion of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Clears Thermal Vacuum Test
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One half of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy test to ensure it will function properly in the space environment. “This milestone tees us up to attach the flight solar array sun shield to…

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New Visualization From NASA’s Webb Telescope Explores Cosmic Cliffs
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In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made its public debut with a series of breathtaking images. Among them was an ethereal landscape nicknamed the Cosmic Cliffs. This glittering realm of star birth is the subject of a new…

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NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets
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The blazar BL Lacertae, a supermassive black hole surrounded by a bright disk and jets oriented toward Earth, provided scientists with a unique opportunity to answer a longstanding question: How are X-rays generated in extreme environments like this? NASA’s IXPE…

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NASA Progresses Toward Crewed Moon Mission with Spacecraft, Rocket Milestones
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Engineers, technicians, mission planners, and the four astronauts set to fly around the Moon next year on Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission, are rapidly progressing toward launch. At the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams are working…

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NASA’s NICER Maps Debris From Recurring Cosmic Crashes
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Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. For the first time, astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other missions.…

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