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NASA’s Webb Captures Neptune’s Auroras For First Time
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Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under Webb’s powerful gaze For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating from the Sun, become trapped in a planet’s…

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NASA’s Webb Telescope Unmasks True Nature of the Cosmic Tornado
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Craving an ice cream sundae with a cherry on top? This random alignment of Herbig-Haro 49/50 — a frothy-looking outflow from a nearby protostar — with a multi-hued spiral galaxy may do the trick. This new composite image combining observations…

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Hubble Captures a Neighbor’s Colorful Clouds
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Say hello to one of the Milky Way’s neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is a dwarf galaxy located…

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Interview with Michiharu Hyogo, Citizen Scientist and First Author of a New Scientific Paper
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Peer-reviewed scientific journal articles are the bedrock of science. Each one represents the culmination of a substantial project, impartially checked for accuracy and relevance – a proud accomplishment for any science team.  The person who takes responsibility for writing the…

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ESA Previews Euclid Mission’s Deep View of ‘Dark Universe’
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With contributions from NASA, the mission is looking back into the universe’s history to understand how the universe’s expansion has changed.  The Euclid mission — led by ESA (European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA — aims to find out…

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Atomic Layer Processing Coating Techniques Enable Missions to See Further into the Ultraviolet
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Astrophysics observations at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths often probe the most dynamic aspects of the universe. However, the high energy of ultraviolet photons means that their interaction with the materials that make up an observing instrument are less efficient, resulting in…

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NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured direct images of multiple gas giant planets within an iconic planetary system. HR 8799, a young system 130 light-years away, has long been a key target for planet formation studies. The observations indicate…

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NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights
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NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days…

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Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo. While the galaxy and the star appear to be close to one another, even overlapping, they’re actually a great…

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NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning
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NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of galaxies, and to search for the ingredients of life in our galaxy. Short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the…

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