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NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza
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NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 171 miles…

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NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Triples Size of Pleiades Star Cluster
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Astronomers have revolutionized our understanding of a collection of stars in the northern sky called the Pleiades. They used data…

Nov 20, 2025
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Visible Light Because our atmosphere blocks or partially absorbs certain wavelengths, Hubble’s position 300 miles (483 km) above Earth’s surface…

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This image shows the Andromeda galaxy, first as seen in visible light by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, then as seen in infrared by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope.
This plot shows data obtained from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment telescope located in Chile, during a microlensing event.
The Blue Ring Nebula consists of two expanding cones of gas ejected into space by a stellar merger. As the gas cools, it forms hydrogen molecules that collide with particles in interstellar space, causing them to radiate far-ultraviolet light.
This artist's concept depicts the current record holder for the most luminous galaxy in the universe. The galaxy, named WISE J224607.57-052635.0, is erupting with light equal to more than 300 trillion suns. It was discovered by NASA's WISE.
Processed data from the Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) spectrometer aboard NASA's Juno mission is superimposed on a mosaic of optical images from the agency's Galileo and Voyager spacecraft that show grooved terrain on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
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