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5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun
With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the…
NASA’s Swift Reaches 20th Anniversary in Improved Pointing Mode
After two decades in space, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is performing better than ever thanks to a new operational…
NASA’s Mini BurstCube Mission Detects Mega Blast
Editor’s note: BurstCube re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on Sept. 16, 2024, marking the end of the mission. The shoebox-sized BurstCube satellite…
NASA’s Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet Seen
In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT — the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now…
SRPD Gamma-ray Astrophysics
MSFC Relativistic Astrophysics Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Community Tools and Support Motivation The Astro2020 Decadal Survey recommended, as its highest-priority sustaining activity,…
NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts
Editor’s note, April 18, 2024: BurstCube deployed into orbit from the space station April 18, 2024. It will begin a…
