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An aerial photo of a flooded neighborhood in North Dakota

International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood Prediction 

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A partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and…

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Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft.

NASA Selects Students for Europa Clipper Intern Program

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NASA has selected 40 undergraduate students for the first year of its Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists)…

Article6 days ago
Orange sun with colorful planets trailing out to one side.

Orbits and Kepler’s Laws

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Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion The story of how we understand planetary motion could not be told if it were…

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DALI Grantees

NASA Awards Grants for Lunar Instrumentation

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NASA has awarded five scientists and engineers Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI) grants to support the development of instruments for potential…

Article2 months 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.

NASA-Supported Team Discovers Aurora-Like Radio Bursts Above Sunspot

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A NASA-funded team of scientists has discovered long-lasting radio signals emanating from the Sun that are similar to those associated…

Article2 months ago
This stylized illustration, created for the 2024 total solar eclipse, shows Earth’s Moon blocking the Sun from view and revealing the Sun’s corona, or outermost atmosphere. The Sun’s magnetic field affects charged particles in the corona, causing elaborate streamers and plumes that are depicted in this artist’s interpretation.

Total Solar Eclipse 2024: The Moon’s Moment in the Sun

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To know exactly where and when the solar eclipse will cast its shadow, we study our nearest neighbor in space.

Article2 months ago