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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy Tours Tanegashima Space Center
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy Tours Tanegashima Space Center

Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan, center, tours the Tanegashima Space Center Visitors Center with Japan Aerospace…

Hinode Views Sunspot Activity
Hinode Views Sunspot Activity

Hinode views Active Region 11967, which released numerous solar flares in early 2014.

Ice on the Great Lakes in False Color Infrared
Ice on the Great Lakes in False Color Infrared

On Feb. 19, 2014 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this striking false-colored image of the…

Exoplanet Discoveries
Exoplanet Discoveries

Exoplanet Discoveries

Sizes of Known Exoplanets
Sizes of Known Exoplanets

The histogram shows the number of planets by size for all known exoplanets.

First Moments of a Solar Flare in Different Wavelengths of Light
First Moments of a Solar Flare in Different Wavelengths of Light

On Feb. 24, 2014, the sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:49 p.m. EST. These Solar Dynamics Observatory…

NASA’s Alex Priskos, Salt Lake City Native, to Talk Deep Space Exploration at Clark Planetarium
NASA’s Alex Priskos, Salt Lake City Native, to Talk Deep Space Exploration at Clark Planetarium

Alex Priskos, who is leading the work on the boosters that will power the Space Launch System (SLS), will discuss…

Seeing Through a Veil of Dust
Seeing Through a Veil of Dust

The closest supernova of its kind to be observed in the last few decades has sparked a global observing campaign…

Dusty D Ring
Dusty D Ring

Saturn’s D ring is easy to overlook since it’s trapped between the brighter C ring and the planet itself. But…

X-5
X-5

The Bell X-5 was built to test the feasibility of changing the sweep angle of an aircraft’s wings in flight.