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Universe
Mar 11, 2022
An energetic outburst from an infant star streaks across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Solar System
Mar 10, 2022
What are some skywatching highlights in March 2022? Look for Saturn to join Venus and Mars in the morning sky around mid-month. In the evenings, find the Y-shaped constellation Taurus, the bull, high in the southwest. The Hyades star cluster forms the bull's face. Then take a tour of four easy-to-... Read More
What's up in the sky in March 2022
Earth
Mar 9, 2022
Scientists are turning to a combination of data collected from the air, land, and space to get a more complete picture of how climate change is affecting the planet’s frozen regions.
Science Activation
Mar 8, 2022
The "ExploreHope Air Quality Monitoring Project" at Hope College in Holland, Michigan (supported by the Michigan Space Grant Consortium) facilitates the use of portable air quality monitoring technology into middle and high school classrooms.
My NASA Data screenshot
Mar 8, 2022
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is developing a new model to expand, deepen and sustain the relationship between NASA Centers and HBCU’s. Join us for our first discussion! Are you a representative from an HBCU based by NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, Goddard Space Flight Center in... Read More
Universe
Mar 8, 2022
For the first time, NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) has observed the merging of multimillion-degree X-ray spots on the surface of a magnetar, a supermagnetized stellar core no larger than a city.
Space Experiments
Mar 7, 2022
The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located.
Solar System
Mar 7, 2022
With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch.
Universe
Mar 7, 2022
Installed on March 7, 2022, the Advanced Camera for Surveys has pushed humanity’s view of the universe back to within 435 million years of the Big Bang, capturing images of the earliest objects in the cosmos.
Sun
Mar 5, 2022
The LAMP mission, short for Loss through Auroral Microburst Pulsations, launched at 2:27 a.m. AKST (6:27 a.m. EST) Saturday, Mar. 5, 2022, on a Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket.
Universe
Mar 4, 2022
The twin galaxies NGC 4496A and NGC 4496B dominate the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Earth
Mar 3, 2022
NASA will participate in the 2022 Commodity Classic conference, America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused educational and agricultural experience.
ISS
Mar 3, 2022
T2 is one of the station’s treadmill. AR is augmented reality. And NASA is using its treadmill to test how crew members can use AR to make repairs in space.
T2AR on the ISS Poster
Earth
Mar 3, 2022
Scientists analyzed coastal water quality in the months following a major Southern California wildfire. Their results were eye-opening.