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Hubble Captures a Drifting Galaxy

Hubble Captures a Drifting Galaxy

05.26.2023
The jellyfish galaxy JW39 hangs serenely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
NOAA-20 satellite image of Typhoon Mawar as it approaches Guam

Typhoon Mawar

05.25.2023
The category 4 storm was one of the strongest in decades to lash the U.S. territory of Guam.
NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views

NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views

05.23.2023
Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster. Each image combines Chandra's X-rays — a form of high-energy light — with infrared data from previously released Webb images, both of which are invisible to the unaided eye.
NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home

NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home

05.23.2023
Astronomers using Hubble have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of "intermediate-sized" black hole that may be lurking in the heart of the closest globular star cluster to Earth.
Map of NDVI Anomaly indicating where vegetation on the Iberian Peninsula was less healthy than usual (brown) in spring 2023.

Spain Browned by Drought

05.23.2023
Unseasonable heat and meager rainfall parched the world’s largest olive oil producing region in spring 2023.
Sander Goossens: Exploring the Solar System From Here On Earth

Sander Goossens: Exploring the Solar System From Here On Earth

05.23.2023
Goddard planetary scientist Sander Goossens uses "remote learning" - that is, satellite data, like radio tracking data, image data, or altimetry - to study planetary bodies in our solar system.
NASA’s LRO Views Impact Site of HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Moon Lander

NASA’s LRO Views Impact Site of HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Moon Lander

05.23.2023
On April 26, 2023, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft acquired 10 images around HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander's landing site with its Narrow Angle Cameras.
Photo of high-altitude ice clouds as seen from the International Space Station in 2008.

NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere

05.22.2023
NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR instrument – short for Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer – will study such ice clouds to determine how and why they change throughout
Hubble Peers into a Glistening Star Cluster

Hubble Peers into a Glistening Star Cluster

05.19.2023
The densely packed globular cluster NGC 6325 glistens in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Photo of participants in a large auditorium

NASA Goddard Hosts Third Cross-Agency Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

05.19.2023
To better prepare NASA to leap into an exciting future leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and Goddard's Engineering and Technology Directorate hosted the Third SMD and ETD Workshop on A.I. and Data Science: Leaping Toward Our Future Goals, on March 21–23 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA’s Spitzer, TESS Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World

NASA’s Spitzer, TESS Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World

05.17.2023
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes.
Photo of Rocket Lab rocket lifting off with two TROPICS CubeSats

NASA, Rocket Lab Announce Coverage for Second TROPICS Launch

05.16.2023
After successfully launching the first pair of small satellites earlier this month from New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting no earlier than 1:30 a.m. EDT Monday, May 22 (5:30 p.m. NZST), to launch the second pair of storm tracking CubeSats into orbit.
Aqua satellite natural-color image of the Cyclone Mocha as it neared landfall

Cyclone Mocha Strikes Myanmar

05.16.2023
The storm reached category 5 status before barreling into the state of Rakhine.
NASA Completes Heart of Roman Space Telescope’s Primary Instrument

NASA Completes Heart of Roman Space Telescope’s Primary Instrument

05.16.2023
The heart of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace for integration into the WFI (Wide Field Instrument). Called the FPS (Focal Plane System), it serves as the core of Roman’s camera.
NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet

05.15.2023
Using Webb’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument, astronomers have confirmed gas – specifically water vapor – around a comet in the main asteroid belt for the first time, indicating that water ice from the primordial solar system can be preserved in that region.
Maestro Piotr Gajewski conducts the National Philharmonic in the world premier performance of Henry Dehlinger’s “Cosmic Cycles,” Thursday, May 11, 2023, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, Va. “Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony” is a collaboration between composer Henry Dehlinger, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and the National Philharmonic that features a fusion of music and video in seven multimedia works on the Sun, Earth, Moon, Planets, and Cosmos. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Goddard, National Philharmonic Explore Cosmos Through Imagery, Music Collaboration

05.15.2023
Awe-inspiring NASA visuals combined with the might of a live symphonic orchestra last week in “Cosmic Cycles,” a multimedia collaboration among the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the National Philharmonic, and composer Henry Dehlinger.
Black Marble map of light emitted from Antakya, Türkiye, on April 30, 2023

Brighter Nights in Antakya

05.15.2023
Lights have been steadily returning to southeast Türkiye after deadly earthquakes triggered power outages in February 2023.
Hubble Captures a Light-Bending Galaxy Cluster

Hubble Captures a Light-Bending Galaxy Cluster

05.12.2023
A vast galaxy cluster lurks in the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Image acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite showing flooding adjacent to the Lamone river on May 4, 2023.

A Deluge in Italy

05.11.2023
Heavy rains caused destructive flash flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region.
This image, acquired on April 8, 2011, with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on NASA’s Terra satellite, shows Saharan dust over the Bay of Biscay.

How Desert Dust Nourishes the Growth of Phytoplankton at Sea

05.10.2023
After a long-distance delivery, nutrients in desert dust nourish life in the ocean.
NASA’s Webb Takes Closest Look Yet at Mysterious Planet

NASA’s Webb Takes Closest Look Yet at Mysterious Planet

05.10.2023
A science team gains new insight into the atmosphere of a “mini-Neptune,” a class of planet common in the galaxy but about which little is known.
Image of Qinghai Lake acquired by the Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) on Landsat 9 on July 22, 2022

Shifting Sand Spits

05.10.2023
The shape of China’s Qinghai Lake changes in lockstep with climate.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image (above) of smoke billowing from fires in the two Canadian provinces on May 6, 2023.

Fires Scorch Western Canada

05.09.2023
Raging fires destroyed homes in Alberta and produced towering chimneys of smoke.
Photo of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 1

NASA, Rocket Lab Launch First Pair of Storm Observing CubeSats

05.08.2023
Two NASA CubeSats designed to study tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, are in orbit after successfully launching at 1 p.m. Monday, NZST (9 p.m. EDT Sunday).
Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

05.08.2023
Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system in infrared light.

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