NSO: Exploring the Sources of the Solar Wind with Parker Solar Probe and NSO/GONG

NSO: Exploring the Sources of the Solar Wind with Parker Solar Probe and NSO/GONG

In August 2018 NASA launched Parker Solar Probe, humanity’s mission to touch the Sun. In November, PSP flew close to the Sun for the first time (getting more than 5x closer to the Sun than ...
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STScI: Mystery of Galaxy's Missing Dark Matter Deepens

STScI: Mystery of Galaxy’s Missing Dark Matter Deepens

When astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovered an oddball galaxy that looked like it didn't have much dark matter, some thought the finding was hard to believe and looked for a simpler explanation ...
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NOIRLab: Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution

NOIRLab: Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution

In 29 new scientific papers, the Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more than 7 billion light-years across the Universe ...
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An international team using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in October, will study a portion of the radiated cloud called the Orion Bar to learn more about the influence massive stars have on their environments, and even on the formation of our own solar system.

STScI: Webb to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts of Radiation Influence Their Environments

An international team using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in October, will study a portion of the radiated cloud called the Orion Bar to learn more about the influence massive ...
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Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief, powerful radio blasts to the spiral arms of five distant galaxies.

STScI: Hubble Tracks Down Fast Radio Bursts to Galaxies’ Spiral Arms

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief, powerful radio blasts to the spiral arms of five distant galaxies ...
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infrared view of Jupiter

NOIRLab: Gemini North Infrared View of Jupiter

Stunning new images of Jupiter from Gemini North and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcase the planet at infrared, visible, and ultraviolet wavelengths of light ...
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