Rosette Nebula Gives Birth to Stars

[ad_1] This 2010 image from the Herschel Space Observatory shows dust clouds associated with the Rosette Nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation. [ad_2] Source link

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Thousands Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation, #BeAnAstronaut

[ad_1] More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore the Moon and take humanity’s next giant leap – human missions to Mars. [ad_2] Source link

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Klotho and Lina

[ad_1] Appearing as strings of orange dots, the brightest sets of dots belong to asteroids Klotho and Lina. Both orbit out in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Awards Contract for Aerospace Research, Development, Engineering Support

[ad_1] NASA has awarded the Aerospace, Research, Development, and Engineering Support Services (ARDES) II contract to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to execute robotic space missions for the agency through the full mission life cycle, from mission concept and formulation through data analysis. [ad_2] Source link

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Be An Astronaut

[ad_1] In March 2017, Peggy Whitson broke the then-spacewalking record for female astronauts. [ad_2] Source link

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#NASAatHome – Let NASA Bring the Universe to Your Home

[ad_1] NASA’s new Internet and social media special, NASA at Home, will show and engage you in the agency’s discoveries, research, and exploration from around the world and across the universe – all from the comfort of your own home. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Adds Shannon Walker to First Operational Crewed SpaceX Mission

[ad_1] NASA has assigned astronaut Shannon Walker to the first operational crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. [ad_2] Source link

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NASA Selects Mission to Study Causes of Giant Solar Particle Storms

[ad_1] NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms – known as solar particle storms – into planetary space. [ad_2] Source link

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Celebrating NASA's Astronaut-Physicians

[ad_1] Today is National Doctors’ Day! [ad_2] Source link

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Hubble Hooks a One-Arm Galaxy

[ad_1] Located about 21 million light-years from our galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, NGC 4618 has a diameter of about one-third that of our Milky Way. Together with its neighbor, NGC 4625, it forms an interacting galaxy pair, which means that the two galaxies are close enough to influence each other gravitationally. [ad_2] Source […]

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