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NASA HEAT Student Activity Featured in TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2024On April 8, 2024, tens of millions experienced a solar eclipse from Mexico through the United States and into Canada. Astronomers, educators, and organizations had been preparing the public for this grand celestial event. Learning from engagement experiences in 2017, the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) promoted an... Read more -
Earth in Far-UltravioletOn April 21, 1972, NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, took a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth with an ultraviolet camera. Young’s original black-and-white picture was printed on Agfacontour professional film three times, with each exposure recording only one light level. The three light levels were... Read more
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Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top Civilian AwardRobert Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, received the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, recognizing his exceptional achievements and public service to the nation. The award, signed by President Biden, is the highest honor the federal... Read more
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NASA’s Hubble Tracks Down a ‘Blue Lurker’ Among StarsThe name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star cluster M67, roughly 2,800 light-years away. Forensics with Hubble data show that the star has... Read more
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Webb Watches Carbon-Rich Dust Shells Form, Expand in Star SystemAstronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ongoing source of carbon-rich dust in our own Milky Way galaxy in greater detail: Wolf-Rayet 140, a system of... Read more
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Station Science Top News: Jan. 10, 2025Measurements from space support wildfire risk predictions Researchers demonstrated that data from the International Space Station’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument played a significant role in the ability of machine learning algorithms to predict wildfire susceptibility. This result could help support development of effective strategies... Read more
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NASA Invites Media to Launch of Cosmic Origins, Solar Wind MissionsMedia accreditation is open for the launch of two NASA missions that will explore the mysteries of our universe and Sun. The agency is targeting late February to launch its SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory, a space telescope that will... Read more
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Newly Selected Citizen Science Proposals: A Peek at What’s NextIn 2024, NASA selected 25 new citizen science proposals for funding that will lead to new projects and new results to look forward to in 2025 and beyond. Here’s a roundup of those selections and the principal investigators (PIs) of each team—a sneak peek at what’s coming next in NASA... Read more
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Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young JetThe night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with supermassive black holes, surrounded by brilliantly hot disks of swirling gas that can blast off jets of material. Following... Read more
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How Many Black Holes Are Hiding? NASA Study Homes in on AnswerAn effort to find some of the biggest, most active black holes in the universe provides a better estimate for the ratio of hidden to unhidden behemoths. Multiple NASA telescopes recently helped scientists search the sky for supermassive black holes — those up to billions of times heavier than the... Read more
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Astronomers Catch Unprecedented Features at Brink of Active Black HoleInternational teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected features never seen before using data from NASA missions and other facilities. The features include the launch of a plasma jet moving at nearly one-third the speed of light and unusual, rapid... Read more
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55 Years Ago: Apollo 13 Prepares for Third Moon LandingFollowing the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening federal budgets forced NASA to rescope its future lunar landing plans. The need for a Saturn V to launch an experimental space station in 1972 forced the cancellation of the... Read more
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NASA, Partners Open Applications for CubeSat Summer ProgramNASA is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to offer a set of hands-on learning engagements that will help higher education institutions, faculty, and students learn more about what it takes to build small satellites and enhance the potential to be selected for flight opportunities. Teams... Read more
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1Download Press Kit (PDF) Return to CLPS Homepage... Read more
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High School Aerospace Scholars Propel STEM Leaders ForwardNASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston offers students a unique gateway to opportunity through the High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) program. The initiative provides Texas juniors with hands-on experience in space exploration, working on projects ranging from rocket building to problem-solving in collaborative teams. The... Read more
