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Jun 24, 2020

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Image of NGC 5907

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NASA has released a stunning image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5907.

Jun 24, 2020

Saharan dust drifting toward Colorado

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Dust is on the way to the United States this week making the more than 6,000-mile journey from the Sahara Desert.

This might seem to work against typical weather patterns, but dust in the United States from the Sahara happens every year. While it may not be abnormal to see the Saharan dust make its annual journey to the United States, we are expected to see more of it than usual.

Tiny individual dust particles combine to make a large plume so big that it can be picked up on satellite images and even be seen from the International Space Station.

Jun 24, 2020

Ocean Planets Could be Common in Galaxy

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NASA scientists decided to explore whether — hypothetically — there are ocean planets in the Milky Way galaxy that are similar to the watery solar system moons Europa and Enceladus.

Jun 23, 2020

‘Black neutron star’ discovery changes astronomy

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Laser labs that detect ripples in space-time may have witnessed a new class of cosmic object.

Jun 23, 2020

Surprise! Pluto may have had an underground ocean from the very beginning

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Though Pluto is now famously frigid, it may have started off as a hot world that formed rapidly and violently, a new study finds.

Jun 23, 2020

Testing the Mars Helicopter Delivery System on NASA’s Perseverance Rover

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is traveling to Mars attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover and must safely detach to begin the first attempt at powered flight on another planet. Tests done at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space show the sequence of events that will bring the helicopter down to the Martian surface.

For more about the Mars helicopter, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/

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Jun 23, 2020

Astronomers see huge ‘mystery object’ in space

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Massive object cannot be explained without changing our understanding of what we know about astrophysics, researchers say.

Jun 23, 2020

There could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy

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The findings could have a big impact on future space missions.

Jun 23, 2020

Hammer and Feather dropped on the Moon

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Test What happen when it don’t have Atmosphere.


What happen when it don’t have Atmosphere.

Jun 22, 2020

Scientists plan a new orbiter mission to Pluto

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Researchers already are planning an ambitious spacecraft that will orbit the mysterious world.

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