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An illustration of a young planet with a surrounding disk of dust and gas potentially forming moons. The planet, which appears dark red, is shown at lower right, circled by a cloudy, clumpy reddish orange-colored disk. The host star appears at upper left, and glows yellow, with its own reddish disk of debris. The disk that surrounds the planet takes up about half the illustration. The black background of space is speckled with stars. At the bottom of the illustration, graphics of molecules are listed in the following order: diacetylene, hydrogen cyanide, propyne, acetylene, ethane, carbon dioxide, benzene. The words Artist’s Concept appear at upper right.

September 29, 2025

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of…

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September 29, 2025

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of…

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Join NASA on Oct. 4 in Looking Up, Celebrating Moon

September 26, 2025

Join observers from around the world on Saturday, Oct. 4, for NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night. This…

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NASA Flights Study Cosmic Ray Effects for Air, Future Space Travelers

September 25, 2025

Recent airborne science flights to Greenland are improving NASA’s understanding of space weather by measuring radiation exposure to…

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Captured on Aug. 21, this image from NISAR’s L-band radar shows Maine’s Mount Desert Island. Green indicates forest; magenta represents hard or regular surfaces, like bare ground and buildings. The magenta area on the island’s northeast end is the town of Bar Harbor.

September 25, 2025

The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) Earth-observing radar satellite’s first images of our planet’s surface are in, and…

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The image shows an aerial view of the Chesapeake Bay, with groves of trees, rivers, a body of water in the distance, and green land. The horizon, a third of the way down the image, separates the blue cloudy sky from the land. On the right of the image is a white wing of a plane.

September 24, 2025

Magic is in the air. No wait… MAGEQ is in the air, featuring scientists from NASA centers across…

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) missions launches from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.

September 24, 2025

Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched three…

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A wide view of a region of space filled with stars and clumps of orange clouds.

September 24, 2025

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a colorful array of massive stars and glowing cosmic dust in…

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A false-color, close-up image of Earth’s exosphere as captured by the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory against a dark blue background. The image shows a semicircle glowing yellow and outlined in red.

September 22, 2025

This story is also available in Spanish. A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth’s invisible “halo,”…

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A close-in view of the center of galaxy M82. Bright, bluish light radiating from the center is due to stars actively forming there. A thick lane of gas, black in the center and red around the edges, crosses the center and blocks much of the light. Thinner strands and clumps of reddish dust cover much of the rest of the view.

September 19, 2025

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals new details in Messier 82 (M82), home to brilliant stars whose…

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Image shows four people wearing white protective suits, commonly known as bunny suits, standing around NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) satellite spacecraft's set to launch with NASA's IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) observatory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

September 18, 2025

Technicians completed integrating NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On…

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The asteroid Donaldjohanson with latitude and longitude lines and arrows indicating the names of various features on the surface.

September 16, 2025

The IAU (International Astronomical Union), an international non-governmental research organization and global naming authority for celestial objects, has…

NASA’s Webb Telescope Studies Moon-Forming Disk Around Massive Planet

NASA’s Webb Telescope Studies Moon-Forming Disk Around Massive Planet

Join NASA on Oct. 4 in Looking Up, Celebrating Moon

NASA Flights Study Cosmic Ray Effects for Air, Future Space Travelers

NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface

NASA Aircraft Coordinate Science Flights to Measure Air Quality

NASA, NOAA Launch Three Spacecraft to Map Sun’s Influence Across Space

NASA’s Webb Explores Largest Star-Forming Cloud in Milky Way

New NASA Mission to Reveal Earth’s Invisible ‘Halo’

Hubble Images Celestial Cigar’s Smoldering Heart

NASA Rideshares Integrated Ahead of Launch

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