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Technicians conduct blanket closeout work on NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) observatory at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. The IMAP mission will explore and map the boundaries of the heliosphere — a huge bubble created by the Sun’s wind that encapsulates our entire solar system — and study how the heliosphere interacts with the local galactic neighborhood beyond.

August 21, 2025

Media accreditation is open for the launch of three observatories that will study the Sun and enhance the…

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A grayscale image shows an uneven surface with various textures, including smooth areas, ridges, and depressions. The surface features several small, round indentations, as well as larger, irregularly shaped mounds and valleys. A thin, winding line crosses diagonally through the image, resembling a fissure or channel. A small white "x" marks the center of the image. A scale bar in the bottom right corner indicates 2 km.

August 14, 2025

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon’s south polar region for the first…

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Webb Narrows Atmospheric Possibilities for Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

August 13, 2025

The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is…

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$Three panels, each showing a different view of the binary star system Alpha Centauri. The panel at the left is a Digitized Sky Survey image showing a single bright point source at the center of a black image with small stars scattered throughout. The very center of this bright source is outlined with a vertical box, tilted slightly to the left, with two diagonal lines leading to the second panel. The Hubble Space Telescope image shows two white stars with 4 diffraction spikes each against a black background. The top star is labeled Alpha Cen B and the bottom Alpha Cen A. Alpha Cen A is outlined with a white square with two diagonal lines leading to the third panel at the furthest right, which shows a James Webb Space Telescope image of the star. Within a large white circle there is a blurry red-toned field with an orange star icon and central black circle outlined in white marking the location of Alpha Cen A. A bright orange blob at 9 o’clock in relation to the star is labeled “S1” and circled.$

August 7, 2025

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star…

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NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse

July 23, 2025

A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very…

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A man wearing a blue shirt leans over a tabletop to make adjustments to a Stirling engine testbed. The mechanism showcases three pillars, about 12 inches in height with a metal cover. Orange winding cords are visible.

July 22, 2025

To explore the unknown in deep space, millions of miles away from Earth, it’s crucial for spacecraft to…

Science & Research

NASA Invites Media to Joint Launch of Sun, Space Weather Missions

NASA’s Apollo Samples, LRO Help Scientists Predict Moonquakes

Webb Narrows Atmospheric Possibilities for Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin

NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse

NASA Tests New Heat Source Fuel for Deep Space Exploration