A new study led by the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa has helped refine understanding of the amount of hydrogen, helium and other elements present in violent outbursts from the Sun, and other types of solar "wind," ...
Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2020
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NASA has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies for new missions. Although they're not official missions yet and some ultimately may not be chosen to move forward, the selections focus on ...
Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2020
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SpaceX will get $80.4 million from NASA to launch the agency's 2022 Earth science mission, known as PACE.
Space Exploration
Feb 7, 2020
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After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in our solar system, our galaxy and beyond, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's mission has come to an end.
Astronomy
Jan 31, 2020
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Solar Orbiter will orbit our nearest star, the sun, observing it up close. It will take the first-ever direct images of its poles, while also studying the inner heliosphere—the bubble-like region around the sun created ...
Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2020
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Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut is an international educational challenge, focusing on health, science, fitness and nutrition, which encourages pupils to train like an astronaut.
Education
Jan 15, 2020
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Astronomers are making the case for a new mission to search for Earth-like planets outside our solar system.
Astronomy
Dec 16, 2019
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Earth has many stories to tell, even in the dark of night. Earth at Night, NASA's new 200-page ebook, is now available online and includes more than 150 images of our planet in darkness as captured from space by Earth-observing ...
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2019
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NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun, or exoplanets, for the first time.
Space Exploration
Nov 8, 2019
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NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report ...
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2019
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