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Glenn Research Center
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Posted May 9, 2025
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Spiral Galaxies
The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo, the Lion. British astronomer Sir William Herschel first documented the galaxy in 1784.
Posted May 9, 2025
Anne C. McClain
International Space Station (ISS)
In this May 1, 2025, photo taken by fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain works near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a spacewalk. During the May 1 spacewalk – McClain’s third and Ayers’ first – the astronaut pair relocated a space station communications antenna and completed the initial mounting […]
Posted May 8, 2025
General
2024 Solar Eclipse
Eclipses
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Science Mission Directorate
Solar Eclipses
The Solar System
NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recognizing NASA’s outstanding work in sharing this rare celestial event with audiences around the world.
Posted May 8, 2025
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)
Marshall Astrophysics
Marshall Science Research & Projects
Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes.
Posted May 8, 2025
Blogs
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Monday, May 5, 2025 Our 29-meter weekend drive (about 95 feet) was successful, and we are still in the band of polygon-rich bedrock. The origin of these cracks is not clear — could they have formed as desiccation cracks as Mars […]
Posted May 8, 2025
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Black Holes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Galaxies
Goddard Space Flight Center
Hubble Space Telescope
Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.” Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible monster gulping down any wayward star that plummets toward it. The sneaky black hole betrayed its presence in a newly identified tidal disruption […]
Posted May 8, 2025
Stennis Space Center
Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.
Posted May 8, 2025
Stennis Space Center
Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. A data-focused software tool created at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St.
Posted May 8, 2025
Stennis Space Center
Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. Just as a steady heartbeat is critical to staying alive, propulsion test data is vital to ensure engines and systems perform flawlessly. The accuracy of the […]
Posted May 8, 2025
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