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Hubble Spots the Spider Galaxy

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the gauzy-looking celestial body UGC 5829, an irregular galaxy that lies about 30 million light-years away. Despite the lack of observations of this relatively faint galaxy, UGC 5829 has a distinct and descriptive name: the Spider Galaxy.

Posted March 22, 2024

Astrophysics

BurstCube

CubeSats

Gamma Rays

Gamma-Ray Bursts

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Gravitational Waves

International Space Station (ISS)

Neutron Stars

Sensing the Universe & Multimessenger Astronomy

NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts

NASA’s BurstCube, a shoebox-sized satellite designed to study the universe’s most powerful explosions, is on its way to the International Space Station. The spacecraft travels aboard SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission, which lifted off at 4:55 p.m.

Posted March 21, 2024

Brown Dwarfs

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Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

The Universe

NASA’s Hubble Finds that Aging Brown Dwarfs Grow Lonely

It takes two to tango, but in the case of brown dwarfs that were once paired as binary systems, that relationship doesn’t last for very long, according to a recent survey from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Brown dwarfs are interstellar objects larger than Jupiter but smaller than the lowest-mass stars. They are born like stars […]

Posted March 21, 2024

Podcasts

Eclipses

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NASA Headquarters

NASA’s Curious Universe Podcast Unveils New Sun + Eclipse Series

NASA released Tuesday the first episode of a new six-part podcast series for first-time space explorers to learn about the Sun. Ahead of the total solar eclipse in April, NASA’s Sun + Eclipse Series will focus on the sphere full of swirling magnetic fields and explosions of hot gases. New episodes will post every Tuesday […]

Posted March 19, 2024

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People of Goddard

Expedition 69 Astronauts Tour NASA Goddard, Speak With Employees

A trio of astronauts visited with employees at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 18, 2024, to share their spaceflight experiences aboard the International Space Station.

Posted March 19, 2024

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Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

NASA’s Swift Temporarily Suspends Science Operations

On March 15, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory entered into safe mode, temporarily suspending science operations due to degrading performance from one of its three gyroscopes (gyros), which are used to point the observatory for making observations. The rest of the spacecraft remains in good health.

Posted March 18, 2024

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NASA Invites Media to 61st Annual Goddard Space Science Symposium

Media are invited to attend the 61st annual Goddard Space Science Symposium (formerly the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium), which will take place March 20-22, 2024, at the Brendan Iribe Center on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The symposium will also be streamed online.

Posted March 14, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

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Hubble Space Telescope

Jupiter

Missions

Planetary Environments & Atmospheres

Planetary Science

Planets

The Solar System

Hubble Tracks Jupiter’s Stormy Weather

The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in these latest images, taken on January 5-6, 2024, capturing both sides of the planet. Hubble monitors Jupiter and the other outer solar system planets every year under the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program (OPAL). This is because these large […]

Posted March 14, 2024

Auroras

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Heliophysics

Sunspots

The Sun

Uncategorized

NASA-Supported Team Discovers Aurora-Like Radio Bursts Above Sunspot

A NASA-funded team of scientists has discovered long-lasting radio signals emanating from the Sun that are similar to those associated with auroras – northern and southern lights – on Earth. Detected about 25,000 miles (40,000 km) above a sunspot – a relatively cool, dark, and magnetically active region on the Sun – such radio bursts […]

Posted March 13, 2024

Astrophysics

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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Protostars

Science & Research

Stars

The Universe

Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds

Editor’s Note: This article was updated March 13, 2024, to clarify the likelihood that chemicals found around IRAS 2A were present in the first stages of development of our solar system. What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common?

Posted March 13, 2024