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NASA’s Hubble Traces Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxy Using Stellar Motions

The qualities and behavior of dark matter, the invisible “glue” of the universe, continue to be shrouded in mystery. Though galaxies are mostly made of dark matter, understanding how it is distributed within a galaxy offers clues to what this substance is, and how it’s relevant to a galaxy’s evolution. While computer simulations suggest dark […]

Posted July 11, 2024

Glenn Research Center

General

Attention Civil Servant Retirees

NASA’s Glenn Research Center civil servant retirees are invited to attend the 2024 Summerfest! Wednesday, Aug. 7, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Along Taylor Road at Lewis Field For more information or to RSVP, contact Kathy Clark at 216–433–8354 or kathy.m.clark@nasa.gov Registration closes: July 26

Posted July 11, 2024

Organizations

Office of the General Counsel (OGC)

About the Office of the General Counsel

The Office of the General Counsel provides functional leadership regarding legal services and issues related to all aspects of NASA activities for Center Chief and Patent Counsel and, for Agency-wide issues, the Administrator. These services and issues include establishing and disseminating legal policy and interpreting new statutes and cases.

Posted July 11, 2024

CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats

Kennedy Space Center

Launch Services Program

Missions

NASA Centers & Facilities

Small Satellite Missions

NASA CubeSat Launches as Rideshare on ESA’s First Ariane 6 Rocket

NASA launched CURIE (CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment) as a rideshare payload on the inaugural flight of ESA’s (European Space Agency) Ariane 6 rocket, which launched at 4 p.m. GFT on July 9 from Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, in French Guiana. Designed by a team from the University of California, Berkeley, CURIE […]

Posted July 11, 2024

Marshall Space Flight Center

The Marshall Star for July 10, 2024

NASA Moon Rocket Stage for Artemis II Moved, Prepped for Shipment NASA is preparing the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage that will help power the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign for shipment. On July 6, NASA and Boeing, the core stage lead contractor, moved the Artemis II rocket stage to another part of […]

Posted July 10, 2024

General

Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

Oceans

Surfing NASA’s Internet of Animals: Satellites Study Ocean Wildlife

Anchoring the boat in a sandbar, research scientist Morgan Gilmour steps into the shallows and is immediately surrounded by sharks. The warm waters around the tropical island act as a reef shark nursery, and these baby biters are curious about the newcomer. They zoom close and veer away at the last minute, as Gilmour slowly […]

Posted July 10, 2024

Earth

International Space Station (ISS)

ISS Research

A Midsummer Red Sprite Seen from Space

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth’s upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red flashes (more easily seen by clicking on the photo to see a larger version) are a less understood phenomena associated with powerful lightning events and appear high above the clouds in the […]

Posted July 10, 2024

Earth's Moon

Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR)

NASA Deputy Administrator Strengthens Ties in Japan, Republic of Korea

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy will visit Japan and the Republic of Korea beginning Thursday, July 11, to underscore the critical role of international cooperation in advancing space exploration and technology development.

Posted July 10, 2024

Blogs

Sols 4239-4240: ‘Vuggin’ Out’

Earth planning date: Monday, July 8, 2024 And just like we planned, Curiosity successfully drove about 11 meters (about 36 feet) after a 27-sol drill campaign at Mammoth Lakes! Not so fast, though, these rocks are just too interesting to leave behind so quickly. Instead of high-tailing it uphill like we usually do after a […]

Posted July 10, 2024

Astrophysics

Astrophysics Division

Black Holes

Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Space Telescope

Missions

Stars

The Universe

NASA’s Hubble Finds Strong Evidence for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri

Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or relatively lightweight, with a mass of under 100 times that of the Sun. Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are scarce, however, and are considered rare “missing links” in black hole evolution.

Posted July 10, 2024