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NASA’s Roman to Search for Signs of Dark Matter Clumps

Some of the finest, smallest details in the universe – the gaps between elongated groups of stars – may soon help astronomers reveal dark matter in greater detail than ever before.

Posted January 17, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Astrophysics

Galaxies

Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research

Goddard Space Flight Center

Missions

Science & Research

The Universe

Webb Shows Many Early Galaxies Looked Like Pool Noodles, Surfboards

Researchers analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often flat and elongated, like surfboards and pool noodles – and are rarely round, like volleyballs or frisbees. “Roughly 50 to 80% of the galaxies we studied appear to be flattened in two dimensions,” explained lead author […]

Posted January 17, 2024

Johnson Space Center

Expedition 69

Expedition 69 Crew, Three NASA Astronauts to Share Mission Highlights

Jan. 16, 2024 RELEASE: 24-001 Four astronauts, including the current record holder for the longest single U.S. stay in space aboard the International Space Station, will make their first public appearance in Houston since returning to Earth. The crew also will be available for interviews before the event at 5 p.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 18, […]

Posted January 17, 2024

Launch Services Program

CubeSat Launch Initiative

CubeSats

Kennedy Space Center

NASA, DOD Seek Universities to Develop CubeSats for Launch

NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S.

Posted January 16, 2024

Aeronautics

Supersonic Flight

NASA X-59 Unveiled During Rollout Ceremony

A climactic curtain drop reveals the newly painted red, white, and blue X-59 aircraft during its rollout ceremony on Jan. 12, 2024, at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California – a major milestone before its first flight. A long-standing aviation tradition, rollout ceremonies celebrate years of technical achievements.

Posted January 16, 2024

ISS Research

Commercial Resupply

Commercial Space

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply

Science Launches to Space Station on NASA’s 20th Northrop Grumman Mission

Tests of a 3D metal printer, semiconductor manufacturing, and thermal protection systems for reentry to Earth’s atmosphere are among the scientific investigation that NASA and international partners are launching to the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply services mission.

Posted January 16, 2024

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Directorates

NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology

Dr. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel will serve as the new associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday. His appointment is effective immediately. Vogel succeeds James Reuter, who retired from the agency in June 2023. Dr.

Posted January 16, 2024

IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer)

General

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA’s IXPE Helps Researchers Maximize ‘Microquasar’ Findings

The powerful gravity fields of black holes can devour whole planets’ worth of matter – often so violently that they expel streams of particles traveling near the speed of light in formations known as jets.

Posted January 16, 2024

Learning Resources

Career Journey: Cooking Up a Job as a Space Food Scientist

As the Space Food Systems manager at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Xulei Wu works with a team to create tasty, shelf-stable meals for astronauts aboard the International Space Station and, soon, for crews flying to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. What does it take to become a space food scientist […]

Posted January 16, 2024

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