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From City Lights to Moonlight: NASA Training Shows How Urban Parks Can Connect Communities with Space Science

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. When you think about national park and public land astronomy programs, you might picture remote locations far from ...
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NASA, SpaceX Now Targeting Sept. 24 for Space Weather Launch

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting 7:30 a.m. EDT, Wednesday Sept. 24 for the launch of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather missions on a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...
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NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Scientists are in the midst of observing the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Careful ...
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NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Observes Interstellar Comet

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Aug. 6, with its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. The research team has been ...
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NASA’s New SPHEREx Mission Observes Interstellar Comet

Comet 3I/ATLAS Cataloguing the journey of comet 3I/ATLAS through the solar system. Because the object comes from outside our solar system, it is just passing through – so we use all the tools at our ...
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NASA-funded Compact Radar Drives Big Changes in Airborne and Suborbital Radar Capabilities

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. A collaboration between NASA and the small business Aloft Sensing produced a new compact radar system that will ...
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Webb Narrows Atmospheric Possibilities for Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system ...
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NASA’s Black Marble: Stories from the Night Sky

Viewed from space, Earth at night tells endless stories. Using satellite data, we can track population growth, natural disaster damage, cultural celebrations, and even space weather. Studying these ...
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NUBE: New Card Game Helps Learners Identify Cloud Types Through Play

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Different clouds types can have different effects on our weather and climate, which makes identifying cloud types ...
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NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes Reveal Two Faces of a Star Cluster Duo

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. A riotous expanse of gas, dust, and stars stake out the dazzling territory of a duo of star clusters in this combined ...
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What Is the Solar Wind?

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one ...
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NASA Discovers Interstellar Comet Moving Through Solar System

On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations of a comet that originated from interstellar space.