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NASA Awards Global Change Research Support Services Contract

Portal origin URL: NASA Awards Global Change Research Support Services ContractPortal origin nid: 469984Published: Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 15:57Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA has awarded the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Support Services contract to ICF Incorporated LLC of Fairfax, Virginia.Portal image: NASA...

NASA’s NICER Finds X-ray Boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s Radio Bursts

Portal origin URL: NASA’s NICER Finds X-ray Boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s Radio Bursts Portal origin nid: 469950Published: Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 14:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Data from NASA’s NICER telescope on the International Space Station have revealed X-ray surges accompanying radio bursts from the pulsar in the Crab Nebula. The...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Completes Final Tour of Asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx completed its last flyover of Bennu around 6 a.m. EDT (4 a.m. MDT) April 7 and is now slowly drifting away from the asteroid; however, the mission team will have to wait a few more days to find out how the spacecraft changed the surface of Bennu when it grabbed a sample of the asteroid. News Article Type: Homepage ArticlesPublished: Thursday, April 8, 2021 -...

Galactic Merger Warps Magnetic Fields

Portal origin URL: Galactic Merger Warps Magnetic FieldsPortal origin nid: 469922Published: Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 07:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientist mapped out the invisible magnetic fields pulsing through Centaurus A using infrared light. The results show how the merging of the two original galaxies created a new, reshaped, and...