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NASA TV to Air IXPE Prelaunch Activities, Launch

Portal origin URL: NASA TV to Air IXPE Prelaunch Activities, LaunchPortal origin nid: 475663Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 15:24Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, the first satellite dedicated to measuring the...

Are Water Plumes Spraying from Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper is on the Case

Portal origin URL: Are Water Plumes Spraying from Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper is on the CasePortal origin nid: 475450Published: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA's Europa Clipper scientists are devising a variety of creative strategies to find active plumes when the spacecraft arrives at this moon of...

SMARTIE Computer Tiles Could Provide Satellites with Advanced Data Processing Power

PROJECT Stacked Miniaturized and Radiation Tolerant Intelligent Electronics (SMARTIE) SNAPSHOT Using a grant from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), a team of researchers is working on a novel computer-tile technology that could help space-based remote sensors process data more efficiently. Three CubeSats dispatched from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer onboard...


MONDAY 29. NOVEMBER 2021


Science at the Cusp: NASA Rocket to Study Mysterious Area Above the North Pole

Portal origin URL: Science at the Cusp: NASA Rocket to Study Mysterious Area Above the North PolePortal origin nid: 475629Published: Monday, November 29, 2021 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Strange things happen in Earth’s atmosphere at high latitudes, a region known as the cusp. By understanding the forces at play in the cusp, scientists...

Strong Winds Power Electric Fields in the Upper Atmosphere, NASA’s ICON Finds

Portal origin URL: Strong Winds Power Electric Fields in the Upper Atmosphere, NASA’s ICON FindsPortal origin nid: 475624Published: Monday, November 29, 2021 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: What happens on Earth doesn’t stay on Earth. Using observations from NASA’s ICON, scientists presented the first direct measurements of Earth’s...

Hubble’s View of Planetary Nebula Reveals Complex Structure

Portal origin URL: Hubble’s View of Planetary Nebula Reveals Complex Structure Portal origin nid: 475512Published: Monday, November 29, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin.Portal image: bright blue nebula with a darker blue halo and a bright...


FRIDAY 26. NOVEMBER 2021


Scientists Fling Model Stars at a Virtual Black Hole to See Who Survives

Portal origin URL: Scientists Fling Model Stars at a Virtual Black Hole to See Who SurvivesPortal origin nid: 475563Published: Friday, November 26, 2021 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Watch as eight stars skirt a black hole 1 million times the mass of the Sun in these supercomputer simulations.Portal image: Gas swirls around a multicolor...

NASA’s New X-ray Mission Will Unlock the Secrets of Extreme Cosmic Objects

Portal origin URL: NASA’s New X-ray Mission Will Unlock the Secrets of Extreme Cosmic ObjectsPortal origin nid: 475597Published: Friday, November 26, 2021 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will launch its Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer mission Dec. 9 to study some of the most energetic objects in the universe: the remnants of exploded...


WEDNESDAY 24. NOVEMBER 2021


NASA Funding Available for Scientists.

Body: Apply to the Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) Today! Are you interested in starting your own citizen science project? NASA's Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) can help! Proposals due by January 21, 2022. Link: Learn...

NASA Funding Available for Scientists. Apply to the Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) Today!

The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth.Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and N. Da Rio (University of Virginia); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) Are you interested in starting your own citizen science project?  NASA's Citizen Science Seed Funding Program (CSSFP) can...

Hubble Spots a Swift Stellar Jet in Running Man Nebula

Portal origin URL: Hubble Spots a Swift Stellar Jet in Running Man NebulaPortal origin nid: 475523Published: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A jet from a newly formed star flares into the shining depths of reflection nebula NGC 1977 in this Hubble image.Portal image: Hubble image of a reddish-orange stellar...

Hubble Witnesses Shock Wave of Colliding Gases in Running Man Nebula

Portal origin URL: Hubble Witnesses Shock Wave of Colliding Gases in Running Man NebulaPortal origin nid: 475514Published: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45.Portal image: Hubble image of elongated rusty and...

NASA, SpaceX Launch DART: First Test Mission to Defend Planet Earth

Portal origin URL: NASA, SpaceX Launch DART: First Test Mission to Defend Planet EarthPortal origin nid: 475589Published: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - 02:29Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first full-scale mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or...


TUESDAY 23. NOVEMBER 2021


Hubble Finds Flame Nebula's Searing Stars May Halt Planet Formation

Portal origin URL: Hubble Finds Flame Nebula's Searing Stars May Halt Planet FormationPortal origin nid: 475510Published: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth.Portal...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From Mars

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Picture Postcard From MarsPortal origin nid: 475555Published: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 06:45Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: curiosity20211123Portal image: Panorama of...


MONDAY 22. NOVEMBER 2021


The Power of the Station's New Solar Arrays

Video Length: 1:28The new ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSA) being installed on the space station are providing power to the station with improved efficiency. ROSA technology will also help power the Gateway lunar outpost, and the DART mission as it makes its way to the Didymos asteroid system. Read this story Video Links: The Power of the Station's New Solar Arrays -...

Hubble Spots Swirls of Dust in the Flame Nebula

Portal origin URL: Hubble Spots Swirls of Dust in the Flame Nebula Portal origin nid: 475433Published: Monday, November 22, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a part of the Orion Molecular...


FRIDAY 19. NOVEMBER 2021


Hubble Catches Celestial Prawn Drifting Through the Cosmic Deep

Portal origin URL: Hubble Catches Celestial Prawn Drifting Through the Cosmic DeepPortal origin nid: 475259Published: Friday, November 19, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Prawn Nebula is a massive stellar nursery located in the constellation Scorpius, about 6,000 light years from Earth.Portal image: dark dust lanes and clumps...


THURSDAY 18. NOVEMBER 2021


Hubble's Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System

Portal origin URL: Hubble's Grand Tour of the Outer Solar SystemPortal origin nid: 475452Published: Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed this year's grand tour of the outer solar system – returning crisp images that complement current and past observations from...

NASA’s Perseverance Captures Challenging Flight by Mars Helicopter

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Perseverance Captures Challenging Flight by Mars HelicopterPortal origin nid: 475453Published: Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 08:49Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: https://youtu.be/qpqhYEkudvwPortal image: Ingenuity helicopter on...

One Year From Launch: US-European Satellite to Track World’s Water

Portal origin URL: One Year From Launch: US-European Satellite to Track World’s WaterPortal origin nid: 475451Published: Thursday, November 18, 2021 - 07:25Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Surface Water and Ocean Topography spacecraft enters the home stretch as an international team prepares this next-generation satellite for launch in...


WEDNESDAY 17. NOVEMBER 2021


Reducing Emissions to Mitigate Climate Change Could Yield Dramatic Health Benefits by 2030

Portal origin URL: Reducing Emissions to Mitigate Climate Change Could Yield Dramatic Health Benefits by 2030Portal origin nid: 475418Published: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 11:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: New research shows that improved air quality caused by reducing emissions from burning fossil fuels and other sources could improve human...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Primed to Lift the Haze Surrounding Sub-Neptunes

Portal origin URL: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Primed to Lift the Haze Surrounding Sub-NeptunesPortal origin nid: 475408Published: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Detailed atmospheric studies will provide key insights into some of the most common – and mysterious – planets known in the galaxy.Portal...

Hubble Spies Newly Forming Star Incubating in IC 2631

Portal origin URL: Hubble Spies Newly Forming Star Incubating in IC 2631Portal origin nid: 475258Published: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This Hubble infrared image captures a protostar designated J1672835.29-763111.64 in the reflection nebula IC 2631, part of the Chamaeleon star-forming region in the southern...