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Watch the Latest Water Satellite Unfold Itself in Space

Portal origin URL: Watch the Latest Water Satellite Unfold Itself in Space Portal origin nid: 484827Published: Wednesday, December 28, 2022 - 16:06Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Cameras on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography spacecraft captured the antennas for its main science instrument unfurling in orbit.Portal image: SWOT...


THURSDAY 22. DECEMBER 2022


Moon Water Imager Integrated With NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

Portal origin URL: Moon Water Imager Integrated With NASA’s Lunar TrailblazerPortal origin nid: 484776Published: Thursday, December 22, 2022 - 10:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: JPL’s cutting-edge instrument, which will provide insights into the lunar water cycle and composition of the Moon’s surface, has been incorporated into the small...


TUESDAY 20. DECEMBER 2022


Next up to Continue NASA/USGS’s Landsat Legacy

Portal origin URL: Next up to Continue NASA/USGS’s Landsat LegacyPortal origin nid: 484735Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - 13:37Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light and thermal energy, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very different from its predecessors...

New AI Algorithms Streamline Data Processing for Space-based Instruments

SNAPSHOT A team of NASA personnel and contractors has prototyped a new set of algorithms that will enable instruments in space to process data more efficiently. Using these algorithms, space-based remote sensors will be able to provide the most important data to scientists on the ground more quickly and may also be able to autonomously determine which Earth phenomena are the most important...

NASA Gets Unusually Close Glimpse of Black Hole Snacking on Star

Portal origin URL: NASA Gets Unusually Close Glimpse of Black Hole Snacking on StarPortal origin nid: 484729Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - 09:17Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Recent observations of a black hole devouring a wandering star may help scientists understand more complex black hole feeding behaviors.Portal image: A disk of...


MONDAY 19. DECEMBER 2022


New Webinar Series on Citizen Science and Satellite Observations

Register for the webinar here! https://go.nasa.gov/3uO0ez2 (Credit: NASA ARSET) “Remote sensing” is the process of acquiring information from a distance---as satellites do. NASA observes Earth and other planetary bodies via remote sensors on satellites and aircraft that detect and record reflected or emitted energy. Now you can learn more about how Remote Sensing and Citizen Science...


FRIDAY 16. DECEMBER 2022


Hubble Views a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud

Portal origin URL: Hubble Views a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud Portal origin nid: 484624Published: Friday, December 16, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: Clouds of gas cover the...


THURSDAY 15. DECEMBER 2022


Early Results from NASA’s DART Mission

Portal origin URL: Early Results from NASA’s DART MissionPortal origin nid: 484641Published: Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 14:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Since NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally slammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on Sept. 26 – altering its orbit by about 33 minutes – the...

Imagery of Early Results from NASA’s DART Mission

Portal origin URL: Imagery of Early Results from NASA’s DART Mission Portal origin nid: 484642Published: Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 13:58Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Since NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally slammed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on Sept. 26 – altering its orbit by 33 minutes –...

Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Find

Portal origin URL: Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer FindPortal origin nid: 484611Published: Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A team led by researchers at the University of Montreal has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," where water...

NASA’s Webb Unveils Young Stars in Early Stages of Formation

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb Unveils Young Stars in Early Stages of FormationPortal origin nid: 484635Published: Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Scientists taking a “deep dive” into one of Webb’s iconic first images, the Cosmic Cliffs region of the Carina Nebula, have discovered dozens of energetic jets...

Hubble Captures Majestic Barred Spiral

Portal origin URL: Hubble Captures Majestic Barred SpiralPortal origin nid: 484575Published: Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Against an inky black backdrop, the blue swirls of barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956 stand out radiantly.Portal image: Image center: blue, and pinkish-white swirls of the barred spiral galaxy...

NASA Sensors to Help Detect Methane Emitted by Landfills

Portal origin URL: NASA Sensors to Help Detect Methane Emitted by LandfillsPortal origin nid: 484621Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 22:02Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A nonprofit group, Carbon Mapper, will use data from NASA’s EMIT mission, plus current airborne and future satellite instruments, to survey waste sites for methane...


WEDNESDAY 14. DECEMBER 2022


Hubble’s Sparkling New View of the Carina Nebula

Portal origin URL: Hubble’s Sparkling New View of the Carina Nebula Portal origin nid: 484574Published: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This sparkling new image depicts a small section of the Carina Nebula, one of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s most-imaged objects.Portal image: Dark, reddish-brown cloud...


TUESDAY 13. DECEMBER 2022


Artemis I Mission Highlights

From launch to splashdown, NASA’s Orion spacecraft completed its first deep-space mission with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, west of Baja California, at 9:40 a.m. PST (12:40 p.m. EST) Sunday. The record-breaking Artemis mission traveled more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the Moon and returned safely to Earth. Splashdown was the final milestone of the Artemis I mission,...

Confirm the Existence of Newly Discovered Worlds Right from Your Backyard with UNITE!

Jupiter-like planets play important roles in arranging planetary systems, and can influence the abilities of planets to host life. But detecting them requires coordinated observations across multiple hours or days by astronomers worldwide. That’s why out of the more than 5,200 known exoplanets, we only have a few dozen examples of these Jupiter-like objects.  Enter the Unistellar...

Hubble Hones in on a Celestial Fireworks Display

Portal origin URL: Hubble Hones in on a Celestial Fireworks DisplayPortal origin nid: 484568Published: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Shreds of the colorful supernova remnant DEM L 190 seem to billow across the screen in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Portal image: Center-top: supernova...


MONDAY 12. DECEMBER 2022


Latest International Water Satellite Packs an Engineering Punch

Portal origin URL: Latest International Water Satellite Packs an Engineering PunchPortal origin nid: 484571Published: Monday, December 12, 2022 - 11:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Meet the scientific heart of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission, which will see Earth’s water in higher definition than ever before.Portal...


FRIDAY 9. DECEMBER 2022


Hubble Captures a Glittering Neighbor

Portal origin URL: Hubble Captures a Glittering NeighborPortal origin nid: 484520Published: Friday, December 9, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a small portion of the Small Magellanic Cloud.Portal image: Bright stars cluster at image center. They shine in shades of white,...


THURSDAY 8. DECEMBER 2022


Hubble Captures Dual Views of an Unusual Star Cluster

Portal origin URL: Hubble Captures Dual Views of an Unusual Star ClusterPortal origin nid: 484155Published: Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 13:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: While these two images may look dazzlingly different, they are actually pictures of the same cosmic object: NGC 1850.Portal image: Left: nearly spherical gathering of white...

Six Rules for Surviving in a Government Organization

An interview of Dr. Paul Hertz, a senior leader in the Science Mission Directorate By: Anna Ladd McElhannon, Summer 2022 Intern, Office of the Chief Scientist Dr. Paul Hertz is a leader of NASA and had served as the Astrophysics Division Director since 2012 until 2022. Throughout his career, he remained a well‐respected and admired leader who accomplished things that an undergraduate...

Water Mission to Gauge Alaskan Rivers on Front Lines of Climate Change

Portal origin URL: Water Mission to Gauge Alaskan Rivers on Front Lines of Climate ChangePortal origin nid: 484516Published: Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 12:33Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The upcoming Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will provide a trove of data on Earth’s water resources, even in remote locations. Alaska serves as a...

NASA’s Retired SOFIA Aircraft Finds New Home at Arizona Museum

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Retired SOFIA Aircraft Finds New Home at Arizona MuseumPortal origin nid: 484510Published: Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 12:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will find a permanent home in the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson,...

NASA’s Webb Indicates Several Stars ‘Stirred Up’ Southern Ring Nebula

Portal origin URL: NASA’s Webb Indicates Several Stars ‘Stirred Up’ Southern Ring NebulaPortal origin nid: 484461Published: Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Some of the first data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has shown there were at least two, and possibly three, more unseen stars that crafted the...