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50 Years of X-ray Vision: Scientist Leads NASA’s Next Step in X-ray Astronomy

Portal origin URL: 50 Years of X-ray Vision: Scientist Leads NASA’s Next Step in X-ray AstronomyPortal origin nid: 475758Published: Friday, December 3, 2021 - 14:44Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: When NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer mission launches Dec. 9, it will be another career landmark for Martin Weisskopf, IXPE principal...

What's Up: December 2021

What's Up for December? Your early evening highlights, a chance to catch a comet, and the annual Geminid meteors. See three planets after sunset, but say goodbye to Venus as the "Evening Star" at the end of the month. Then have a hunt for newly discovered Comet Leonard in the early morning through mid-month. Finally, get up early on Dec. 14 to watch for Geminid meteors after local moonset,...

Hubble Gazes at a Dazzling Spiral Galaxy

Portal origin URL: Hubble Gazes at a Dazzling Spiral GalaxyPortal origin nid: 475680Published: Friday, December 3, 2021 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy Mrk 1337, which is roughly 120 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Virgo.Portal...