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Hubble Peers at Peculiar Pair of Galaxies

Portal origin URL: Hubble Peers at Peculiar Pair of GalaxiesPortal origin nid: 477609Published: Friday, February 25, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This striking image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases Arp 298, a stunning pair of interacting galaxies. Arp 298 – which comprises the two galaxies NGC 7469 and IC 5283 –...

Astronomers Find Two Giant Black Holes Spiraling Toward a Collision

Portal origin URL: Astronomers Find Two Giant Black Holes Spiraling Toward a CollisionPortal origin nid: 477637Published: Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 18:36Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a companion black hole orbiting around it. As the orbit shrinks, the pair gets closer to...


THURSDAY 24. FEBRUARY 2022


NASA is Helping Fly Drones in the Arctic. Here’s What That Means for Sea Ice and Sea Level Change.

Portal origin URL: NASA is Helping Fly Drones in the Arctic. Here’s What That Means for Sea Ice and Sea Level Change.Portal origin nid: 477610Published: Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 09:47Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A team led by NASA scientists is showing how a fixed-winged drone named Vanilla could fly for several days over the Arctic ocean...


WEDNESDAY 23. FEBRUARY 2022


NASA Rocket Team to Chase Pulsating Aurora

Body: A new NASA sounding rocket mission will soon take to the Alaskan skies. The LAMP mission will fly above an often-overlooked kind of northern lights to test a theory on what causes them. The launch window at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, opens on Feb. 24, 2022. Link: Read...

NASA Rocket Team to Chase Pulsating Aurora

A new NASA sounding rocket mission will soon take to the Alaskan skies. The LAMP mission, short for Loss through Auroral Microburst Pulsations, will fly above an often-overlooked kind of northern lights to test a theory on what causes them. The launch window at Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, opens on Feb. 24, 2022. News Article Type: Homepage...


TUESDAY 22. FEBRUARY 2022


Is There Water on Mars? We Asked a NASA Scientist

Is there water on Mars? There sure is! It’s not exactly like water on Earth, but Martian H20 can tell us a lot about the planet’s distant past while potentially aiding explorers in the future. Some of the water is even trapped inside rocks! Hear from Mars scientist Eva Scheller who helped make that discovery using NASA data. Get more Martian science: www.nasa.gov/mars Producers:...

NASA Rocket Team to Chase Pulsating Aurora

Portal origin URL: NASA Rocket Team to Chase Pulsating AuroraPortal origin nid: 477460Published: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 10:06Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A new NASA sounding rocket mission will soon take to the Alaskan skies to test a theory on what causes some aurora to pulsate over time.Portal image: Aurora over Poker Flats Research...

Galaxy Collision Creates 'Space Triangle' in New Hubble Image

Portal origin URL: Galaxy Collision Creates 'Space Triangle' in New Hubble ImagePortal origin nid: 477430Published: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy, as captured in a new image from NASA’s Hubble Space...


WEDNESDAY 16. FEBRUARY 2022


Three Experiments That Just Might Change Your Life.

When Northrop Grumman’s 17th Commercial Resupply Mission to the International Space Station launches in mid-February, it will carry three investigations of particular interest to NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division.  “It’s not often we get the opportunity to launch experiments with such potential to assist future space travel as well as benefit those of us on Earth,”...

Fighting Fire with Fire: New Space Station Experiments Study Flames in Space

Portal origin URL: Fighting Fire with Fire: New Space Station Experiments Study Flames in Space Portal origin nid: 477312Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction (SoFIE) project launching to the International Space Station could light the way to understanding fire in space...

Studying the Next Interstellar Interloper with Webb

Portal origin URL: Studying the Next Interstellar Interloper with WebbPortal origin nid: 477348Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 08:27Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: One of the most exciting findings in planetary science in recent years is the discovery of interstellar objects passing through our solar system. So far, astronomers have...


TUESDAY 15. FEBRUARY 2022


Sea Level to Rise up to a Foot by 2050, Interagency Report Finds

Portal origin URL: Sea Level to Rise up to a Foot by 2050, Interagency Report FindsPortal origin nid: 477323Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 11:45Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA, NOAA, USGS, and other U.S. government agencies project that the rise in ocean height in the next 30 years could equal the total rise seen over the past 100...

A Novel Approach to Growing Gardens in Space

PROJECT eXposed Root On-Orbit Test System (XROOTS) SNAPSHOT To investigate techniques that can be scaled for crop production in microgravity, a NASA-sponsored Sierra Space team is developing soilless nutrient delivery and recovery technologies that will be demonstrated via plant tests aboard the International Space Station. XROOTS team reviewing Astro Garden plant growth testing in a...


MONDAY 14. FEBRUARY 2022


NASA’s MinXSS Instrument CubeSat Launches to Study Sun’s Flares

Portal origin URL: NASA’s MinXSS Instrument CubeSat Launches to Study Sun’s FlaresPortal origin nid: 477293Published: Monday, February 14, 2022 - 10:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer 3, or MinXSS-3, successfully launched on the InspireSat-1 small satellite.Portal image: MinXSS CubeSat deployment from...


FRIDAY 11. FEBRUARY 2022


Hubble Views a Cosmic Interaction

Portal origin URL: Hubble Views a Cosmic Interaction Portal origin nid: 477263Published: Friday, February 11, 2022 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope feels incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery. The image shows Arp 282, an interacting galaxy pair composed of the Seyfert...


THURSDAY 10. FEBRUARY 2022


New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment

Portal origin URL: New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment Portal origin nid: 477253Published: Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 16:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA has selected two science missions – the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm – to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun,...

NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Progress, Mirror Alignment

Portal origin URL: NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Progress, Mirror AlignmentPortal origin nid: 477243Published: Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 12:38Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 11, to share progress made in the early stages of aligning the James Webb Space Telescope’s...

NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter

Portal origin URL: NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From JupiterPortal origin nid: 477228Published: Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 07:39Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The planet’s auroras are known to produce low-energy X-ray light. A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another...


WEDNESDAY 9. FEBRUARY 2022


What's Next for the James Webb Space Telescope?

We’re taking you behind-the-scenes alongside our experts to explore the secrets of the universe. From remote locations on Earth, to the depths of outer space, join us live each month to interact with experts and watch as we reveal the mysteries of our solar system and beyond. NASA Science Live: https://www.nasa.gov/nasasciencelive Video...

Parker Solar Probe Captures its First Images of Venus' Surface in Visible Light, Confirmed

Portal origin URL: Parker Solar Probe Captures its First Images of Venus' Surface in Visible Light, ConfirmedPortal origin nid: 477217Published: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space.Portal image: Images of Venus...


TUESDAY 8. FEBRUARY 2022


The Power of Ten: Meet the 10 Winners of NASA’s 10th Annual Space Apps Challenge

Portal origin URL: The Power of Ten: Meet the 10 Winners of NASA’s 10th Annual Space Apps ChallengePortal origin nid: 477027Published: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 11:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s 10th annual Space Apps Challenge was a global event that brought together innovative ideas from teams across the world. Here are the...