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NASA Study Reveals Venus Crust Surprise

By |2025-05-09T11:14:00-04:00May 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read NASA Study Reveals Venus Crust Surprise This global view of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of Magellan mapping are mapped onto a computer-simulated globe to create this image. Data gaps are filled with Pioneer Venus Orbiter [...]

IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet

By |2025-05-09T09:09:07-04:00May 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day How do black holes create X-rays? Answering this long-standing question was significantly advanced recently with data taken by NASA’s IXPE satellite. X-rays cannot exit a black hole, but they can be created in the energetic environment nearby, in particular by a jet of particles moving outward. By observing X-ray light [...]

Using Our Facilities

By |2025-05-09T08:27:00-04:00May 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland provides ground test facilities to industry, government, and academia specializing in the following:  Acoustics  Engine Components Testing  Full-Scale Engine Testing  Flight Research  Icing Research  Materials and Structures  Microgravity  Space Power and Propulsion  Wind Tunnels  Electromagnetic Interference Laboratory  Our unique facilities offer superior customer service, flexible scheduling, and state-of-the-art testing [...]

Hubble Comes Face-to-Face with Spiral’s Arms

By |2025-05-09T07:02:00-04:00May 9th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts Science Hubble Science Science Themes Science Highlights [...]

NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Works on Space Station

By |2025-05-08T16:14:00-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 flight engineer Anne McClain is pictured near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a spacewalk.NASA/Nichole Ayers In this May 1, 2025, photo taken by fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain works near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a spacewalk. During [...]

NASA Earns Two Emmy Nominations for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Coverage

By |2025-05-08T13:01:00-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recognizing NASA’s outstanding work in sharing this rare [...]

NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue

By |2025-05-08T11:40:00-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

8 Min Read NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue The first sonification features WR124, an extremely bright, massive star. Here, the star is shown in a short-lived phase preceding the possible creation of a black hole. NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest [...]

Sols 4532-4533: Polygon Heaven

By |2025-05-08T10:40:00-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 2 min [...]

NASA’s Hubble Pinpoints Roaming Massive Black Hole

By |2025-05-08T10:02:00-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Explore Hubble Science Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Hubble Pinpoints… Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits Hubble’s Impact & Benefits Science Impacts Cultural Impact Technology Benefits Impact on Human Spaceflight Astro Community Impacts [...]

NASA Stennis Releases First Open-Source Software

By |2025-05-08T10:00:00-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. NASA software engineer Brandon Carver updates how the main data acquisition software processes information at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, where he has contributed to the creation [...]

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