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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Located 2.5 million light-years away, the majestic Andromeda galaxy appears to the naked eye as a faint, spindle-shaped object roughly the angular size of the full Moon. What backyard observers don’t see is a swarm of nearly three dozen small satellite galaxies circling the Andromeda galaxy, like bees around aContinue reading “NASA’s Hubble Provides Bird’s-Eye View of Andromeda Galaxy’s Ecosystem”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The next set of NASA science and technology demonstrations is on its way to the lunar surface, where they will gather data about Earth’s nearest neighbor and help pave the way for American astronauts to explore the Moon and beyond, for the benefit of all. Carrying NASA instruments as partContinue reading “Liftoff! NASA Tech, Science En Route to Moon with Intuitive Machines”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Susanne Schwenzer, Planetary Geologist at The Open University Earth planning date: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 The fine detail of the image above reminds us once again that geoscience — on Mars and on Earth — is an observational science. If you look at the image for a fewContinue reading “Sols 4466-4468: Heading Into the Small Canyon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY John Boyd, known to many as Jack and whose career spanned more than seven decades in a multitude of roles across NASA as well as its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), died Feb. 20. He was 99. Born in 1925, and raised in Danville, Virginia, he wasContinue reading “NASA Remembers Long-Time Civil Servant John Boyd”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Sending instruments to the Moon supports a growing lunar economy on and off Earth, and the next flight of NASA science and technology is only days away. NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative is a lunar delivery service that sends NASA science and technology instruments to various geographic locationsContinue reading “Fourth Launch of NASA Instruments Planned for Near Moon’s South Pole”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Written by Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center Earth planning date: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 Over the weekend Curiosity drove about 48 meters (about 157 feet) to the southwest, continuing to march along on our traverse past Texoli butte and Gould Mesa. I was on shift asContinue reading “Sols 4464-4465: Making Good Progress”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, image of the Milky Way appearing beyond Earth’s horizon. At the time, the International Space Station was orbiting 265 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile justContinue reading “Milky Way on the Horizon”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY The small satellite mission will map the Moon to help scientists better understand where its water is, what form it’s in, how much is there, and how it changes over time. Launching no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer will help resolve an enduring mystery: Where is theContinue reading “6 Things to Know About NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY An art display powered by NASA science data topped the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, CA throughout December 2024. Nightly visitors enjoyed “Synchronicity,” a 20-minute-long video art piece by Greg Niemeyer, which used a year’s worth of open data from NASA satellites and other sources to bring the rhythms ofContinue reading “NASA Open Data Turns Science Into Art”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 11:55 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 4, from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore will discuss their return to Earth on NASA+. Learn how to watch NASA contentContinue reading “NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 to Discuss Space Station Mission, Upcoming Return”