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14 Jul 2025 18:09

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "10 Years Ago: NASA’s New Horizons Captures Pluto’s Heart" This is the most accurate natural color image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. [July 14, 2025] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/big-p-color-2-true-color1.png

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14 Jul 2025 06:17

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" What is going on with this galaxy? NGC 2685 is a confirmed polar ring galaxy - a rare type of galaxy with stars, gas and dust orbiting in rings perpendicular to the plane of a flat galactic disk. The bizarre configuration could be caused by the chance capture of material from another galaxy by a disk galaxy, with the captured debris strung out in a rotating ring. Still, observed properties of NGC 2685 suggest that the rotating helix structure is remarkably old and stable. In this sharp view of the peculiar system also known as Arp 336 or the Helix galaxy, the strange, perpendicular rings are easy to trace as they pass in front of the galactic disk, along with other disturbed outer structures. NGC 2685 is about 50,000 light-years across and 40 million light-years away in the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major). [July 14, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/Ngc2685_Thrun_960.jpg

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12 Jul 2025 06:56

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" As the Sun set, a bright Full Moon rose on July 10. Its golden light illuminates clouds drifting through southern hemisphere skies in this well-composed telephoto image from Conceição do Coité, Bahia, Brazil. The brightest lunar phase is captured here with both a short and long exposure. The two exposures were combined to reveal details of the lunar surface in bright moonlight and a subtle iridescence along the dramatically backlit cloudscape. Of course, July's Full Moon is a winter moon in the southern hemisphere. But in the north it's known to some as the Thunder Moon, likely a nod to the sounds of this northern summer month's typically stormy weather. [July 12, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/LUA_JULHO_25_1024.jpg

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11 Jul 2025 21:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker Retires" NASA astronaut Shannon Walker retired July 10, concluding a career that spanned 38 years, including 30 years of federal service and more than 21 years as an astronaut. During two spaceflights, she spent 330 days in orbit, contributing to hundreds of scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the benefit of humanity. Walker served as a […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-shannon-walker-retires/

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11 Jul 2025 20:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Putting the X-59 to the Test" Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft. The model can be seen in the wind tunnel in this image released on July 11, 2025. The test […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/putting-the-x-59-to-the-test/

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11 Jul 2025 16:17

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "X-59 Model Tested in Japanese Supersonic Wind Tunnel" Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft.  The test was an important milestone for NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59, which is designed to fly faster than the […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-model-tested-in-japanese-supersonic-wind-tunnel/

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11 Jul 2025 13:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait" A massive, spacetime-warping cluster of galaxies is the setting of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy cluster in question is Abell 209, located 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). This Hubble image of Abell 209 shows more than a hundred galaxies, but there’s more to this cluster than even […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-snaps-galaxy-clusters-portrait/

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11 Jul 2025 05:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Curiosity Blog, Sols 4593-4594: Three Layers and a Lot of Structure at Volcán Peña Blanca" Written by Susanne P. Schwenzer, Professor of Planetary Mineralogy at The Open University, UK Earth planning date: Monday, July 7, 2025 A few planning sols ago, we spotted a small ridge in the landscape ahead of us. Ridges and structures that are prominently raised above the landscape are our main target along this part of […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4593-4594-three-layers-and-a-lot-of-structure-at-volcan-pena-blanca/

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10 Jul 2025 22:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Inspects Cat’s Paw" NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team released this image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula on July 10, 2025, in honor of the telescope’s third anniversary. Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera)  revealed never-before-seen structural details and features: Massive young stars carve away at nearby gas and dust, while their bright starlight produces a bright nebulous glow represented in […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-inspects-cats-paw/

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10 Jul 2025 21:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA to Brief Media on New Mission to Study Earth’s Magnetic Shield" NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 17, to share information about the agency’s upcoming Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, or TRACERS, mission, which is targeted to launch no earlier than late July. The TRACERS mission is a pair of twin satellites that will study how Earth’s […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-brief-media-on-new-mission-to-study-earths-magnetic-shield/

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10 Jul 2025 19:46

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Meet Mineral Mappers Flying NASA Tech Out West" NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey have been mapping the planets since Apollo. One team is searching closer to home for minerals critical to national security and the economy. If not for the Joshua trees, the tan hills of Cuprite, Nevada, would resemble Mars. Scalded and chemically altered by water from deep underground, the rocks […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/meet-mineral-mappers-flying-nasa-tech-out-west/

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10 Jul 2025 16:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s Webb Scratches Beyond Surface of Cat’s Paw for 3rd Anniversary" It’s the cat’s meow! To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has “clawed” back the thick, dusty layers of a section within the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334). Focusing Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on a single “toe bean” within this active star-forming […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-scratches-beyond-surface-of-cats-paw-for-3rd-anniversary/

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09 Jul 2025 21:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Aircraft, Sensor Technology, Aid in Texas Flood Recovery Efforts" In response to recent flooding near Kerrville, Texas, NASA deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations. The aircraft are part of the response from NASA’s Disasters Response Coordination System, which is activated to support emergency response for the flooding and is working closely with the Texas Division of Emergency […] [July 09, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-aircraft-sensor-technology-aid-in-texas-flood-recovery-efforts/

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09 Jul 2025 21:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Smarter Searching: NASA AI Makes Science Data Easier to Find" Imagine shopping for a new pair of running shoes online. If each seller described them differently—one calling them “sneakers,” another “trainers,” and someone else “footwear for exercise”—you’d quickly feel lost in a sea of mismatched terminology. Fortunately, most online stores use standardized categories and filters, so you can click through a simple path: Women’s > […] [July 09, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/artificial-intelligence-metadata-tagging/

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09 Jul 2025 20:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "“Hubble at 35 Years” Symposium Explores Insights from Hubble’s Past" As Hubble marks three and a half decades of scientific breakthroughs and technical resilience, the “Hubble at 35 Years” symposium offers a platform to reflect on the mission’s historical, operational, and scientific legacy. Hubble’s trajectory—from early challenges to becoming a symbol of American scientific ingenuity—presents valuable lessons in innovation, collaboration, and crisis response. Bringing together […] [July 09, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/history/hubble-at-35-years-symposium-explores-insights-from-hubbles-past/

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14 Jul 2025 11:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Chief Training Officer Teresa Sindelar Touches the Future of Human Spaceflight" Teresa Sindelar always knew she wanted to be a part of human spaceflight, but she was unsure how to make that dream a reality until a chance encounter with former NASA astronaut Tom Stafford when she was 11 years old. The pair met in a local jewelry shop near Sindelar’s Nebraska home, where Gen. Stafford […] [July 14, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/chief-training-officer-teresa-sindelar-touches-the-future-of-human-spaceflight/

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13 Jul 2025 06:16

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" Why isn't this ant a big sphere? Planetary nebula Mz3 is being cast off by a star similar to our Sun that is, surely, round. Why then would the gas that is streaming away create an ant-shaped nebula that is distinctly not round? Clues might include the high 1000-kilometer per second speed of the expelled gas, the light-year long length of the structure, and the magnetism of the star featured here at the nebula's center. One possible answer is that Mz3 is hiding a second, dimmer star that orbits close in to the bright star. A competing hypothesis holds that the central star's own spin and magnetic field are channeling the gas. Since the central star appears to be so similar to our own Sun, astronomers hope that increased understanding of the history of this giant space ant can provide useful insight into the likely future of our own Sun and Earth. [July 13, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/ant_hubble_1072.jpg

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11 Jul 2025 22:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Mars" Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds. In 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 mission brought Mars into American living rooms, where TV sets showed fuzzy black-and-white images of a cratered landscape. The spacecraft took 21 […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/advances-in-nasa-imaging-changed-how-world-sees-mars/

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11 Jul 2025 20:19

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Putting the X-59 to the Test" Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft. The test was an important milestone for NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59, which is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without causing a loud sonic boom. [July 11, 2025] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/dsc09386orig.jpg

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11 Jul 2025 18:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA to Provide Coverage of Axiom Mission 4 Departure from Station" NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station. The four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m. EDT Monday, July 14, pending weather, […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-coverage-of-axiom-mission-4-departure-from-station/

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11 Jul 2025 16:17

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Support Health Studies for Deep Space Travel" NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission is set to launch a four-person crew to the International Space Station later this summer. Some of the crew have volunteered to participate in a series of experiments to address health challenges astronauts may face on deep space missions during NASA’s Artemis campaign and future human expeditions to Mars. The research […] [July 11, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasas-spacex-crew-11-to-support-health-studies-for-deep-space-travel/

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11 Jul 2025 06:56

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" Transfusing sunlight as the sky grew darker, this exceptional display of noctilucent clouds was captured on July 10, reflected in the calm waters of Vallentuna Lake near Stockholm, Sweden. From the edge of space, about 80 kilometers above Earth's surface, the icy clouds themselves still reflect sunlight, even though the Sun is below the horizon as seen from the ground. Usually spotted at high latitudes in summer months, the night shining clouds have made a strong showing so far during the short northern summer nights. Also known as polar mesopheric clouds they are understood to form as water vapor driven into the cold upper atmosphere condenses on the fine dust particles supplied by disintegrating meteors or volcanic ash. [July 11, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/NLCreflectionsHeden.jpg

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10 Jul 2025 23:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle" NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the Moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) and one for a future orbital opportunity. The LTV is part of NASA’s efforts to explore the lunar surface as part of the Artemis campaign and is the first crew-driven vehicle to operate on […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-instruments-for-artemis-lunar-terrain-vehicle/

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10 Jul 2025 22:24

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Inspects Cat’s Paw" To celebrate its third year of revealing stunning scenes of the cosmos in infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has “clawed” back the thick, dusty layers of a section within the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334). [July 10, 2025] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54644815047-f6aaedf588-o.jpg

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10 Jul 2025 21:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun" KEY POINTS On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the Sun’s atmosphere. These newly released images — taken closer to the Sun than we’ve ever been before — are helping scientists better understand the Sun’s influence across the solar system, including events […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-parker-solar-probe-snaps-closest-ever-images-to-sun/

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10 Jul 2025 16:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Team Installs Observatory’s Solar Panels" On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun Shield, these panels will power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. “At this point, the […] [July 10, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/nasas-roman-space-telescope-team-installs-observatorys-solar-panels/

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10 Jul 2025 06:26

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, LDN 1251 is also less appetizingly known as "The Rotten Fish Nebula." The dusty molecular cloud is part of a complex of dark nebulae mapped toward the Cepheus flare region. Across the spectrum, astronomical explorations of the obscuring interstellar clouds reveal energetic shocks and outflows associated with newborn stars, including the telltale reddish glow from scattered Herbig-Haro objects hiding in the image. Distant background galaxies also lurk in the scene, almost buried behind the dusty expanse. This alluring telescopic frame spans almost three full moons on the sky. That corresponds to over 25 light-years at the estimated distance of LDN 1251. [July 10, 2025] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2507/LDN1251gualco1024.JPG

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09 Jul 2025 21:29

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Anatomy of a Space Shuttle" This illustration shows the parts of a space shuttle orbiter. About the same size and weight as a DC-9 aircraft, the orbiter contains the pressurized crew compartment (which can normally carry up to seven crew members), the cargo bay, and the three main engines mounted on its aft end. [July 09, 2025] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/0102619orig.jpg

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09 Jul 2025 20:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Anatomy of a Space Shuttle" This 2001 illustration labels important parts of a space shuttle orbiter. The orbiter was the heart and brains of the space shuttle and served as the crew transport vehicle that carried astronauts to and from space. The space shuttle was comprised of the orbiter, the main engines, the external tank, and the solid rocket boosters. […] [July 09, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/anatomy-of-a-space-shuttle/

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09 Jul 2025 20:12

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA, International Astronauts Answer Questions from Florida Students" Students in Big Pine Key, Florida, will have the chance to have NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station answer their prerecorded questions. At 10:05 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 14, NASA astronaut Nicole Ayers and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi will answer questions submitted by students. Watch the 20-minute Earth-to-space call […] [July 09, 2025] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-international-astronauts-answer-questions-from-florida-students/