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What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
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What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon? Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?
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NASA HEAT Student Activity Featured in TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2024
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NASA HEAT Student Activity Featured in TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2024
On April 8, 2024, tens of millions experienced a solar eclipse from Mexico through the United States ...
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Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)
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Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video) The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.
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Earth in Far-Ultraviolet
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On April 21, 1972, NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, took a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth with an ultraviolet camera. Young’s original black-and-white picture was printed on Agfacontour professional film three times, with each exposure ...
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Total lunar eclipse March 2025: When and where to see the next 'Blood Moon' lunar...
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Total lunar eclipse March 2025: When and where to see the next 'Blood Moon' lunar... A total lunar eclipse will be seen across North America on the night of March 13-14, 2025, while parts of Europe will get a brief view.
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Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top Civilian Award
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Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top Civilian Award NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, present Bob Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, recognizing ...
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NASA’s Hubble Tracks Down a ‘Blue Lurker’ Among Stars
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Webb Watches Carbon-Rich Dust Shells Form, Expand in Star System
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The 2025 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' kicks off this week in Maryland
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The 2025 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' kicks off this week in Maryland Scientists from around the world are gathered in Maryland this week for the so-called "Super Bowl of astronomy." the 245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole
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'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight rope around it.
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XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations
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XMM-Newton catches giant black hole’s X-ray oscillations The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton has detected rapidly fluctuating X-rays coming from the very edge of a supermassive black hole in the heart of a nearby galaxy. The results paint a fascinating picture that defies how we thought matter falls ...
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ESA welcomes Slovenia as 23rd Member State
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ESA welcomes Slovenia as 23rd Member State Slovenia has celebrated its status the European Space Agency's 23rd Member State with a day of space activities including a primetime television broadcast from the Herman Potočnik Noordung Space Technology Center in Vitanje.
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Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?
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Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth? The International Space Station is always falling, yet it never crashes to Earth or burns up in our atmosphere. How is this possible?
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Week in images: 06-10 January 2025
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Week in images: 06-10 January 2025 Week in images: 06-10 January 2025
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Los Angeles struggles to contain wildfires
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Five wildfires are still currently burning (as of 10 January) in areas of north Los Angeles. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 9 January 2025, shows the Palisades and the Eaton fires, with smoke seen reaching Catalina ...
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The Quadrantids: a strong meteor shower to start the year
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The Quadrantids: a strong meteor shower to start the year A composite image of the 2014 Quadrantids. Image: Leo Lam.
The Quadrantid meteor shower kicks off the meteor-watching calendar, peaking this year on 3 January. Renowned for its reliability, it consistently ranks among the best annual meteor displays. This year, observers ...
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Catch Mercury’s end of year pre-dawn show
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Catch Mercury’s end of year pre-dawn show Mercury in a transparent early-evening sky on 24 January 2021. Image: Martin Campbell.
Mercury, the fast moving inner planet, passed through inferior conjunction between Earth and the Sun on 6 December and then heads rapidly west of the Sun to emerge ...
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Brilliant Jupiter rides high in Taurus
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Brilliant Jupiter rides high in Taurus Jupiter, by far the Solar System’s dominant planet, imaged on 29 November 2024. Image: Damian Peach.
Jupiter reaches its long-awaited opposition on 7 December when it lies in Taurus with a declination of just over 22 degrees, which places it about ...
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ISS On-Orbit Status Report
ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2024 Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): The CFT crew continued assisting the ISS crew with various audits and housekeeping.  They also performed CloudNet Testing and STEMonstration Earth Science activities. Payloads: Sleep in Orbit: A crewmember transferred the MicroSD memory card ...
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