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This X-ray image shows our solar system 'breathing'
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This X-ray image shows our solar system 'breathing' The eROSITA spacecraft has built the most precise map of soft X-rays over Earth, observing a fascinating phenomenon driven by solar winds from the sun.
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Viltrox AF 50mm f/1.4 Pro FE lens review
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Viltrox AF 50mm f/1.4 Pro FE lens review The Viltrox AF 50mm f/1.4 Pro FE is a fast standard prime for astrophotography, at a competitive price.
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How did the USSR win the space race to beat the US to the moon...
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How did the USSR win the space race to beat the US to the moon... "I take this step for my country, for my people, and for the Marxist-Leninist way of life."
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Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000...
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Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000... Samples of Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show that the asteroid bears the scars of a recent bombardment by tiny space rocks.
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I Am Artemis: Peter Rossoni
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I Am Artemis: Peter Rossoni 3 Min Read
I Am Artemis: Peter Rossoni
Peter Rossoni in an optical lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Massachusetts (MIT-LL)
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Listen to this audio excerpt from Peter Rossoni, Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System flight manager:
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'Guess I'll be waiting a minute to surf again': Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch...
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'Guess I'll be waiting a minute to surf again': Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch... A week after the Artemis 2 moon mission ended, NASA astronaut Christina Koch struggled to walk in a straight line during a blindfold test. But it's all part of readjusting to life on Earth.
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The Day of the Trifid Nebula
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The Day of the Trifid Nebula NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
This shimmering region of star-formation, a close-up of the Trifid Nebula about 5,000 light-years from Earth, was captured in intricate detail by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in an image released on April 20, 2026. ...
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NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Missouri Students
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NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Missouri Students NASA astronauts (from left) Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir are photographed on Jan. 12, 2026, in their pressure suits and inside the Dragon spacecraft during the Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of ...
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Week in images: 20-24 April 2026
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Week in images: 20-24 April 2026 Week in images: 20-24 April 2026
Discover our week through the lens
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NASA Celebrates Decade of University Innovation in Aeronautics 
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NASA Celebrates Decade of University Innovation in Aeronautics  8 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)
For 10 years, a NASA initiative has helped the agency produce breakthrough aeronautical innovations while fostering the aviation workforce of tomorrow – and the University Leadership Initiative (ULI) is still flying high, making ...
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Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites
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Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites As sea ice continues to succumb to the climate crisis, measuring its decline with precision has never been more urgent. To meet this challenge, the European Space Agency is developing three new Copernicus satellites, each employing distinct but complementary techniques ...
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Earth from Space: Cloud patterns over the Canary Islands
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Earth from Space: Cloud patterns over the Canary Islands Image:
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights a distinctive cloud formation north of the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Gomera.
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An Agricultural Mosaic in Taiwan
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Smile set to launch on 19 May
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Smile set to launch on 19 May The European-Chinese Smile mission is due to launch on Tuesday 19 May 2026, at 05:52 CEST / 04:52 BST / 00:52 local time on a European Vega-C rocket.
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Moon dust preserves record of life’s building blocks
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Moon dust preserves record of life’s building blocks  
Schematic illustration of the formation and evolution of organic matter in lunar soil. Credit: HAO Jialong’s Group.
The Moon may preserve a record of the raw ingredients that helped life begin on Earth. New analysis of lunar samples returned by China’s ...
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Dark matter may come in multiple forms, new model suggests
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Dark matter may come in multiple forms, new model suggests NASA’s Fermi five-year view of the gamma-ray sky shows an excess of radiation coming from the centre of out Galaxy (centre of the image). Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
Astronomers may not need to see the same dark matter signal everywhere in ...
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Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope
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Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope NASA’s Space Launch System lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 1 April 2026, carrying the Artemis II crew (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen) aboard the Orion spacecraft. The ...
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ISS On-Orbit Status Report - NASA
ISS Daily Summary Report Discontinued Beginning Monday, July 29th, the IMC Daily Summary will be discontinued.
To learn more about the groundbreaking science and engineering happening daily on the International Space Station, please visit the space station blog at https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/, or browse a variety of space station ...
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