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[ad_1] For the first time, astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope to study the well-known supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). This work has helped explain an unusual structure in the debris from the destroyed star called the “Green Monster,” because of …

[ad_1] This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a richness of spiral galaxies: the large, prominent spiral galaxy on the right side of the image is NGC 1356; the two apparently smaller spiral galaxies flanking it are LEDA 467699 (above it) and LEDA 95415 (very close at its …

[ad_1] Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara has her Russian Sokol spacesuit pressure checked ahead launching to the International Space Station with fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/expedition-70-preflight/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] …

[ad_1] Amazonian leaders visit “Space for Earth,” an immersive audio-visual installation that draws from near real-time satellite data and images, in NASA’s Earth Information Center at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington on Nov. 17, 2023. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amazonian-leaders-discuss-using-nasa-data-to-protect-the-amazon/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare …

[ad_1] NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Robert Hines participate in STEM demonstrations with local students at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Washington. Lindgren, Hines, and Watkins spent 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International …

[ad_1] Jupiter, top, and Venus, bottom, are seen with the crescent Moon above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as preparations continued for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. The agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission was the sixth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX …

[ad_1] Resembling sparks from a fireworks display, this image taken by a JPL camera onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate filaments that are sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. Image Credit: NASA, STScI/AURA Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/pia04609orig/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] …

[ad_1] Creating an artistic reflection, a Great Blue Heron skims its wings on a waterway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2021. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Image Credit: NASA / Ben Smegelsky Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/afs-8-101-470/Copy URL to clipboard> …

[ad_1] “It takes a lot of courage to confront your fears and failures. Each and every time is really difficult, but you will feel really empowered. It’s a very significant step in your life if you can do that.” Image Credit: NASA / Brandon Torres Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/enviromental-portrait-of-justine-richardson/Copy URL to …

[ad_1] Seen here by Webb, ice giant Uranus is a dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, extreme seasons, and more. Webb’s sensitivity has even captured the close-in Zeta ring, faint, diffuse, and elusive. These new images reveal detailed features of Uranus’s seasonal north polar cap, as well as bright storms …