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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory celebrates the 4th of July with a dazzling array of red, white and blue space phenomena.
NASA is marking the United States' 250th birthday with four striking red, white, and blue images of deep space from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The collection features an exploded star, a stellar nursery,
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NASA’s Roman telescope reached Florida eight months early to map billions of galaxies
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 21, 2026, nearly eight months before its required launch readiness date of May 2027. The roughly 18,000-pound observatory traveled aboard the agency’s Pegasus barge and was transferred into the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility for final processing.
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NASA’s most powerful X-ray telescope reveals Milky Way may stretch farther than previously known
A team of astronomers has discovered that the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy may stretch further out into space than was previously known. The scientists made precise distance measurements of dust clouds in the arms using data from two telescopes orbiting high above Earth’s atmosphere — NASA’s Chandra,
Researchers say the surprising discovery of the faraway galaxy MXDFz4.4 could help explain how the cosmos went from opaque to transparent billions of years ago.
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These astro photographs come with sound! NASA uses an unusual technique to create music from data
In honor of the Fourth of July, NASA has released a patriotic collection of images that also comes with data-centered audio
Recent research has unveiled that giant ocean whirlpools, also termed mesoscale eddies, play a crucial role in transporting freshwater from the Congo River into the Atlantic Ocean. These dynamic currents,
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, released in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary. The image showcases Messier 3 (M3),
Astronomers note that M82's extreme starburst phase won't last forever. It is expected to continue for only a few hundred million years-a brief moment in cosmic time.
