NASA IXPE’s Longest Observation Solves Black Hole Jets Mystery
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Written by Michael Allen An international team of astronomers using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) has identified the origin of X-rays in a supermassive black hole’s jet, answering a question that has been unresolved since the earlies...
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- On: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:23 +0000
NASA Launches Research Program for Students to Explore Big Ideas
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NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is a multi-phase innovation competition designed to empower university and college students to develop next-g...
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- On: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:01 +0000
Through Astronaut Eyes: 25 Years of Life in Orbit
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After 25 years of continuous human presence in space, the International Space Station remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, enabling NASA to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars. The orbiting laboratory is also a living a...
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- On: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:35 +0000
NASA Ignites New Golden Age of Exploration, Innovation in 2025
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With a second Trump Administration at the helm in 2025, NASA marked significant progress toward the Artemis II test flight early next year, which is the first crewed mission around the Moon in more than 50 years, as well as built upon its momentum toward a...
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- On: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:48 +0000
How Small Is Too Small? Volunteers Help NASA Test Lake Monitoring From Space
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Volunteers participating in the Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists and Satellites (LOCSS) project have been collecting water level data in lakes since 2017. Now, the LOCSS team has used these data to examine the accuracy of water level measurements ma...
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- On: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:45 +0000
NASA JPL Shakes Things Up Testing Future Commercial Lunar Spacecraft
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The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA’s twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar odyssey are helping to ready a towering commercial spacecraft for a journey to the Moon. Launches involve brutal shaking and astonishin...
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- On: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:43 +0000