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NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy

NASA is unveiling a new view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy, as seen by three of the agency's space-based observatories.
NASA Nobel Laureate Presents "The Story of the Universe"

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center presents a new interactive feature: “The Story of the Universe,” a video lecture by NASA scientist and 2006 Nobel laureate Dr. John Mather.
GOES Offers Real-Time Hurricane Alley Movies

Thanks to NASA's GOES Project, individuals can now access real-time satellite data from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
PBS NOVA Program on Hubble Servicing Takes Viewers Behind the Scenes

After more three years in the making, the much anticipated documentary called “Hubble’s Amazing Rescue” debuted October 13 on PBS NOVA.
NASA's Robert F. Cahalan Elected Fellow of the American Meteorological Society

Robert F. Cahalan was recently elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.

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