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NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian

11.18.09

Two key instruments from Hubble have a new home in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum after being returned to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009.

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COBE Satellite Marks 20th Anniversary

artist concept of COBE with COBE sky map in background

11.17.09

COBE, launched on Nov. 18, 1989, discovered evidence to support the Big Bang Theory and earned a Nobel Prize for scientists John Mather and George Smoot.

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NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole Sky

Artist's concept of WISE mapping the infrared sky

11.17.09

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll.

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Satellites Tune Into a Middleweight Black Hole

Astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date.
WISE Is Chilling Out

Engineers are busy cooling the science instrument on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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.
Spitzer Observes a Chaotic Planetary System

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a young star with evidence of the same orbital hyperactivity that our planets had before they found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today.
Hubble Showcases Star Birth in Southern Pinwheel

The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83.

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Planet 51 PSA Campaign Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth

11.20.09 - Broadcast-quality digital public service announcements are available for download from NASA featuring actor Dwayne Johnson, star of the new film "Planet 51," discussing the importance of space exploration, diversity and education.
Planet 51 Star Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth

11.20.09 - Actor Dwayne Johnson, usually known for his action and comedic film roles, takes to the stars as an astronaut in a new animated feature that brings important messages about the importance of space exploration and education to those of us here on Earth.