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NASA’s Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a…

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NASA Tests New RS-25 Engine

NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 20001 on June 20, at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center…

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NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge

Two students guide their rover through an obstacle course in this April 11, 2025, image from the 2025 Human Exploration…

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NASA Welcomes Community, Astronauts to Marshall’s 65th Anniversary Celebration July 19

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center invites the community to help celebrate the center’s 65th anniversary during a free public event…

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NASA Engineers Simulate Lunar Lighting for Artemis III Moon Landing

Better understanding the lunar lighting environment will help NASA prepare astronauts for the harsh environment Artemis III Moonwalkers will experience…

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NASA Celebrates Employees Selected for Top Federal Award

Two NASA employees are being honored as part of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, also known as the…

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NASA Announces Winners of 2025 Student Launch Competition

By Beth Ridgeway  NASA’s Student Launch competition celebrated its 25th anniversary on May 4, just north of NASA’s Marshall Space…

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NASA’s Chandra Sees Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic “Noon”

A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from…

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NASA’s IXPE Obtains First X-ray Polarization Measurement of Magnetar Outburst

What happens when the universe’s most magnetic object shines with the power of 1,000 Suns in a matter of seconds?…

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Galaxy Clusters on Course to Crash Again, NASA’s Chandra Finds

New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have captured a rare cosmic event: two galaxy clusters have…

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Eccentric ‘Star’ Defies Easy Explanation, NASA’s Chandra Finds

Scientists have discovered a star behaving like no other seen before, giving fresh clues about the origin of a new…

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NASA Helps with Progress on Vast’s Haven-1 Commercial Space Station

NASA-supported commercial space station, Vast’s Haven-1, recently completed a test of a critical air filter system for keeping future astronauts…

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NASA’s Artemis III Core Stage Receives Thermal Protection Coating

NASA completed another step to ready its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis III mission as crews at…

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25 Years of NASA Student Launch

Students from the University of Massachusetts Amherst team carry their high-powered rocket toward the launch pad at NASA’s 2025 Student…

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NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue

NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our…

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NASA’s IXPE Reveals X-ray-Generating Particles in Black Hole Jets

Editor’s note: This article was updated June 2, 2025 to include the link to the scientific study published in Astrophysical Journal…

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NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone”

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA’s Chandra…

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NASA Invites Media to Agency’s 25th Annual Student Launch Challenge

NASA’s annual Student Launch challenge will bring middle school, high school, and college students from around the country together to launch high-powered…

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