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An image of Mars shows rocks and small sand dunes, with a larger mountain range in the background. Two wheel tracks in the foreground show Curiosity rover's path before it captured the image.

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NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin

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An image of Mars shows rocks and small sand dunes, with a larger mountain range in the background. Two wheel tracks in the foreground show Curiosity rover's path before it captured the image.

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This is the supernova remnant called Cygnus Loop. The data examines this cloud of interstellar material interacting with the superheated, supernova blast wave.

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Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite

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An image of Mars shows rocks and small sand dunes, with a larger mountain range in the background. Two wheel tracks in the foreground show Curiosity rover's path before it captured the image.

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Severe Storms

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National Aeronautics and Space Act

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Jun 24, 2015

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Title 51—National and Commercial Space Programs

Pub. L. No. 111–314, 124 Stat. 3328 (Dec. 18, 2010)

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