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Webb Telescope Mirrors: Stepping Stones to the Cosmos
Webb Telescope Mirrors: Stepping Stones to the Cosmos

Scientists and engineers placed two NASA James Webb Space Telescope test primary mirror segments onto the support structure that will…

Largest Sunspot of Solar Cycle
Largest Sunspot of Solar Cycle

A huge sunspot, named AR2191, can be seen in this image taken by NASA's SDO. It has been the source…

Illusions in the Cosmic Clouds
Illusions in the Cosmic Clouds

Do you see any recognizable shapes in this nebulous region captured by NASA's WISE and Chandra missions? Pareidolia is the…

NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) (Artist Concept)
NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) (Artist Concept)

NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission will produce high-resolution global maps of soil moisture to track water availability around…

James Webb Space Telescope’s Heart Survives Deep Freeze Test
James Webb Space Telescope’s Heart Survives Deep Freeze Test

After 116 days of being subjected to extremely frigid temperatures like that in space, the heart of the James Webb…

Monster Sunspot Releases M8.7 Class Solar Flare
Monster Sunspot Releases M8.7 Class Solar Flare

The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M8.7 class, peaking at 9:59 p.m. EDT on Oct. 21, 2014.

Monster Sunspot Releases X1.6-Class Solar Flare on Oct. 22, 2014
Monster Sunspot Releases X1.6-Class Solar Flare on Oct. 22, 2014

An X1.6 class flare erupted from the lower half of the sun, peaking at 10:28 a.m. EDT on Oct. 22,…

Ring of Stellar Fire
Ring of Stellar Fire

A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, taken in infrared light, shows where the action is taking place in…

F-16 XL-2
F-16 XL-2

Two F-16XL aircraft were used by the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in a NASA-wide program to improve laminar…

Italian Visitor
Italian Visitor

NASA Ames Center Director Pete Worden introduces Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to Dr. George Raiche, Branch Chief of Thermophysics…