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A dark planet, left, is shown in close orbit around its star, right; some of the planet's atmosphere is being blown outward by the star.

Discovery Alert: a ‘Hot Neptune’ in a Tight Orbit

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By Grace Jacobs Corban The Discovery A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star.…

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In this illustration, an exploding star powers jets of material. The star is shown as an almost flower-like shape. The purple �petals� represent clouds of material created in the explosion. The bluish-white and yellow center shows where the newly formed black hole begins driving the jets. The core of the jet pointed toward us is whitish and the broader regions are magenta. In the distance, on the far side of the star, you can see the opposite side of the jet disappearing into space.

5 Surprising NASA Heliophysics Discoveries Not Related to the Sun

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With NASA’s fleet of heliophysics spacecraft, scientists monitor our Sun and investigate its influences throughout the solar system. However, the…

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PSI Database is Live with New Features to Improve User Experience

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Since its ​launch​​​ in 2014, ​the ​Physical Sciences Informatics (PSI) ​system ​has served as NASA’s online repository for physical science…

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2024 ASGSR Art Competition! 

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Showcase your creative side and your research!    They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This year’s ASGSR conference…

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On the deck of a ship, a large A-frame style crane is lifting a submersible research vehicle into the air, as crew members hold taglines connecting to the vehicle, preparing to deploy it into the ocean.

The Making of Our Alien Earth: The Undersea Volcanoes of Santorini, Greece

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The following expedition marks the third installment of NASA Astrobiology’s fieldwork series, the newly rebranded Our Alien Earth, streaming on…

Article3 months ago
Seven people, with large backpacks, hiking down a hill of lumpy snow dusted with beige volcanic ash. Behind them is a steep wall of dirt with streaks of fresh green shrubbery. The people appear tiny against the landscape and are all in the left half of the image. On the right are overlapping views of three distinct geological formations: a light-colored slope in the foreground, a tan and orange river gorge in the middle ground, and snow-capped mountains in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.

Into The Field With NASA: Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes

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To better understand Mars, NASA's Goddard Instrument Field Team hiked deep into the backcountry of Katmai National Park.

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This composite image of the Sun includes high-energy X-ray data from NASA's NuSTAR shown in blue; lower energy X-ray data from the XRT on the JAXA's Hinode mission shown in green; and ultraviolet light detected by the AIA on NASA's SDO shown in red.

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Open ocean borders the bottom of the image, inland there are snowcapped mountains, glaciers and glacial lakes the empty into the ocean. Top left is Yakutat Glacier, terminating in Harlequin Lake. At the right of the image Alsek Lake is fed by Alsek Glacier. below that Grand Plateau Glacier feeds Grand Plateau Lake. The river from Alsek lake notably discolors the water where it meets the ocean to a seafoam shade.