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Rings and Things

ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Chilingari The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is situated in the Perseus Cluster, also known as Abell 426, 320 million light-years from Earth. It’s a barred spiral galaxy known as MCG+07-07-072, seen here among a number of photobombing stars that are much closer to Earth than it is. MCG+07-07-072 has quite an unusual [...]

By |2024-08-16T15:28:00-04:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA-Funded Research Institute Selects New Class of Space Health Fellows

Earth as viewed from the International Space Station.Credit: NASA The NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) announced its selections for the institute’s 2024 postdoctoral fellowship, a space health program intended to launch the careers of a new generation of researchers tackling various challenges involved with human space exploration. The program supports early-career scientists [...]

By |2024-08-16T13:25:00-04:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Short Day for Crew Before Roscosmos Cargo Craft Arrives

The Progress 88 resupply ship approaches the space station on June 1, 2024, packed with about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 71 crew. The crews representing Expedition 71 and NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test had a light duty day aboard the International Space Station at the end of the week. [...]

By |2024-08-16T12:47:00-04:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

Kansas Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station

Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson, both NASA astronauts, pose for a fun portrait as Dominick tests portable breathing gear aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. (Credit: NASA) Students from Topeka, Kansas, will have the opportunity Wednesday, Aug. 21, to have NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Tracy C. Dyson [...]

By |2024-08-16T11:02:00-04:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Hubble Rings in a New Galactic View

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy LEDA 857074. ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Chilingari The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is situated in the Perseus Cluster, also known as Abell 426, 320 million light-years from Earth. It’s a barred spiral galaxy known as MCG+07-07-072, seen here among a number of [...]

By |2024-08-16T09:29:00-04:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Southern California Student Wins NASA Scholarship

Brad Flick, center director at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, presents a 2024 NASA College Scholarship Award to Sabrina Redifer. From left to right are Sabrina Redifer’s parents Matthew and Saynne Redifer, Flick, Sabrina Redifer, and her sister Samantha Redifer.NASA/Steve Freeman Sabrina Redifer, a 2024 graduate of Quartz Hill High School in [...]

By |2024-08-15T18:50:00-04:00August 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award 

2 min read Geospatial AI Foundation Model Team Receives NASA Marshall Group Achievement Award  Rahul Ramachandran of NASA IMPACT, left, Elizabeth Fancher of NASA IMPACT, Ankur Kumar of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), Sujit Roy of UAH, Raghu Ganti of IBM Research, David McKenzie of NASA, Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian of UAH, Iksha Gurung [...]

By |2024-08-15T17:31:00-04:00August 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

São Francisco’s Colorful Palette

NASA This Dec. 27, 2023 image of the São Francisco River in southeast Brazil showcases the range of vibrant colors in the area including blues, reds, greens, and yellows. Much of the unvegetated land, such as unplanted fields and unpaved roads, appears in bright shades of red and yellow. This coloration comes from the underlying [...]

By |2024-08-15T14:11:00-04:00August 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Space Delivery Launches to Station; Crew Studies Stem Cells, Works Life Support

An aurora radiates brightly above the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station soared 270 miles above the Earth’s surface. A Roscosmos cargo craft is orbiting Earth today packed with nearly three tons of cargo to resupply the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the orbital residents stayed focused on more cargo work, space biology, and lab [...]

By |2024-08-15T13:07:00-04:00August 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|

NASA Selects 5 New Roman Technology Fellows in Astrophysics

9 min read NASA Selects 5 New Roman Technology Fellows in Astrophysics This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor. Several other galaxies, located relatively nearby to this one, are just [...]

By |2024-08-15T12:05:00-04:00August 15th, 2024|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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