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Big news: NASA selected the PRIMA mission to move to Phase B!
PRIMA, our new far‑infrared space telescope, will explore how planets, stars, galaxies, and black holes form and evolve across cosmic time. Read more:
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Here’s your pick-me-up from the universe. 💫
Explore this week's Astronomy Picture of the Day images, each paired with a brief explanation from a professional astronomer:
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Nature’s coronagraph. 🌙☀️
Here’s a throwback to the 2024 total solar eclipse, when scientists and citizen scientists used this unique opportunity to collect observations of the innermost corona, helping researchers study how heat and energy move through the solar atmosphere.
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What if we could explore the Moon with AI?
Meet the @NASA–@IBM Lunar Foundation Model, a new open‑source AI trained on 17 years of lunar data to map craters, identify geologic features, and even help predict where ice may hide in the Moon’s darkest regions. 🌙
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Now that @NASARoman has launched, it’s on its way to beginning its science mission: surveying billions of galaxies, discovering new worlds, and helping scientists investigate mysteries like dark matter and dark energy.
Hear from Roman Project Scientist Julie McEnery.
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NASA will host a Science Briefing today at 9:00 a.m. EDT to discuss the Roman Space Telescope mission followed by a Prelaunch News Conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT to discuss tomorrow morning's launch!
No single telescope can tell the whole story of our universe.
Every @NASA space telescope is designed to answer different questions. Together, they help scientists see the bigger picture.
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The universe is full of questions.
@NASARoman is built to help answer some of them. 🌌
Go behind the mission with NASA’s Curious Universe podcast, exploring the science, technology, and people behind this next-generation observatory. 🎧
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For generations, NASA missions have transformed the unknown into the understood, with each discovery building upon the last.
As America marks 250 years of progress, we're reflecting on another journey that spans generations: our quest to understand the universe we call home.
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Recently, two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.
NASA satellites captured imagery and data that are supporting response efforts. This NISAR map shows how the quakes shifted the land surface. Explore more:
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A NASA-sponsored team developed an open-source tool that uses machine learning to speed up identification of potential flash floods, delivering near real-time insights to help communities respond faster.
Explore how this data-driven tech tracks extreme weather and produces forecasts in as little as 15 minutes:
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NASA has selected the DAPHNE mission to study how Earth’s atmosphere drives space weather, helping improve predictions that protect tech and astronauts. Twin satellites will launch no earlier than 2029. More:
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From Moon joy to Earth joy, the journey continues.
Before any great road trip, you start with prep: check the weather, tune the car, pack smart.
Artemis III is no different.
We’re building our science game plan, studying Earth’s atmosphere and how space affects the human body, to ensure future Artemis missions are safe and ready for the journey.
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