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A strangely elongated cloud named the Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud or AMEC.

Mars webcam reveals the secrets of this enormous, elongated cloud

A huge cloud on Mars stretching over 1,100 miles long grows and shrinks considerably on a daily cycle that lasts for several months.
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A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on May 30, for the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule. flight

SpaceX uses rocket booster for record 9th time in Starlink launch

SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites and successfully caught the rocket's first stage for reuse for a record ninth time.
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This photo shows the view from inside the dome of NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility during a night of observing. The 3.2-meter (10.5-foot) telescope atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea will be used to measure the infrared spectrum of asteroid 2001 FO32.

Huge, speedy asteroid to pass close to Earth next week

As asteroid will be whipping past Earth on March 21, coming within just five times the distance between the Earth and the moon.
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Glover and Hopkins working outside the ISS during their spacewalk on March 13, 2021

ISS astronauts checked for toxic ammonia contamination during spacewalk

Astronauts had to be checked for ammonia during a spacewalk outside the ISS, after the toxic chemical could have gotten on their spacesuits.
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This image is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet GJ 1132 b. For the first time, scientists using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence of volcanic activity reforming the atmosphere on this rocky planet, which has a similar density, size, and age to that of Earth.

This weird exoplanet is regrowing its atmosphere

Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a very odd planet that seems to be regrowing its atmosphere after having lost it in the past.
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This image shows a close-up view of the rock target named “Máaz” from the SuperCam instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. It was taken by SuperCam’s Remote Micro-Imager (RMI). “Máaz” means Mars in the Navajo language.

See and hear the first science results from Perseverance’s SuperCam instrument

The Perseverance rover is now exploring Mars and its SuperCam was used to snap a close-up image of a rock and to take an audio recording.
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Hubble Space Telescope back up and running following software error

Hubble paused its operations this week following a software issue. With the issue now resolved, the telescope has begun its scientific operations once more.
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How to watch SpaceX’s Starlink launch early tomorrow morning

SpaceX is gearing up for another launch of Starlink satellites, with plans for a launch scheduled early in the morning of Sunday, March 14.
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This artist’s illustration represents the possible interior dynamics of the super-Earth exoplanet LHS 3844b. The planet's interior properties and the strong stellar irradiation might lead to a hemispheric tectonic regime.

Tectonic activity on this exoplanet could mean one half is covered in volcanoes

Global tectonic activity has never been observed on a planet outside our solar system, but now a new study suggests that exoplanet LHS 3844b has interior flows.
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NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy — big, beautiful and blue — and it is captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy stretches an immense 200 000 light-years across and is located approximately 100 million light years away in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).

Bask in this glorious Hubble image of a ‘quintessential’ barred spiral galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped yet another beautiful image of the wonders to be found out in the depths of space.
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NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins has tended to multiple plant experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). Hopkins believes plants grown in space can help astronauts become more self-sufficient.

ISS astronauts tend to their zero-gravity veggie garden

Astronauts on the International Space Station are tending to their veggie garden, where they are growing lettuce, radishes, and now mustard greens and pak choi.
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During its final full systems test, technicians powered on all of the James Webb Space Telescope's various electrical components installed on the observatory, and cycled through their planned operations to ensure each was functioning, and communicating with each other.

Hubble successor James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready for launch

NASA's successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, is inching closer to its launch date.
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Technicians observe Boeing’s Starliner crew module being placed on top of the service module in the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 14, 2021. The Starliner spacecraft is being prepared for Boeing’s second Orbital Flight Test (OFT-2). As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, OFT-2 is a critical developmental milestone on the company’s path to fly crew missions for NASA.

Boeing Starliner test flight delayed once again

The Starliner test flight was already delayed last month, and has now been pushed back once more. The test flight is now aiming for April.
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This artist's impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star's vast convection cells and violent ejections. VY Canis Majoris is so large that if it replaced the Sun, the star would extend for hundreds of millions of miles, between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.

Red hypergiant as bright as 300,000 suns could explain what’s up with Betelgeuse

Something strange is up with one of the brightest stars in the sky, Betelgeuse. Scientists have turned to another massive red star to learn more.
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A lot of white Twitter logos against a blue background.

Twitter is testing an ‘undo send’ feature for paid users

Twitter is testing out an undo send function which would allow users to put a stop to their tweets before they are sent.
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Artistic impression of the surface of the newly discovered hot super-Earth Gliese 486b. With a temperature of about 700 Kelvin (430 °C), the astronomers of the CARMENES collaboration expect a Venus-like hot and dry landscape interspersed with glowing lava rivers. Gliese 486b possible has a tenuous atmosphere.

This hot super-Earth has temperatures of 800°F and rivers of glowing lava

No day or night, heat intense enough to melt lead, and glowing rivers of lava: This hellish landscape is a typical day on exoplanet Gliese 486b.
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(From left) Astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Kate Rubins work to install a solar array modification kit during the fourth spacewalk of 2021.

ISS astronauts complete spacewalk to upgrade station’s solar arrays

The crew of the International Space Station completed another spacewalk yesterday, successfully installing modifications for the station's new solar arrays.
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This image was taken during the first drive of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars on March 4, 2021. Perseverance landed on Feb. 18, 2021, and the team has been spending the weeks since landing checking out the rover to prepare for surface operations. This image was taken by the rover’s Navigation Cameras.

Perseverance rover roves across Mars for the first time

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars just over two weeks ago, and now it has completed its first series of tests.
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Glowing OLED tattoos could be used for fashion, health care, and more

Scientists recently developed a light-emitting, transferable tattoo that can be attached to the skin and could be used to display information.
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Artist’s impression of a spiral galaxy embedded in a larger distribution of invisible dark matter, known as a dark matter halo (coloured in blue)

Could supermassive black holes be formed from dark matter?

How did supermassive black holes form in the early universe? Dark matter could hold the key.
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this image of the young comet P/2019 LD2 as it orbits near Jupiter’s captured ancient asteroids, which are called Trojans. The Hubble view reveals a 400,000-mile-long tail of dust and gas flowing from the wayward comet's bright solid nucleus.

Hubble captures a wandering comet passing through the Trojan asteroids

Hubble Space Telescope snapped an image of an object called P/2019 LD2 which is part-comet, part-asteroid.
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How to watch SpaceX’s 20th Starlink launch tonight

Tonight, SpaceX will launch its twentieth batch of Starlink satellites using a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida. Here's how to watch.
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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins during a six-hour and 48-minute spacewalk on Sept. 1, 2016.

Two NASA astronauts are spacewalking outside the ISS right now

NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover are performing a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station to upgrade the station's solar arrays.
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How to watch the Indian Space Research Organisation launch 19 satellites tonight

The Indian Space Research Organisation will be launching 19 satellites tonight, including a Brazilian satellite to monitor the deforestation of the Amazon.
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Bryan Jackson, grandson of Mary W. Jackson, left, and Raymond Lewis, son-in-law of Mary W. Jackson, right, unveil the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters sign during a ceremony officially naming the building, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA, began her career with the agency in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The mathematician and aerospace engineer went on to lead programs influencing the hiring and promotion of women in NASA's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. In 2019, she posthumously received the Congressional Gold Medal.

NASA renames its headquarters after ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary Jackson

This week, NASA celebrated an iconic figure from its past, Mary Jackson, by renaming its headquarters in her honor.
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When flying past Venus in July 2020, Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument, short for Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, detected a bright rim around the edge of the planet that may be nightglow — light emitted by oxygen atoms high in the atmosphere that recombine into molecules in the nightside. The prominent dark feature in the center of the image is Aphrodite Terra, the largest highland region on the Venusian surface. Bright streaks in WISPR, such as the ones seen here, are typically caused by a combination of charged particles — called cosmic rays — sunlight reflected by grains of space dust, and particles of material expelled from the spacecraft’s structures after impact with those dust grains. The number of streaks varies along the orbit or when the spacecraft is traveling at different speeds, and scientists are still in discussion about the specific origins of the streaks here. The dark spot appearing on the lower portion of Venus is an artifact from the WISPR instrument.

Gorgeous image of Venus snapped by the Parker Solar Probe on its way past

NASA has shared a gorgeous image of Venus, captured by the Parker Solar Probe on a flyby of the planet in July last year.
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A prototype developed by the University of Würzburg of the Daedalus probe that would be lowered into a lunar cave using a tether.

This tiny, round probe could explore caves on the moon

Most exploration of the moon focuses on its surface, but a trio of missions proposed to ESA would head below ground to explore the subterranean lunar world.
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This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

NASA just released this awe-inspiring video of Perseverance’s landing on Mars

Stop what you're doing and watch this awe-inspiring video of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars
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Herbig-Haro objects are some of the rarer sights in the night sky, taking the form of thin spindly jets of matter floating among the surrounding gas and stars. The two Herbig-Haro objects cataloged as HH46 and HH47, seen in this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, were spotted in the constellation of Vela (the Sails), at a distance of over 1,400 light-years from Earth.

Hubble captures the beautiful ‘tantrums of a baby star’

This strange-looking sight, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, is a pair of Herbig-Haro objects which could give clues to how stars are born and evolve.
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What’ll happen to your WhatsApp account if you don’t agree to new privacy policy

WhatsApp has revealed what will happen to the accounts of users who don't agree to its controversial new privacy policy by the May 15 deadline.
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The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft aboard, launches from Pad-0A, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 15th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 8,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.

SS Katherine Johnson spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station

Yesterday a Northrop Grumman cargo spacecraft named after groundbreaking NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was launched on a mission to resupply the ISS.
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Preview of a Sky map showing 25,000 supermassive black holes.

See a map of 25,000 supermassive black holes in distant galaxies

It might look like a map of stars, but each dot on this map of the night sky represents a supermassive black hole, each in a different distant galaxy.
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NASA and Boeing teams are adjusting the launch date of Orbital Flight Test-2 to allow more time for CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and hardware processing.

Flight test for troubled Starliner capsule pushed back to April

Boeing had been planning to test its upcoming crew capsule, the Starliner, next month. Now the second orbital test flight has been pushed back until April.
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This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

See a preview of the Perseverance landing from the POV of the descent stage

NASA has shared a remarkable image of the landing of the Mars Perseverance rover, showing it dangling from cables as it approaches the planet's surface.
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