Reply With QuoteAstronomers have determined that the Milky Way's outer halo is filled with "magnetic donuts" that are as wide as 100,000 light-years. The discovery could shed light on how cosmic magnetic fields form and evolve.
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Learn how to become an astrobiologist in new issue of NASA's graphic n
A preview of NASA's latest issue of "Astrobiology," their fun ongoing graphic novel series
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Milky Way's halo is filled with 'magnetic donuts' as wide as 100,000 l
Astronomers have determined that the Milky Way's outer halo is filled with "magnetic donuts" that are as wide as 100,000 light-years. The discovery could shed light on how cosmic magnetic fields form and evolve.
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Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star's sparkle
An infant star in a faraway system will likely someday look like our very own sun, and the Hubble Telescope snapped a lovely image of it.
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Blue Origin launches 1st crewed spaceflight since August 2022 (video)
Blue Origin sent six people to the final frontier today (May 19) on the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.
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'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' at 25: Who are the angels on the moons
An examination of the angels of the moons of Iego from "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" on the iconic film's 25th anniversary.
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Everything we know about 'A Quiet Place: Day One'
A Quiet Place is expanding its universe with an ambitious prequel.
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Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (pho
On the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in stunning green and blue as it streaked through Earth's atmosphere.
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Why a giant 'cold spot' in the cosmic microwave background has long pe
Leftover light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don't know how to fix it. It's the cold spot. It's just way too big and way too cold.
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NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Ma
NASA is studying innovative rocket system developed by Howe Industries that could reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months.
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NASA's PREFIRE mission is ready to unlock the mysteries of Earth's pol
A pair of cubesats will measure far-infrared radiation from Earth's poles to improve climate predictions.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 111 —The Big Glass Wars
On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories.
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Why we're one step closer to understanding how Earth got its oceans (o
Earth may have gotten some of its water from 'dark comets,' and the forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory could uncover key clues about these mysterious cosmic bodies.
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An interview with Jennifer Lopez and Sterling K. Brown, two of the stars of "Atlas," Netflix's new sci-fi thriller.
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Asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft fires up ion thrusters, starts cruisi
NASA's Psyche mission to a metallic asteroid is now under the power of solar-electric propulsion.
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We could float effortlessly in Pluto's subsurface ocean
A subsurface ocean of liquid water may exist beneath Pluto's nitrogen ice, according to an analysis of data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe.
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