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30 Years Ago: STS-61, the First Hubble Servicing Mission

4 December 2023

“Trying to do stellar observations from Earth is like trying to do birdwatching from the bottom of a lake.” James B. Odom, Hubble...

NASA, Partners Launch US Greenhouse Gas Center to Share Climate Data

4 December 2023

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, and other United States government leaders unveiled the U.S. Greenhouse Gas...

Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters

2 December 2023

IT WAS a...

Largest stream of stars ever found could teach us about dark matter

2 December 2023

Astronomers have found...

Passing star could fling Earth out past Pluto into the Oort cloud

2 December 2023

If a passing...

NASA Welcomes Angola as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

2 December 2023

During a ceremony in Washington Nov. 30, Angola became the 33rd country to sign the Artemis Accords. The Artemis Accords establish a practical set...

December’s Night Sky Notes: A Flame in the Sky – the Orion Nebula

2 December 2023

Of course, it’s not just for looking at! M42 is easily one of the most photographed nebulae around, imaged by amateur astrophotographers, professional...

Erickson to Retire after Over 40 Years of Service

2 December 2023

After graduating from Harvard’s Kennedy School on a NASA fellowship, she returned to work for at NASA Headquarters. She was chosen as the...

Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1

1 December 2023

At 1 a.m. on December 18, 1993, about a week after the mission had ended, astronomers gathered around computers at the Space Telescope...