These objects are more than 100 times brighter than they should be. Observations by the agency’s NuSTAR X-ray telescope support a possible solution to this puzzle.
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Seeing The Crab Nebula Like Never Before
On Feb. 22, 1971, a sounding rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with specialized sensors aimed at the Crab Nebula, a bright cosmic object 6,500 light-years away.
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Joint NASA, CNES Water-Tracking Satellite Reveals First Stunning Views
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission offers the first taste of the detailed perspectives of Earth’s surface water that its cutting-edge instruments will be able to capture.
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Cape Congestion: World’s busiest spaceport stretched to its limits
Cape Canaveral’s infrastructure is being stretched to its limits as the world’s busiest launch site continues to get busier.
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 35th Electron Seven Days After Previous Launch
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced it has successfully launched its 35th Electron rocket from Mahia, […]
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Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites
Rocket Lab launched a pair of BlackSky imaging satellites March 24 on a launch that was also a test of its ability to recover and reuse boosters.
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NASA Seeks Student Solutions for Managing Moon Landing Dust Cloud
As NASA and industry partners develop new human landing systems to transport astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back as part of Artemis, the agency is asking […]
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NASA Awards Advance 3D Printing, Quantum Tech for Climate Research
New technology is a key to helping NASA advance its long-term exploration goals for the benefit of all. To support its effort, the agency announced Thursday it will create two […]
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Electron launches two Capella Space radar satellites
Rocket Lab launched its second Electron rocket from Virginia March 16, placing two Capella Space radar imaging satellites into orbit.
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Satellite executives spar over direct-to-device evolution
Executives seeking new businesses from connecting satellites directly to standard smartphones are divided over how quickly this market could grow.
