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A Torrent of Star Formation
A new Chandra X-ray Observatory image of Messier 82, or M82, shows the result of star formation on overdrive.
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'Heartbeats' From a Black Hole System
This X-ray image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the crowded field around the binary system GRS 1915+105.
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Henize 2-10, a Dwarf Starburst Galaxy
Astronomers take a detailed new look at how galaxy and black hole formation may have occured in the early Universe.
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Hinode Observes Annular Solar Eclipse
On January 4, the Hinode satellite captured this breathtaking image of an annular solar eclipse.
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NASA Research Team Reveals Moon Has Earth-like Core
State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth's.
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NASA Tests New Propulsion System For Robotic Lander Prototype
NASA's Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project at the Marshall Center has completed a series of hot fire tests a new propulsion system for a robotic lander prototype.
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Supernova Bubble or Holiday Ornament?
This colorful composite image from Chandra and Hubble shows a star field and gas that have been "shocked" by an expanding blast wave.
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Supermassive Black Holes
A new study from Chandra tells scientists how often the biggest black holes have been active over the last few billion years.
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Intergalactic Weather Map
Just like a weather map for a local forecast on Earth, an intergalactic "weather map" can depict variations in temperature all around a galaxy.
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Youngest Nearby Black Hole
This composite image shows a supernova within the galaxy M100 that may contain the youngest known black hole in our cosmic neighborhood.
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NASA's FASTSAT Microsatellite Readied to Share a Ride
NASA's FASTSAT microsatellite will share a ride to space with three other satellites on Nov. 19.
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Witch's Brew Aids J-2X Engine Hardware Assembly
Manufacturing of NASA's J-2X rocket engine includes a Halloween plunge into an icy cauldron of liquid nitrogen. Key components of the J-2X fuel turbopump were assembled at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s...
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Webb Telescope Primary Mirror Segment Completes Cryogenic Test
Last week a primary mirror milestone was met for James Webb Space Telescope project as the first gold-coated mirror segment finished testing in the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility.
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Galaxy Cluster, Quasar 3C 186
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed an unusual galaxy cluster that contains a bright core of relatively cool gas surrounding a quasar.
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Marshall's Jim Duffy: 'Forget Normal -- Be Exceptional'
If it's happening at the Marshall Center, chances are Jim Duffy had a hand in it.
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Hinode Investigates the Magnetic Field Structure of Active Regions
Hinode has shown us complex structures in the solar chromosphere, once thought to be static, these move and twist with time.
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Comet Hartley 2 11.5 Million Miles From Earth
Comet Hartley 2 is nearing its closest approach to Earth, now at 11.5 million miles away.
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Seeing Through the Smoke: How Researchers at NASA Are Working To Solve Some of Forecasting’s Toughest Problems
A Marshall Center team led by Dr. Gary Jedlovec is rewriting the way weather forecasters tackle their profession using NASA’s Short-term Prediction and Research Transition system, or SPoRT.
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Chandra: What Lies Beneath? Magnetar Enigma Deepens
Observations have revealed that a slowly rotating neutron star with an ordinary surface magnetic field is giving off bursts of X-rays and gamma rays.
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NASA Thruster Test Aids Future Robotic Lander's Ability to Land Safely
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center collaborated with NASA's White Sands Test Facility and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to successfully complete a series of thruster tests at the White Sands test facility.