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See How Different This Supernova Looks to Webb Versus Hubble
About 340 years ago, a brilliant light appeared in Earth’s night sky — a distant star had died in an enormous explosion. That light, which we now know is from the supernova Cassiopeia A, has just been captured in never-before-seen detail by the Webb Space Telescope.
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NASA’s TEMPO Mission Could Bring You Hyper-Local Pollution Alerts
A soon-to-launch NASA mission is set to offer more data on North America’s air quality than researchers and public health programs have ever had available before. A new monitoring instrument hosted on a commercial satellite will offer continent-wide, hourly updates on air pollution, at about a four square mile resolution, according to the space agency…
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On Moon Time Already? Astronauts Were Late to Their Secret Artemis Assignment Meeting
A brave group of astronauts has been assigned a mission of a lifetime, carefully selected by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency according to their unique set of skills like leadership and ingenuity — but perhaps not punctuality.
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Meet the First Four Artemis Astronauts
The next phase of NASA’s return-to-the-Moon program is underway, with the space agency naming the four-person Artemis 2 crew who will fly around the Moon and back.