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Locked in: NASA’s observatory reaches one-million-mile orbit to study Earth’s UV glow

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has reached its target orbit, marking a major milestone for the mission. The ...
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NASA’s Carruthers Observatory, designed to study Earth's geocorona, reaches targeted 'halo orbit'

The observatory, in fact, took its "first light" pictures on November 17, 2025, thereby confirming that both its Wide Field ...

NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway ...

NASA Saw an Interstellar Comet From a Viewpoint No One Expected

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth Today

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.
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New NASA mission will study the Sun's 'hidden heart' for the first time

NASA's new CMEx mission will measure the Sun's chromosphere magnetism, the origin of solar storms, hoping to improve solar ...
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New NASA imagery shows large asteroid that could impact Earth in 2032

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1 percent ...
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Climate Change Underscores the Need for Strategic Investments in NASA’s Earth Sciences, Says New Report

NASA’s Earth-observing satellites provide societally important data and demonstrate transformative applications. The need for more data and better scientific information on Earth’s interacting systems ...