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NASA publishes unprecedented images of the Milky Way's 'core'
The US space and space agency (NASA) has released a series of rare images of the center of the Milky Way.
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NASA released a new photo of a mysterious Aboriginal carving in Australia
The US space and space agency (NASA) has just released a new image of Marree Man, a giant drawing in South Australia that has puzzled scientists for decades.
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NASA reveals images of giant 'burning' clouds in space
NASA's Spitzer space telescope captured the fiery moment of a giant mass of gas and dust that spanned more than 500 light-years.
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NASA launches Mars 2020 self-propelled vehicle, preparing for a human mission
Scientists from the US space agency (NASA) say that the Mars 2020 self-propelled robot will not only look for traces of ancient life but also pave the way for missions t…
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NASA sets a record concerning the female astronaut: History will now call Christina Koch
A record of meaning and pride with Christina Koch - the female astronaut has the longest single journey in history.
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NASA's new discovery of 'interstellar space' of stars in the Milky Way
The new NASA image released on December 19 reveals the 'birthplace' of stars in our central Milky Way.
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NASA released a new image of the Horse Head Nebula
The image was compiled based on data from many satellites showing the special shape of the Horsehead Nebula 1,500 light-years from Earth.
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NASA released photos of distant 'glowing' galaxies
The Hubble Space Telescope captures a stunning image of the galaxy NGC 3175 more than 50 million light-years away.
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NASA discovered a giant tornado on Jupiter
NASA's Juno observed a tornado covering an area of nearly 700,000 km2 during a flight close to the surface of Jupiter in November.
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Asteroid diameter of 500m spew rocks into space
Thanks to the NASA spacecraft, scientists observed material eruptions of hundreds of small stones of the asteroid Bennu.
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NASA satellite photographed comet explosion in outer space
The explosion released about one million kilograms of matter and could leave a pit 20 meters in diameter on the surface of the comet Wirtanen.
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NASA sends the first mannequins around the Moon to measure radiation
Two mannequins called Helga and Zohar will join this trip and will go further than any previous human on a spaceship.
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NASA takes 'robotic hotel' to the international space station
NASA has developed and sent to the ISS a robotic tool store (RiTS), considered a robot hotel, outside the ISS, to look for leaks in the orbital station cooling system.
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NASA wants to try to set a fire on the ISS space station: It sounds dangerous, but not for fun
This experiment is part of scientists' attempt to understand how fire works and propagates in microgravity.
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NASA spacecraft discovered anomaly in oxygen on Mars
NASA's Curiosity spacecraft suddenly discovered an odd distribution of the amount of oxygen on Mars.