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 Featured NASA’s Fermi Mission Sees No Gamma Rays from Nearby Supernova5 min readNASA’s Fermi Mission Sees No Gamma Rays from Nearby Supernovaarticle3 days ago This 2024 Earth Day poster is an ocean themed vertical 15x30 illustration created from NASA satellite cloud imagery overlaid on ocean data. The white cloud imagery wraps around shapes, defining three whales and a school of fish. Swirly cloud patterns, called Von Kármán Vortices, create the feeling of movement in the composition. The focal point is a cyclone in the upper third of the poster. At the center flies the recently launched PACE satellite. The ocean imagery – composed of blues, aquas, and greens – is filled with subtle color changes and undulating patterns created by churning sediment, organic matter and phytoplankton.4 min readThe Ocean Touches Everything: Celebrate Earth Day with NASAarticle7 days ago The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA7 min readThe April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASAarticle7 days ago
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			17 hours ago The Kibo laboratory module from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (comprised of a pressurized module and exposed facility, a logistics module, a remote manipulator system and an inter-orbit communication system unit) was pictured as the International Space Station orbited over the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand.

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		AI for Earth: How NASA’s Artificial Intelligence and Open Science Efforts Combat Climate Change

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			12 hours ago The Kibo laboratory module from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (comprised of a pressurized module and exposed facility, a logistics module, a remote manipulator system and an inter-orbit communication system unit) was pictured as the International Space Station orbited over the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand.

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		NASA Photographer Honored for Thrilling Inverted In-Flight Image

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			2 days ago Jake Revesz, an electronic systems engineer at NASA Langley Research Center, is pictured here prepping a UAS for flight. Jake is kneeling on pavement working with the drone. He is wearing a t-shirt, khakis, and a hard hat.

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			7 days ago The 2024 Power to Explore logo celebrates the total eclipse with an illustration of the Sun disappearing behind an atomic symbol.

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