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New Suspect Identified in Supernova Explosion

Supernovas are often thought of as the tremendous explosions that mark the ends of massive stars' lives. While this...

ASTHROS Mission in Flight (Illustration)

NASA's Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths...

Hubble Unveils a Tapestry of Dazzling Diamond-like Stars

Resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering star...

A First for NASA's IRIS: Observing a Gigantic Eruption of Solar Material

A coronal mass ejection, or CME, surged off the side of the sun on May 9, 2014, and NASA's newest solar observatory...

Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)

MMS Spacecraft Animation The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission is a Solar Terrestrial Probes mission...

NASA Telescopes Help Discover Surprisingly Young Galaxy

NASA image release April 12, 2011 Astronomers have uncovered one of the youngest galaxies in the distant universe,...

SDO Observed its First Lunar Transit

NASA image captured October 7, 2010 View a video of this event here: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5099028189 This was...

Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) [video]

MMS Spacecraft Animation The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission is a Solar Terrestrial Probes mission...

A Look at Webb Telescope’s Specially Designed Shipping Container

When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope needs to move, it must be carefully packed inside a specially designed...

What Lurks Beneath NASA's Chamber A

Hidden below Chamber A at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston is an area engineers used to test critical...

Top Ten Facts about the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest telescope ever sent into space. It is the impressive result of...

NASA Science Live: Expanding Our View of the Universe [Episode 17]

NASA’s WFIRST mission will explore the universe, seeking answers to some of its biggest mysteries. From...

SOFIA Helium Hydride Media Resource Reel

Provided as a media resource, this reel includes the following without narration: * SOFIA aircraft operations,...

Servicing Mission 4: Atlantis Cargo Bay Carrier Fly-Over

A tour of Atlantis's cargo bay as configured for Hubble Servicing Mission 4. The tour starts at the airlock, moves...

HST SM4 — Astronauts Close HST Doors for Last Time

Animation showing the Hubble Servicing Mission Servicing Mission 4 crew closing Hubble's aft doors for the last...

James Webb Space Telescope: An Overview

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest telescope ever sent into space. It is the impressive result of...

Seeing Exoplanets Like Never Before with the Roman Coronagraph (Instrument Overview)

Webb Telescope Structure Practice Move 7-14-16

A short featurette about how engineers at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland practice moving a mock...

HST SM4 - Change Out Animation

Animation shows the change out of instruments and hardware planned during the Hubble Servicing Mission 4. The...

New Outer Blanket Layer (NOBL) Installation EVA Animation

A NOBL consists of stainless steel panels covered with a protective Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) thermal coating....

Planetary System

How do planetary systems start? Webb will seek these answers.

Shuttle Atlantis with HST From Out of the Sun

An animation of space shuttle Atlantis in orbit as it comes out of the Sun's glare. The camera passes over the...

NASA Science Live: Galaxy of Horrors [Episode 10]

So it is Halloween, the day of the dead. And to celebrate this chilling holiday, we are taking you on a tour of our...

SOFIA Discovers Universe’s First Molecule

Researchers discovered what is thought to be the first kind of molecule to form after the Big Bang. While theory...