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The primary objective of the STS-35 mission was round the clock observation of the celestial sphere in ultraviolet...
The primary objective of the STS-35 mission was round the clock observation of the celestial sphere in ultraviolet...
Release date: July 1, 2008 This image is a composite of visible (or optical), radio, and X-ray data of the full...
Astronomers have made the most detailed study yet of an extremely massive young galaxy cluster using three of NASA's...
A new era in stellar astronomy began five years ago when the Chandra X-ray Observatory first opened its sunshade to...
The primary purpose of the Spacelab-3 mission was to conduct materials science experiments in a stable low-gravity...
With three eyes in the sky, the Swift orbiting observatory will attempt to unravel mysteries about the most powerful...
Mysterious and fleeting, gamma-ray bursts come from galaxies so far away that they take billions of years to reach...
NASA's Swift spacecraft arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida to prepare it for an October 7 launch window. The...
As Swift begins its investigation of gamma-ray bursts, NASA scientists are anxious to see if their origins lie in...
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, is preparing for the launch of a new-generation spacecraft called Swift, that will...
NASA's unique mission Swift, developed to study gamma-ray bursts, is a study in successful international...
This is a Hubble Space Telescope composite image of a supernova explosion designated SN 2014J in the galaxy M82. At...
Dane Turner: Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode...