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How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries

Data collected by NASA's missions about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will continue to reveal insights about the comet and ...
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NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team

NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) engages communities across the nation with educational programs about heliophysics. As part of the NASA Science Activation program, NASA HEAT ...
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NASA Laser Reflecting Instrument Makes GPS Satellite More Accurate

A NASA laser reflecting technology that will aid Global Positioning System (GPS) accuracy is now operational as of March 9.
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Office of the Chief Science Data Officer

NASA’s groundbreaking science and exploration missions increasingly rely on the efficient use of large-scale data, advanced computing, and high-performance analytics. Led by Kevin Murphy (Chief ...
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Asteroid Bennu’s Rugged Surface Baffled NASA, We Finally Know Why

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...
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Hail Yeah! NASA Researchers Use Volunteer Observations for Hail Estimates

The bigger the hailstone, the more damage it can cause. But scientists find that predicting hailstone size can be challenging ...
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What is Webb Revealing About the TRAPPIST-1 System?

All seven planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system orbit closer to their host star than Mercury does to the Sun. This diagram compares the orbits of the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets around their star, which are ...