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  • Nasa Begins Testing Lunar Terrain Vehicle Prototypes For Artemis Missions

    NASA Begins Testing Lunar Terrain Vehicle Prototypes for Artemis Missions

    NASA is gearing up for the next phase of its Artemis missions by developing the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), designed to aid astronauts in exploring the lunar surface. Through rigorous testing with the Ground Test Unit (GTU) at the Johnson Space Center, NASA is refining designs with input from private companies like Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab.
  • Nasa Researchers Discover New Types Of Gamma Ray Emissions In Tropical Thunderstorms

    NASA Researchers Discover New Types of Gamma-ray Emissions in Tropical Thunderstorms

    NASA scientists have discovered a new type of gamma-ray emission produced by tropical thunderstorms, called "flickering gamma-ray flashes." Using advanced detectors aboard a high-altitude NASA aircraft, researchers found that these emissions, lasting between 50 and 200 milliseconds, occur more frequently than previously thought.
  • Nasa Shuts Down Voyager 2’s Plasma Instrument As Dwindling Power Threatens Mission

    NASA Shuts Down Voyager 2’s Plasma Instrument as Dwindling Power Threatens Mission

    NASA has powered down one of Voyager 2's key science instruments, the plasma science detector, as the spacecraft's power supply continues to decline. The decision, made to conserve energy, comes as Voyager 2 explores the interstellar medium over 12.8 billion miles from Earth. Despite the shutdown, Voyager 2 will continue to collect data from other instruments, extending its mission into the 2030s.
  • Nasa's Tess Uncovers Triple Star System With Shortest Known Orbit Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

    NASA’s TESS Uncovers Triple Star System with Shortest Known Orbit

    Astronomers have discovered a new triple star system, TIC 290061484, which now holds the record for the shortest orbital period in such systems. The discovery, made with NASA's TESS data and the help of artificial intelligence, offers new insights into how these multi-star systems form and evolve.
  • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) image of the galaxy cluster PLCK G165.7+67.0, also known as G165, on the left shows the magnifying effect a foreground cluster can have on the distant universe beyond. The foreground cluster is 3.6 billion light-years away from Earth. The zoomed region on the right shows supernova H0pe triply imaged (labeled with white dashed circles) due to gravitational lensing. In this image blue represents light at 0.9, 1.15, and 1.5 microns (F090W + F115W + F150W), green is 2.0 and 2.77 microns (F200W + F277W), and red is 3.56, 4.1, and 4.44 microns (F356W + F410M + F444W). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Frye (University of Arizona), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), S. Cohen (Arizona State University), J. D’Silva (University of Western Australia, Perth), A. Koekemoer (Space Telescope Science Institute), J. Summers (Arizona State University).

    NASA’s Webb Telescope Discovers Gravitationally Lensed Supernova, Illuminating Universe’s Expansion Mystery

    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a gravitationally lensed supernova, named Supernova H0pe, which is helping refine the Hubble constant and shed light on the ongoing mystery of the universe's expansion rate. This discovery adds new depth to the study of the universe's evolution, contributing to the debate surrounding the Hubble tension.

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