It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

— Plato

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2024 AA Awards for Technology and Innovation (Group Honorable Mention)

NASA - Breaking News - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:05am

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) eVTOL Propulsion Team, GRC

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NASA Glenn Research Center
Aaron D. Anderson
Devin K. Boyle
Jeffryes W. Chapman
Peggy A. Cornell
Timothy P. Dever
Justin P. Elchert
Henry B. Fain
Xavier Collazo Fernandez
Matthew G. Granger
Jonathan M. Gutknecht
Michael C. Halbig
Patrick A. Hanlon
Hashmatullah Hasseeb
David Hausser
Scott A. Hensley
Keith R. Hunker
Michael J. Hurrell
Keith P. Johnson
Greg L. Kimnach
John M. Koudelka
Timothy L. Krantz
Brian P. Malone
Sandi G. Miller
Nuha S. Nawash
Paul M. Nowak
Joseph J. Pinakidis
Meelad Ranaiefar
Trey D. Rupp
David J. Sadey
Jonathan A. Salem
Justin J. Scheidler
Andrew D. Smith
Mark A. Stevens
Thomas F. Tallerico
Linda M. Taylor
Casey J. Theman
Mark J. Valco*
Joseph S. Wisniewski

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Zachary A. Cameron

Amentum
Francis R. Gaspare
David J. Henrickson
Ryan M. McManamon
Alan J. Revilock

Connecticut Reserve Technologies
Eric H. Baker

HX5 Sierra
Nathan A. Baker
John W. Gresh
George E. Horning
Sigurds L. Lauge
Brett M. Norris
Nicolas Umpierre
Bill J. Vaccareillo
John Veneziano

NASA Financial Support Services
Madeline Duncan

Ohio Aerospace Institute
Mrityunjay Singh

Universities Space Research Association
Paula J. Heimann

2024 AA Award Honorees

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ARMD Associate Administrator Awards

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2024 AA Awards for Technology and Innovation (Group Honorable Mention)

NASA - Breaking News - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:04am

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren Team

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NASA Langley Research Center
Brett F. Bathel*
Wayne E. Page
Josh M. Weisberger

2024 AA Award Honorees

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ARMD Associate Administrator Awards

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2024 AA Awards for Program and Mission Support (Group)

NASA - Breaking News - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:03am

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Airspace Operations Safety Program (AOSP) Resource Analyst Group

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NASA Ames Research Center
Warcquel D. Frieson
Mary Nguyen
Sandra E. Ramirez
Tiana (Thuy) D. Vo

NASA Glenn Research Center
Julie A. Blackett

NASA Headquarters
Michele D. Dodson*
Jeffrey S. Farlin*

NASA Langley Research Center
Yolanda Keiller

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Birds' nests in Amsterdam are made up of plastic from 30 years ago

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 11:00am
Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past few decades
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Lasers can help detect radioactive materials from afar

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 9:00am
In a record-breaking test, researchers remotely detected radioactive material by shooting it with infrared laser pulses and analysing how the light scattered
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Two huge black holes merged into one and went flying across the cosmos

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 8:00am
A supermassive black hole that doesn't appear to be where we would expect seems to be travelling at more than a thousand kilometres per second – the result of a giant cosmic collision
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Athena to the Moon

APOD - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 5:00am

Planet Earth hangs in the background of this space age selfie.


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Status Report: Gravitational Waves

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Mon, 08/12/2024 - 8:00am

Astronomers at the International Astronomical Union report that we have now detected more than 200 gravitational-wave events, most the merger of two black holes.

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Tonight's Perseid Meteor Shower May Be Dipped in Aurora Sauce

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Sun, 08/11/2024 - 7:15pm

The Perseids peak on Sunday night, August 11-12 and just might be joined by a colorful display of northern lights. 

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Woo-hoo — The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Coming!

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 08/09/2024 - 6:39am

It's time again for the annual August meteor-shower fest, the Perseids. This year's display should be a beauty with only minor moonlight and a special surprise at dawn.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 9 – 18

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 08/09/2024 - 5:02am

The Perseid meteor shower peaks late Sunday night August 11th and maybe Monday night too. Jupiter and Mars have a close conjunction on the morning of the 14th, looking radically different in the same telescopic view.

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Prepare for the Perseids and a Pretty Planetary Pairing

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 10:20am

The year’s long-awaited Perseid meteor shower will be accompanied by a graceful planetary conjunction. It’s well worth staying up all night to watch.

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The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, 15 Years Later

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Wed, 08/07/2024 - 4:05pm

Fifteen years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope gazed intently at the infrared glow of galaxies in a tiny fraction of the sky. New research shows how this patch of space has changed since then.

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Neutron Stars Might Be Squishy Inside

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Tue, 08/06/2024 - 4:36pm

New data on the brightest pulsar observed with a telescope on the International Space Station suggests neutron star interiors are "squishy."

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Enroll in the School of Stars

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Mon, 08/05/2024 - 8:00am

Amateur astronomers are all life-long learners — and this "back to school" time of year provides just the right motivation.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 2 – 11

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 4:42am

The Perseid meteors ramp up this week to their peak. Saturn is nicely up in the east by late evening. Jupiter and Mars near their conjunction in the morning sky. And there's a story behind Poniatowski's Bull.

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Does This Mars Rock Show a "Potential Biosignature"? Or Just "Wet Chemistry"?

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 08/02/2024 - 1:22am

"Leopard spots" on a Mars rock could come from life — or they could simply be a sign of a type of chemical reaction that requires water.

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August Podcast: Nova Watch in the Northern Crown

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Thu, 08/01/2024 - 2:00am

Let’s go on a night-sky tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during August. Find a good seat for some great “shooting stars,” watch Saturn climb in the eastern sky in early evening, check out the summer's brightest stars, and start looking for a once-in-your-lifetime star blast. 

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Reading the Tea Leaves: The Future of the Hubble and Chandra Space Telescopes

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Wed, 07/31/2024 - 4:56pm

Future funding for NASA's remaining Great Observatories — Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope — is still up in the air.

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David Crawford, 1931–2024

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Mon, 07/29/2024 - 5:42pm

A professional astronomer turned dark-sky champion, David L. Crawford became synonymous with the fight against light pollution around the world.

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