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The Asian needle ant looks ordinary, but its sting can be worse than a fire ant’s and can be dangerous for anyone who has experienced anaphylaxis

The Sun's surface has unveiled a new secret: ultra fine magnetic "curtains" that create striking patterns of bright and dark stripes across the solar photosphere. Thanks to groundbreaking observations from the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, scientists have captured the sharpest ever images of these previously unseen structures, revealing magnetic field variations at scales as small as 20 kilometres.

Auroras may be seen from Alaska to Wyoming as Earth is buffeted by turbulent space weather.

This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the unusually involved Djungarian hamster dads

The space environment is not kind to human bodies. The final frontier may therefore be the perfect place to study cancer — and someday even treat it.

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so again, posing a threat to life.

ESA at Le Bourget 2025

Image: Copernicus Sentinel-1 captured this image over part of eastern Borneo, a tropical island in Southeast Asia.

SpaceX sent 26 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California Thursday (June 12), on the 500th overall completed mission for the company's Falcon family of rockets.

Whilst NASA funding has been slashed by the Trump administration with no allocation for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion or and Nuclear Electric Propulsion, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) have been studying nuclear propulsion.

Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

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Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

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Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

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Jun 12, 2025

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Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

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A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

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Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spacecraft (PNG)

Jun 12, 2025

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NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spacecraft (PDF)

Jun 12, 2025

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Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

NuSTAR Coloring Page – The Sun (PNG)

Jun 12, 2025

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NuSTAR Coloring Page – The Sun (PDF)

Jun 12, 2025

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Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

NuSTAR Coloring Page – Stellar Remains (PNG)

Jun 12, 2025

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NuSTAR Coloring Page – Stellar Remains (PDF)

Jun 12, 2025

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A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

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NuSTAR Coloring Page – X-ray Binaries (PNG)

Jun 12, 2025

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NuSTAR Coloring Page – X-ray Binaries (PDF)

Jun 12, 2025

PDF (474.45 KB)

Art inspired by the NuSTAR Mission. A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spiral Galaxies (PNG)

Jun 12, 2025

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NuSTAR Coloring Page – Spiral Galaxies (PDF)

Jun 12, 2025

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A coloring page for NASA’s NuSTAR mission. Downloads

NuSTAR Coloring Pages – X-rays (PNG)

Jun 12, 2025

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NuSTAR Coloring Pages – X-rays (PDF)

Jun 12, 2025

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Astronomers have discovered a "teenage vampire" dead star in the process of devouring a companion star during a short-lived, "missing link" phase of its evolution.

Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a key role in the planet's energy balance.

The “Bell test” was devised in the 1960s to uncover what’s going on in the quantum world, but it continues to be relevant today, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

The “Bell test” was devised in the 1960s to uncover what’s going on in the quantum world, but it continues to be relevant today, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

NASA/Kevin O’Brien

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters are the largest, most powerful solid propellant boosters to ever fly. Standing 17 stories tall and burning approximately six tons of propellant every second, each booster generates 3.6 million pounds of a thrust for a total of 7.2 million pounds: more thrust than 14 four-engine jumbo commercial airliners. Together, the SLS twin boosters provide more than 75 percent of the total thrust at launch. Each booster houses eight booster separation motors which are responsible for separating the boosters from the core stage during flight.

At the top of each booster is the frustum—a truncated cone-shaped structure that, along with the nose cone, forms the aerodynamic fairing. This frustum houses four of the separation motors, while the remaining four are located at the bottom within the aft skirt.

Image Credit: NASA/Kevin O’Brien

For more information on the Artemis Campaign, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis/

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Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 
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NASA/Kevin O’Brien

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters are the largest, most powerful solid propellant boosters to ever fly. Standing 17 stories tall and burning approximately six tons of propellant every second, each booster generates 3.6 million pounds of a thrust for a total of 7.2 million pounds: more thrust than 14 four-engine jumbo commercial airliners. Together, the SLS twin boosters provide more than 75 percent of the total thrust at launch. Each booster houses eight booster separation motors which are responsible for separating the boosters from the core stage during flight.

At the top of each booster is the frustum—a truncated cone-shaped structure that, along with the nose cone, forms the aerodynamic fairing. This frustum houses four of the separation motors, while the remaining four are located at the bottom within the aft skirt.

Image Credit: NASA/Kevin O’Brien

For more information on the Artemis Campaign, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis/

News Media Contact

Jonathan Deal
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 
256-544-0034 
jonathan.e.deal@nasa.gov

Artificial organ transplants have been held back by the difficulty of making networks of blood vessels - a problem scientists are now taking steps to overcome

Artificial organ transplants have been held back by the difficulty of making networks of blood vessels - a problem scientists are now taking steps to overcome