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The spacecraft will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, study how Earth’s outer atmosphere reacts to solar activity and provide continuous monitoring of space weather ...

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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly components—gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium.

NASA has begun taking 3,600 unique images each day to create a new map of the cosmos with its newly-launched SPHEREx observatory. Credit: NASA ...

At the edge of the heliosphere, the solar wind runs up against the interstellar medium, the gas, dust, and radiation in the space between the stars. This boundary remains a poorly understood frontier ...

NASA is preparing for a potential cosmic showdown! Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of slamming into the Moon — but the consequences could reach Earth. That’s why NASA, along with top research ...

Scientists witness planetary evolution in action as WISPIT 2b emerges within a cosmic nursery hundreds of light-years away.

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