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Hubble Captures Cosmic Cinnamon Bun

Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launches to Monitor Global Ocean

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Artemis I Stacks Up

The first of 10 pieces of the twin Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission was placed on the mobile launcher Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Kenneth Attocknie: Fulfilling a Dream

Kenneth Attocknie has worked as an engineer for more than two decades at NASA's Johnson Space Center. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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It's Black Hole Friday!

What is a black hole? A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Carol Harrison: Seeing the Beauty in All Things

Carol Carol "Bird Song" Harrison is a a quality assurance specialist (QAS) working in the Mission Assurance Branch at NASA's Langley Research Center. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Earth May Be Surrounded by Hairy Dark Matter

This illustration shows Earth surrounded by theoretical filaments of dark matter called "hairs." (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Awakening Newborn Stars

Lying inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this Herbig–Haro object is a turbulent birthing ground for new stars in a region known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)

 

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Relaxing Inside the Space Station's Window to the World

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JAXA and Expedition 64 astronaut Soichi Noguchi relaxes at the end of the work day inside the seven-windowed cupola on the International Space Station. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)