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Finding Intermediate-Sized Black Holes

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In this image, a galaxy called ESO 243-49 is home to an extremely bright object called HLX-1. Circled in this image, HLX-1 is the most likely example of a black hole in the intermediate mass range that scientists have found. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Space Launch System Mock Up Arrives at Kennedy for Testing

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NASA's Pegasus Barge arrives at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin wharf at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to make its first delivery to Kennedy in support of the agency's Artemis missions. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Astronaut Nick Hague Returns to Earth After 203 Days Aboard the Space Station

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NASA astronaut Nick Hague is seen outside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft after he landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Stephen Hawking and Our Changing Ideas of the Universe

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Cosmologist Stephen Hawking changed our view of the universe with his remarkable theories and outreach even thought he suffered from ALS, which slowly paralyzed him over the years. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Replacing the Space Station’s Solar Array Batteries

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After completing the first of 10 spacewalks to upgrade the station, astronaut Christina Koch, wrote: The great @Space_Station battery swap series of spacewalks is underway! (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
A Glimpse of a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface

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Discovered in 2018 by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey (TESS) mission, planet LHS 3844b is located 48.6 light-years from Earth and has a radius 1.3 times that of Earth. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
NASA’s X-59 QueSST Airplane Takes Shape at Lockheed Skunkworks

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NASA’s X-59 QueSST, an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound without producing the annoying – if not alarming – sonic booms of previous supersonic aircraft is taking shape.. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
NASA’s X-59 QueSST Airplane Takes Shape at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

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NASA’s X-59 QueSST, an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound without producing the annoying – if not alarming – sonic booms of previous supersonic aircraft is taking shape.. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Serena Aunon-Chancellor Talks to Girls About Life on the Station

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NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor speaks about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at Excel Academy Public Charter School, Monday, June 10, 2019. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
Serena Auñón-Chancellor Talks to Girls About Life on the Station

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NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor speaks about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at Excel Academy Public Charter School, Monday, June 10, 2019. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
NASA Attaches First of 4 RS-25 Engines to Artemis I Rocket Stage

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Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have structurally mated the first of four RS-25 engines to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will help power the first Artemis mission to the Moon. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
 
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