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NASA’s “Smiling Sun” Photo Unfolds a Galaxy of Solar Memes

by Sarah Rose Sharp November 1, 2022November 1, 2022

The image of the Sun with a smile suggested by dark patches on its surface drew analogies to everything from the Marshmallow Man to Teletubbies.

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The Best Memes About the Webb Space Telescope Images

by Hakim Bishara July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

We may be but a speck of dust in this vast universe, but we’ve got jokes.

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The Deepest Images of Our Universe Are Here

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie July 12, 2022July 14, 2022

NASA has released photographs taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, some capturing the ancient universe dating back 13 billion years.

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Did NASA Spot an “Alien Doorway” on Mars? 

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 22, 2022May 20, 2022

Probably not, but it sure looks like one.

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NASA Spots a Massive Debris Cloud Created by Smashing Celestial Bodies

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

This is possibly the most excited the scientific community has ever been about dust.

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NASA Unveils Awe-inspiring Image of Galaxy Threesome Gone Wrong

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian February 2, 2022February 3, 2022

A new unusual image reveals what scientists believe are two galaxies that may have been struck by a third galaxy, proving threesomes rarely work, even in outer space.

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Photographs of a Melting Glacier Are Both Beautiful and Worrying

Avatar photo by Monica Uszerowicz September 10, 2018March 12, 2019

The images may be beautiful but they depict a natural world that is quickly being transformed by climate change.

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Help NASA Design a Radiation Shield That Folds Like Origami

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 26, 2017July 26, 2017

NASA is launching an idea challenge for a compact radiation shield that would protect spacecraft and the astronauts within.

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Lift Off from Your Laptop with 140,000 Images and Videos from NASA

by Claire Voon April 10, 2017

The agency recently launched a new online database of files documenting its history, from space missions to in-house experiments.

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In a New Photobook, Stirring Memories of Man on the Moon

Avatar photo by Edward M. Gómez November 5, 2016November 4, 2016

The Moon 1968-1972, an attractive new book containing photos from NASA’s Apollo Program, which 47 years ago landed the first men on the moon, evokes the rich mixture of emotion, yearning and speculation that have long surrounded Earth’s mysterious companion and neighbor.

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Tweet Your Art at NASA to Send It on an Asteroid Journey

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 19, 2016February 29, 2016

This September, NASA is launching its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer spacecraft on a return journey to the Bennu asteroid, and is inviting the public to send space-inspired art along for the galactic ride.

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NASA Releases Retro Posters for the Future of Space Exploration

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 17, 2016February 17, 2016

Back in the 1930s and ’40s, during the height of the Great Depression, artists designed posters for the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to encourage travel to national parks and other tourist sites in the United States.

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