An image of two young orbiting stars captured by the James Webb Space Telescope has attracted space enthusiasts and punctuation aficionados alike.
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NASA’s “Smiling Sun” Photo Unfolds a Galaxy of Solar Memes
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
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
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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NASA Spots a Massive Debris Cloud Created by Smashing Celestial Bodies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
