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Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Swift Home Spacecraft Science Boost News For Scientists NASA IXPE’s Longest Observation Solves Black Hole Jets Mystery 4 min read Article Black Hole Eats Star: NASA Missions Discover Record-Setting Blast 11 min read Article NASA Explores Industry Possibilities to Raise Swift Mission’s Orbit 5 min readContinue Reading

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Calif., Thursday,Continue Reading

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Swift Home Spacecraft Science Boost News For Scientists After 21 years, the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has entered a phase of rapid decay. While NASA could have allowed the observatory to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, as many missions do at the end of theirContinue Reading

Astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) displays production bags containing probiotic yogurt cultures for the BioNutrients-3 investigation on Oct. 2, 2025, aboard the International Space Station. NASA Certain nutrients critical for human health lack the shelf life needed to span multi-year missionsContinue Reading

NASA astronaut Chris Williams calls down to mission controllers during Crew Medical Officer training inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. NASA/Jessica Meir Human research, advanced robotics, and experimental workout gear filled the schedule for the Expedition 74 crew aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The orbital residentsContinue Reading

XRISM XRISM Home Spacecraft Science News For Scientists XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) launched on Sept. 6, 2023, from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center. It is the seventh in a series of X-ray observatories developed and operated by Japan. XRISM’s Resolve is an X-ray calorimeter spectrometer which is cooled toContinue Reading

XRISM XRISM Home Spacecraft Science News For Scientists XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) is designed to transform our understanding about some of the universe’s hottest regions, largest structures, and objects with the strongest gravity. It uses high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy to determine the chemical makeup of distant objects, revealing newContinue Reading

Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community IR STIG Seminar, 2… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   IR STIG Seminar Infrared Science and Technology Interest Group IR STIG about IR STIG Seminar Location Virtual DatesContinue Reading

Deep in the Congo Basin, vast peatlands quietly store enormous amounts of Earth’s carbon — but new research suggests this ancient vault may be leaking. Scientists studying Africa’s largest blackwater lakes discovered that significant amounts of carbon dioxide bubbling into the atmosphere come not just from recent plant life, butContinue Reading