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NASA’s Arcstone Instrument Successfully Completes Primary Mission 

NASA’s Arcstone instrument, designed to improve the accuracy of lunar calibration, successfully completed its technology demonstration, and now begins extended operations.   Arcstone launched on June 23 on a SpaceX Transporter-14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on a six-month mission to measure light reflected by the Moon, which is a stable and potentially highly-accurate calibration source, for satellite sensors. …

Women secure a future with pumas in the Andes

AYACUCHO, Peru — High in the Peruvian Andes, fear of wildcats once meant survival. Pumas, pampas cats and the elusive Andean cat were seen only as threats to livestock — and were hunted without hesitation. But one woman’s journey has…

Wan Wu

Wan Wu Physical Research Scientist, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Wan Wu received his PhD of Physics from the University of Florida in 2007. he has been with NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC)…

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NASA Telescopes Spot Surprisingly Mature Cluster in Early Universe

X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/Á Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA Edmonds and L. Frattare X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/Á Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA Edmonds and L. Frattare A new discovery captures the cosmic moment when a galaxy cluster – among the largest structures…

Chandra, Webb Catch Twinkling Lights

This stellar landscape is reminiscent of a winter vista in a view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (red, green, and blue). Chandra data (red, green and blue) punctuate the scene with bursts of colored lights representing high-energy activity from…