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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Day in Review: Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock

The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute ... 
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January 22, 2025

Asteroids and Comets
Artist's concept of a large, irregularly shaped asteroid floating in space
The near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science. Full Story and Images
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Day in Review: How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth

Set to launch within a few months, NISAR will use a technique called synthetic aperture radar to produce incredibly detailed... 
 
Day in Review

January 21, 2025

Earth
A satellite image of the Calbuco volcano in Chile with a swirling pattern of vibrant colors highlighting the land deformation caused by its 2015 eruption. The image showcases the impact of the volcanic activity on the surrounding landscape.
Set to launch within a few months, NISAR will use a technique called synthetic aperture radar to produce incredibly detailed maps of surface change on our planet. Full Story and Images
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Monday, January 13, 2025

Day in Review: How Many Black Holes Are Hiding? | NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies | Space Trivia

An effort to find some of the biggest, most active black holes in the universe provides a better estimate for the ratio of hidden 
 
Day in Review

January 13, 2025

Stars and Galaxies
A supermassive black hole surrounded by a torus of gas and dust is depicted in four different wavelengths of light in this artist's concept
An effort to find some of the biggest, most active black holes in the universe provides a better estimate for the ratio of hidden to unhidden behemoths. Full Story and Animation
A collage of artist concepts highlighting the novel approaches proposed by the 2025 NIAC awardees

Technology

Two researchers at NASA JPL are among those who will be leading studies of futuristic mission concepts. Full Story

QUIZ


Space Trivia


After touching down in November 2018, NASA's retired InSight Mars lander was the first to detect what on Mars?


A) Solid water ice

B) Methane gas

C) Marsquakes

D) An ancient ocean


View Answer


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