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Via NASA Plane, Scientists Find New Gamma-ray Emission ... - Science@NASA
WEB1 day ago · Researchers using NASA airborne platforms have now found a new kind of gamma-ray emission that’s shorter in duration than the steady glows and longer than the microsecond bursts. They’re calling it a flickering gamma-ray flash.
NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation …
WEB2 days ago · The Jovian Energetic Neutrals and Ions (JENI) instrument, built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, on behalf of NASA, took the image as Juice soared away from …
NASA’s BioSentinel Studies Solar Radiation as Earth Watches Aurora
WEBSep 26, 2024 · BioSentinel collected data during the May 2024 geomagnetic storm that hit Earth to learn more about the impacts of radiation in deep space. NASA/Daniel Rutter. In May 2024, a geomagnetic storm hit Earth, sending auroras across the planet’s skies in a once-in-a-generation light display.
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet.
Ancient Oort Cloud Comet to Make First Documented Pass By Earth …
WEB1 day ago · An ancient celestial traveler identified in 2023 will make its first close pass by Earth in mid-October. Mark those calendars – because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years.
New Proposals to Help NASA Advance Knowledge of Our …
WEBMay 7, 2024 · NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and …
Tracking Tiny Movements Means Big Impacts for Earth Science
WEBApr 22, 2024 · Find out how the upcoming NISAR mission, an Earth satellite designed to capture detailed views of our planet's changing surface, will provide new insights into everything from natural disasters to climate change.
Direct Observations Confirm That Humans Are Throwing Earth…
WEBMar 25, 2021 · A NASA study has confirmed with direct evidence that human activities are changing Earth's energy budget, trapping much more energy from the Sun than is escaping back into space.
NASA’s TESS Discovers Planetary System’s Second Earth-Size World
WEBJan 10, 2023 · Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet’s surface. The world is 95% Earth’s size and likely rocky.