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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Observations with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided the first X-ray evidence of a supernova shock wave breaking through a cocoon of gas surrounding the star that exploded.

»» Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Joseph Acaba, Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin blasted off for the International Space Station at 10:01 p.m. CDT Tuesday, May 14 (9:01 a.m. Baikonur time on May 15), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

»» Photo: Etosha Pan in Namibia As Seen From Space

Monday, May 14, 2012 - The Etosha Pan in Namibia is featured in this image photographed by a member on the ISS. This photograph shows the white, salt-covered floor of the northwest corner of the great dry lake in northern Namibia known as the Etosha Pan

»» NASA's Inconsistent Support of the International Space Apps Challenge

Sunday, May 13, 2012 - Events like this app challenge are not the way NASA tends to do business. According to NASA's Open Government Initiative office, a total 2,083 people participated in this event in one way or another.

»» Please Help Get "An Article of Hope" on PBS and in Classrooms

Saturday, May 12, 2012 - It took 7-years to make the documentary. We did it by raising a little money here, borrowing a little more money there, and a lot of love and un-reimbursed time from the director.

»» Hubble observes a dwarf galaxy with a bright nebula

Friday, May 11, 2012 - The starry mist streaking across this image obtained by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is the central part of the dwarf galaxy known as NGC 2366.

»» Dusty Stellar Nurseries from the Dark Side of a Galaxy

Friday, May 11, 2012 - One of the world's most powerful cameras, SCUBA-2 is producing its first detailed images of our neighbouring galaxies, revealing previously undetected vast pockets of star formation where the next generation of stars is being created.

»» Spectacular Image: Titan and Saturn

Friday, May 11, 2012 - This image was taken on May 06, 2012 and received on Earth May 07, 2012. The camera was pointing toward Titan at approximately 475,131 miles (764,649 kilometers) away.

»» Sunspot Has Produced M-Class Flares, But No CMEs

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - The sun unleashed an M4.7 class flare at 8:32 EDT on May 9, 2012 as captured here by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

»» Graphic: How Much Water Does Earth Have?

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - As you know, the Earth is a watery place. But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? This picture shows the size of a sphere that would contain all of Earth's water in comparison to the size of the Earth.

»» NASA's Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien "Super Earth"

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step toward the eventual search for signs of life on other planets.

»» Subaru Telescope Discovers the Most Distant Protocluster of Galaxies

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - Using the Subaru Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the most distant protocluster of galaxies ever found

»» Subaru-Led Team Discovers a Rare Stellar Disk of Quartz Dust

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - A research team of Japanese astronomers led by Dr. Hideaki Fujiwara (Subaru Telescope) has discovered a main-sequence star that is surrounded by a rare disk of quartz dust.

»» Image: Janus' Craters

Monday, May 7, 2012 - Shadows darken parts of some of Janus' large craters as Cassini takes a close look during its flyby of this Saturnian moon on March 27, 2012. This view is centered on terrain at 13 degrees south latitude, 26 degrees west longitude.