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Time on Other Worlds
Time is so ubiquitous to our everyday lives that we often just think of it as numbers on a clock face. But what happens when we leave Earth? How do we track time where mornings and evenings don’t match a 24‑hour cycle? On the latest episode of "Houston We Have a Podcast," hear how NASA plans to keep time on other worlds.
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The Day of the Trifid Nebula
NASA celebrates Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first captured in 1997. The telescope leveraged almost its full operational lifetime to show us changes in the nebula on human time scales with an improved camera.
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Freedom 250
NASA Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday
Our spirit of adventure and innovation will raise our nation to new heights.
From the earliest days of exploration, to the first steps on the Moon and the missions shaping our future, NASA represents the spirit of discovery that defines our nation. As the United States approaches its semiquincentennial, Freedom 250 highlights how innovation, courage, and scientific leadership have carried America forward — and how NASA continues to expand the frontier for the next generation.
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