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NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year
On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source was a gamma-ray burst (GRB), the most powerful class of explosions in the universe. Read more .
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23 March
Physics of the Cosmos Activities at HEAD 2023 »
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23 March
High Energy X-ray Probe Splinter Session at HEAD 2023 »
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23 March
STAR-X Special Community Session at HEAD Meeting in Hawaii, 28 March 2023 »
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23 March
ROSES-22: Astrophysics Decadal Survey Precursor Science Proposal Due Date Delay »
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23 March
National Academies’ Space Science Week 28–29 March 2023 »
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23 March
NASA Astrophysics Advisory Committee Spring Meeting 29–30 March 2023 »
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21 March
Science Mission Directorate Budget Community Town Hall 23 March 2023 »
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21 March
NOIRLab Call for Proposals for Semester 2023B, Including NN-EXPLORE Proposals »
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21 March
Call for Proposals for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility »
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21 March
Arcus Probe Community Science Meeting 4-5 May »
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21 March
NASA SMD Seeking Volunteer Reviewers for Research Proposals »
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6 March
First COSI Data Challenge Released »
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6 March
Stellar Intensity Interferometry Workshop 22–24 May 2023 »
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6 March
Habitable Worlds Observatory hybrid workshop 8–10 August 2023 »
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1 March
The AGN Vision Series »
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1 March
ROSES-23 Released »
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7 February
NASA Astrophysics Division Statement of Principles »
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7 February
Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Women’s Colleges and Universities (MUREP WCU) »
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25 January
Upcoming Student/Postdoc Opportunities at NASA »
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