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When rain falls from Titan’s methane clouds into its hydrocarbon lakes, it can transport organic molecules like acrylonitrile that are attracted to both water and oil. Such amphiphile molecules are likely to collect in a thin film on the surface of Titan’s lakes. As large raindrops pelt the lakes, they could stir up this floating “pond scum” to form spherical droplets of methane coated in a bilayer of amphiphiles – structures called vesicles that resemble cell membranes on Earth.Although such vesicles have yet to be detected on Titan, a 2025 study by Christian Mayer and NASA scientist Conor Nixon lays out the process for their formation and evolution, and it proposes a mechanism for their discovery by a future mission to Titan. 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About a third of total methane emissions comes from wetlands. Wetland habitats are filled with things like waterlogged soils and permafrost, which is what makes them sizable carbon sinks. But as a warming climate causes wetland soils to warm or flood, carbon is released into the atmosphere as methane. || wetlands.jpg (875x488) [108.8 KB] || MethaneWetalndsFinal.mp4 (1920x1080) [74.1 MB] || MethaneWetalndsFinal.webm (1920x1080) [14.8 MB] || Sound_otter_ai.en_US.srt [2.5 KB] || Sound_otter_ai.en_US.vtt [2.5 KB] || MethaneWetalndsFinal.mp4.hwshow [408 bytes] || ", "hits": 464 }, { "id": 14257, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14257/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-12-14T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Methane Emissions from Wetlands", "description": "Complete transcript available.Methane is an important greenhouse gas that contributes substantially to global warming. On a molecule by molecule basis, methane is much more efficient at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, the main driver of warming. Though human activities, including agriculture, oil and natural gas production and use, and waste disposal, collectively contribute the majority of methane to the atmosphere, about a third of total methane emissions comes from wetlands. Wetland habitats are filled with things like waterlogged soils and permafrost, which makes them sizable carbon sinks. However, as the climate changes, these carbon-rich soils are vulnerable to flooding and to rising temperatures, which can release more carbon to the atmosphere in the form of methane. Understanding methane emissions from natural sources like wetlands is critically important to scientists and policymakers who are working to ensure that changes in natural systems don’t counteract progress in combatting climate change made by reducing emissions from human activities.This animation shows estimates of wetland methane emissions produced by the Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ-DGVM) Wald Schnee und Landscaft version (LPJ-wsl). LPJ-wsl is a prognostic model, meaning that it can be used to simulate future changes in wetland emissions and independently verified with remote sensing data products. The model includes a complex, topography dependent model of near surface hydrology, and a permafrost and dynamic snow model, allowing it to produce realistic distributions of inundated areas. Highlighted areas show concentrated methane sources from tropical and high latitude ecosystems. The LPJ-wsl model is regularly used in conjunction with NASA’s GEOS model to simulate the impact of wetlands and other methane sources on atmospheric methane concentrations, compare against satellite and airborne data, and to improve understanding and prediction of wetland emissions. 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On average, Borisov produced enough water to fill a standard bathtub in 10 seconds. 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When carbon-based fuels, such as coal, wood, and oil burn, they produce carbon monoxide.These maps show monthly averages of carbon monoxide from March 2000 to the present, as derived using data from the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) sensor on NASA's Terra satellite. Surface concentrations of carbon monoxide are expressed in parts per billion by volume (ppbv). A concentration of 1 ppbv means that for every billion molecules of gas in the measured volume, one of them is a carbon monoxide molecule. Total column carbon monoxide is expressed in number of molecules (times 10^18) per centimeter squared. A total column amount of 1 means that the total amount of carbon monoxide in a vertical column from the top of the atmosphere to the surface is 10^18 molecules per square centimeter.In these maps, yellow areas have little or no carbon monoxide, while progressively higher concentrations are shown in orange, red, and dark red. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 13163, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13163/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-11-18T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "Water Vapor Plumes on Europa", "description": "An international research team led out of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have obtained the first direct detection of water vapor on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. This video explains the findings.Music provided by Killer Tracks: \"Cross the Line\" - Wally Gagel & Xandy BarryKeck Observatory visuals provided by: Sean Goebel/W. M. 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Complete transcript available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music provided by Killer Tracks: \"Crystalline\" by Enrico Cacace & Manuel Bandettini, \"Based On True Events\" by Eric Chevalier, \"Mirrored Cubes\" by Laurent Dury, \"Lost In The Sky\" by Matthews Samar || CuriosityResultPreview.jpg (1920x1080) [829.9 KB] || CuriosityResultPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [120.7 KB] || CuriosityResultPreview_thm.png (80x40) [8.3 KB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_Preview.mp4 (1280x720) [55.2 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_720.webm (1280x720) [26.8 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_1080_Small.mp4 (1920x1080) [149.4 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_1080_Medium.mp4 (1920x1080) [240.7 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_720.mp4 (1280x720) [312.3 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_1080_Large.mp4 (1920x1080) [659.9 MB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_Master_APR_Output.en_US.srt [4.8 KB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_Master_APR_Output.en_US.vtt [4.8 KB] || 12951_Mars_Ancient_Organics_APR.mov (1920x1080) [3.1 GB] || ancient-organics-discovered-on-mars.hwshow || ", "hits": 169 }, { "id": 12967, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12967/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-06-07T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars - Broadcast Graphics", "description": "NASA-TV graphics illustrating Curiosity's findings on Mars, broadcast on June 7, 2018 from Goddard Space Flight Center. All clips are formatted in 1280x720 or higher resolution. Learn more about this discovery. || ", "hits": 112 }, { "id": 12736, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12736/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-06-04T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Building Blocks for Surviving Titan", "description": "Saturn’s moon, Titan, may have a building block for potential cell membranes. || PIA14909_16x9.jpg (1024x576) [86.6 KB] || PIA14909_16x9_print.jpg (1024x576) [86.1 KB] || PIA14909_16x9_searchweb.png (320x180) [34.1 KB] || PIA14909_16x9_thm.png (80x40) [3.2 KB] || ", "hits": 157 }, { "id": 12962, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12962/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-05-24T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Searching for Signs of Life on Mars", "description": "The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin rover will search for signs of life on Mars, using a NASA-built instrument called MOMA. 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Because each laser pulse lasts less than two billionths of a second, this process effectively ionizes more heat-resistant materials than those accessed by traditional oven-heating (pyrolysis) methods. Pulsed laser processing preserves weak molecular bonds, and enables the identification of organic compounds even in the presence of highly reactive perchlorates commonly found in Martian surface materials. || MOMAposterFull.jpg (1920x1080) [130.9 KB] || MOMAposterFull_print.jpg (1024x576) [73.3 KB] || MOMAposterFull_searchweb.png (320x180) [36.8 KB] || MOMAposterFull_web.png (320x180) [36.8 KB] || MOMAposterFull_thm.png (80x40) [3.7 KB] || ldms (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || MOMA-LDMS_h264.mp4 (1920x1080) [91.5 MB] || MOMA-LDMS_1080p60.mp4 (1920x1080) [24.4 MB] || MOMA-LDMS_1080p60.webm (1920x1080) [8.3 MB] || MOMA-LDMS.mov (1920x1080) [2.1 GB] || Moma-LDMS.hwshow [67 bytes] || ", "hits": 126 }, { "id": 13002, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13002/", "result_type": "B-Roll", "release_date": "2018-05-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer: Footage", "description": "The Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer, or MOMA, is a miniaturized, highly sophisticated organic chemistry laboratory headed to the red planet aboard ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover (formerly ExoMars). The MOMA mass spectrometer subsystem and main electronics were built and tested at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. This editor's resource page contains video footage and images of MOMA in broadcast resolution. || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 12467, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12467/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-07-28T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Titan Discovery", "description": "NASA scientist Maureen Palmer narrates this video about the definitive detection of acrylonitrile on Titan.Music Provided by Killer Tracks: \"A Look Ahead\" - Matthew St Laurent. || TitanPreview.jpg (3840x2160) [5.4 MB] || TitanPreview-2.jpg (3840x2160) [1.4 MB] || TitanPreview_searchweb.png (320x180) [64.3 KB] || TitanPreview_thm.png (80x40) [5.2 KB] || A_Titan_Discovery_-_twitter.mp4 (1280x720) [26.0 MB] || A_Titan_Discovery_-_facebook.mp4 (1280x720) [149.3 MB] || A_Titan_Discovery.en_US.srt [1.8 KB] || A_Titan_Discovery.en_US.vtt [1.8 KB] || A_Titan_Discovery_-_youtube4k.webm (3840x2160) [16.7 MB] || A_Titan_Discovery_-_youtube4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [458.3 MB] || A_Titan_Discovery_-_MASTER.mov (3840x2160) [6.2 GB] || ", "hits": 79 }, { "id": 12561, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12561/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-12-16T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Possible Methane Sources and Sinks on Mars", "description": "There are several possible ways that methane can be created, stored, and released on Mars, including both biological and non-biological pathways. || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088.jpg (1440x1080) [227.6 KB] || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088_searchweb.png (320x180) [108.1 KB] || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088_thm.png (80x40) [6.9 KB] || Mars_Methane_Sources_Sinks_PIA19088.tif (1440x1080) [4.5 MB] || ", "hits": 115 }, { "id": 11499, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11499/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-03-06T14:00:00-05:00", "title": "Beta Pictoris: Icy Debris Suggests 'Shepherd' Planet", "description": "An international team of astronomers exploring the disk of gas and dust the bright star Beta Pictoris have uncovered a compact cloud of poisonous gas formed by ongoing rapid-fire collisions among a swarm of icy, comet-like bodies. The researchers suggest the comet swarm may be frozen debris trapped and concentrated by the gravity of an as-yet-unseen planet.Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, astronomers mapped millimeter-wavelength light from dust and carbon monoxide (CO) molecules in a disk surrounding the star. Located about 63 light-years away and only 20 million years old, Beta Pictoris hosts one of the closest, brightest and youngest debris disks known, making it an ideal laboratory for studying the early development of planetary systems. The ALMA images reveal a vast belt of carbon monoxide located at the fringes of the system. Much of the gas is concentrated in a single clump located about 8 billion miles (13 billion kilometers) from the star, or nearly three times the distance between the planet Neptune and the sun. The total amount of CO observed, the scientists say, exceeds 200 million billion tons, equivalent to about one-sixth the mass of Earth’s oceans.The presence of all this gas is a clue that something interesting is going on because ultraviolet starlight breaks up CO molecules in about 100 years, much faster than the main cloud can complete a single orbit around the star. Scientists calculate that a large comet must be completely destroyed every five minutes to offset the destruction of CO molecules. Only an unusually massive and compact swarm of comets could support such an astonishingly high collision rate.The researchers think these comet swarms formed when a as-yet-undetected planet migrated outward, sweeping icy bodies into resonant orbits. When the orbital periods of the comets matched the planet's in some simple ratio – say, two orbits for every three of the planet – the comets received a nudge from the planet at the same location each orbit. Like the regular push of a child's swing, these accelerations amplify over time and work to confine the comets in a small region. || ", "hits": 75 }, { "id": 30366, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30366/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Monthly Total Column Ozone", "description": "Ozone gas is a form of oxygen in which each molecule has three oxygen atoms instead of two. Near the ground, ozone is a pollutant that forms when byproducts of burning coal, oil, or gasoline mix with water vapor in the presence of sunlight. In the stratosphere, however, ozone forms naturally and absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation known as UV-B. The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite provides daily total-column ozone, which is how much ozone is present in a column of the atmosphere stretching from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. Therefore, it includes both ground-level and stratospheric ozone.These maps show monthly total-column ozone as measured by OMI from October 2004 to the present. Ozone concentrations are measured in Dobson Units. A Dobson Unit is the amount of ozone that would be required to create a layer of pure ozone 0.01 millimeters thick at the Earth’s surface, at a temperature of 0 degrees Celsius and a pressure of 1 atmosphere. || ", "hits": 54 }, { "id": 30391, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30391/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Monthly Carbon Monoxide (Terra/MOPITT)", "description": "Colorless, odorless, and poisonous, carbon monoxide is a major air pollutant regulated in the United States and in many other nations around the world. When carbon-based fuels, such as coal, wood, and oil burn, they produce carbon monoxide. These maps show monthly averages of carbon monoxide at an altitude of about 12,000 feet from March 2000 to the present, as derived using data from the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) sensor on NASA's Terra satellite. Concentrations of carbon monoxide are expressed in parts per billion by volume (ppbv). A concentration of 1 ppbv means that for every billion molecules of gas in the measured volume, one of them is a carbon monoxide molecule. In these maps, yellow areas have little or no carbon monoxide, while progressively higher concentrations are shown in orange, red, and dark red. In different parts of the world and in different seasons, the amounts and sources of atmospheric carbon monoxide change. In Africa, for example, the seasonal shifts in carbon monoxide are tied to the widespread agricultural burning that shifts north and south of the equator with the seasons. In the United States, Europe, and eastern Asia, on the other hand, the highest carbon monoxide concentrations occur around urban areas as a result of vehicle and industrial emissions. || ", "hits": 33 }, { "id": 11339, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11339/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2013-09-30T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Propylene on Titan", "description": "With a thick atmosphere, clouds, a rain cycle and giant lakes, Saturn's large moon Titan is a surprisingly Earthlike place. But unlike on Earth, Titan's surface is far too cold for liquid water - instead, Titan's clouds, rain, and lakes consist of liquid hydrocarbons like methane and ethane (which exist as gases here on Earth). When these hydrocarbons evaporate and encounter ultraviolet radiation in Titan's upper atmosphere, some of the molecules are broken apart and reassembled into longer hydrocarbons like ethylene and propane.NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft first revealed the presence of several species of atmospheric hydrocarbons when it flew by Titan in 1980, but one molecule was curiously missing - propylene, the main ingredient in plastic number 5. Now, thanks to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists have detected propylene on Titan for the first time, solving a long-standing mystery about the solar system's most Earthlike moon. || ", "hits": 75 }, { "id": 11014, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11014/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-07-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Being There", "description": "The car-sized rover called Curiosity will be NASA's biggest and most advanced robotic laboratory yet to make tracks on Mars. But it won't be the first to dig into the alien rocks and soils. Since 1976 NASA has landed six spacecraft on the Red Planet: Viking 1, Viking 2, Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity and Phoenix. Probing the environment with an array of tools—sensors, optics, drills and shovels—each has had to battle perilous dust storms and subfreezing temperatures to survive. And the discoveries have been worth the fight! Previous missions uncovered evidence of water, a molecule essential for all forms of life. Equipped with a suite of scientific instruments, who knows what Curiosity will find? The visualization shows the landing sites of the six NASA spacecraft to reach Mars and the target location where Curiosity will soon touch down. || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 40122, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/mars/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2012-06-28T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mars Missions and Science", "description": "This multimedia gallery assembles and organizes Mars content on the Scientific Visualization Studio website. 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Some 35 to 40 feet long, sounding rockets shoot up into the sky for short journeys of eight to ten minutes, allowing scientists to probe difficult-to-reach layers of the atmosphere.In March, NASA will launch five such rockets in approximately five minutes to study these high-altitude winds and their intimate connection to the complicated electrical current patterns that surround Earth. First noticed in the 1960s, the winds in this jet stream shouldn't be confused with the lower jet stream located around 30,000 feet, through which passenger jets fly and which is reported in weather forecasts. This rocket experiment is designed to gain a better understanding of the high-altitude winds and help scientists better model the electromagnetic regions of space that can damage man-made satellites and disrupt communications systems. The experiment will also help explain how the effects of atmospheric disturbances in one part of the globe can be transported to other parts of the globe in a mere day or two.The five sounding rockets, known as the Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX), will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia releasing a chemical tracer into the air. The chemical — a substance called trimethyl aluminum — forms milky, white clouds that allow those on the ground to \"see\" the winds in space and track them with cameras. In addition, two of the rockets will have instrumented payloads to measure pressure and temperature in the atmosphere. || ", "hits": 76 }, { "id": 10824, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10824/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-09-22T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "A World Without The Montreal Protocol", "description": "A week ago marked the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, a landmark piece of legislation that began phasing out the production of ozone-depleting chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). These chemicals, also known by the trade name Freon, were common refrigerants and widely used in aerosol spray cans prior to the Montreal Protocol. In recent years, scientists have been using cutting-edge computer models of the atmosphere to ask a fascinating question: What would have happened to the ozone layer if nations had done nothing to limit the release of CFCs? The impact of inaction, the modeling shows, would have been ominous: increased rates of cancer, cataracts, and immune deficiency diseases are just a few of the consequences. By 2065, global ozone levels would drop to less than 110 Dobson units—a measure of the amount of ozone between the surface and space. (A healthy Dobson unit reading over Antarctica is around 275.) \"We wouldn't be able to go out much at all,\" says NASA scientist Paul Newman. In the visualization below, watch how ozone levels change in two simulated versions of the future: one where CFCs have been regulated, and one where they have not. || ", "hits": 144 }, { "id": 10810, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10810/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-08-08T14:31:00-04:00", "title": "DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space", "description": "NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space. The research gives support to the theory that a \"kit\" of ready-made parts created in space and delivered to Earth by meteorite and comet impacts assisted the origin of life. || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 10706, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10706/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-01-10T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Create Antimatter", "description": "NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected beams of antimatter launched by thunderstorms. Acting like enormous particle accelerators, the storms can emit gamma-ray flashes, called TGFs, and high-energy electrons and positrons. Scientists now think that most TGFs produce particle beams and antimatter.For additional animations showing bremsstrahlung and pair production gamma ray reactions, go here.For more visualizations showing Fermi's TGF detections, go to#3747, #3748, and #3756.For animations of the Fermi spacecraft and matter/antimatter, go to#10707 and #10651. || ", "hits": 320 }, { "id": 10640, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10640/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Tour of the Water Cycle", "description": "This animation shows one molecule of water completing the hydrologic cycle. Heat from the sun causes the molecule to evaporate from the ocean's surface. Once it evaporates, it is transported high in the atmosphere and condenses to form clouds. Clouds can move great distances and eventually the water molecule will fall as rain or snow. Ultimately, the water molecule arrives back where it started...at the ocean. || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 10620, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10620/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-07-22T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mass Spectrometry 101", "description": "What do you do if you have a sample from another planet, and you want to find out if it contains a certain molecule...maybe even one that will reveal that the planet can sustain life? When scientists face a situation like this, they employ an amazing tool: the mass spectrometer. It does the hard work of separating out materials, allowing scientists to look very closely at a sample and see what's inside. Learn more about this tool in the video and animation below! || ", "hits": 90 }, { "id": 40005, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/warmingworld-snapsfromspace/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Warming world: Snaps from space", "description": "No description available.", "hits": 150 }, { "id": 10501, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10501/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-10-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Water Cycle", "description": "This animation shows one molecule of water completing the hydrologic cycle. Heat from the sun causes the molecule to evaporate from the ocean's surface. Once it evaporates, it is transported high in the atmosphere and condenses to form clouds. Clouds can move great distances and eventually the water molecule will fall as rain or snow. 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Measuring concentration of chlorine monoxide and other chemicals. Chlorine monoxide (CIO) is formed by the photolysis of CFCs in the stratosphere and the subsequent destruction of an ozone molecule, these radicals can act as a catalyst in the destruction of ozone while not being destroyed themselves. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 40220, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/archiveof-old-stories/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2004-01-12T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Archive of Old Stories (1997 - 2004)", "description": "", "hits": 1 }, { "id": 40116, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/jwst/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2000-01-01T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "James Webb Space Telescope", "description": "The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope. The observatory launched into space on an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana on December 25, 2021. 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Both the mirror and sunshade are too large to fit onto the Ariane 5 rocket fully open, so both were folded which meant they needed to be unfolded in space. \n\nWebb is currently in its operational orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth at a location known as Lagrange Point 2 (L2).\n\nThe James Webb Space Telescope was named after the NASA Administrator who crafted the Apollo program, and who was a staunch supporter of space science.", "hits": 874 }, { "id": 823, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/823/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1999-04-09T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Chemical Model Animation of O2 being Broken Up and Reforming as O3", "description": "Ozone is formed when high energy ultra-violet radiation from the sun breaks apart molecular oxygen. 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