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Antarctic Sea Ice Near Historic Lows; Arctic Ice Continues Decline

NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse

NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse

Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health

Early Adopters of NASA’s PACE Data to Study Air Quality, Ocean Health

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F-15D Support Aircraft

4 T-38 jets fly in formation where a 5th jet appears to be missing

US House of Representatives Columbia Accident Documents

Europa Clipper is seen in the 85-Foot Space Simulator at JPL

NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on Earth

2021 Astronaut Candidates Stand in Recognition

Diez maneras en que los estudiantes pueden prepararse para ser astronautas

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Optical Fiber Production

Key adapters for the first crewed Artemis missions are manufactured at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The cone-shaped payload adapter, left, will debut on the Block 1B configuration of the SLS rocket beginning with Artemis IV, while the Orion stage adapters, right, will be used for Artemis II and Artemis III.

Payload Adapter Testing: A Key Step for Artemis IV Rocket’s Success

NASA Data Shows How Drought Changes Wildfire Recovery in the West

NASA Data Shows How Drought Changes Wildfire Recovery in the West

Eclipse Citizen Science for Educators

Eclipse Citizen Science for Educators

Contribute to NASA Research on Eclipse Day – and Every Day

Contribute to NASA Research on Eclipse Day – and Every Day

Hubble Sees New Star Proclaiming Presence with Cosmic Lightshow

Hubble Sees New Star Proclaiming Presence with Cosmic Lightshow

Hubble Spots the Spider Galaxy

Hubble Spots the Spider Galaxy

NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts

NASA’s Tiny BurstCube Mission Launches to Study Cosmic Blasts

ESA, NASA Solar Observatory Discovers Its 5,000th Comet

ESA, NASA Solar Observatory Discovers Its 5,000th Comet

A.23 Terrestrial Hydrology POC Change

A.23 Terrestrial Hydrology POC Change

Amendment 6: New Horizons data now in scope for B.4 Heliophysics Guest Investigator Open

Amendment 6: New Horizons data now in scope for B.4 Heliophysics Guest Investigator Open

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University Teams Selected as Finalists to Envision New Aviation Responses to Natural Disasters 

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NASA Armstrong Updates 1960s Concept to Study Giant Planets

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NASA Challenge Invites Artemis Generation Coders to Johnson Space Center

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Awarded Robert Goddard Memorial Trophy

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Resultados científicos revolucionarios en la estación espacial de 2023

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NASA at Home: Virtual Tours and Apps

NASA is exploring our solar system and beyond, uncovering worlds, stars, and cosmic mysteries near and far with our powerful fleet of space and ground-based missions. 

Explore our facilities. View our laboratories. Enter our operations control centers.

We invite you to tour NASA  virtually  from the comfort of your home or convenience of your mobile device.

RS-25 Rocket Engine Testing : NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi conducted a  series of RS-25 rocket engine hot fire tests for NASA’s Space Launch System,  which is being built for missions beyond low-Earth orbit that will carry crew and cargo to the Moon and destinations beyond.

Commercial Crew Program 360-Degree Virtual Reality Tour : NASA’s Commercial Crew Program works with commercial partners to  launch astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil on American-built rockets and spacecraft . These immersive videos share the story of groundbreaking innovation borne of this government-industry partnership.

International Space Station Tour : The International Space Station is a unique  scientific platform where astronauts conduct experiments across multiple disciplines of research  – including Earth and space science, biology, human physiology, physical sciences, and technology demonstrations – that cannot be performed anywhere on Earth. In 2020, the station celebrated 20 years of a continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory.

Operations Centers

Explore Goddard’s Clean Room : James Webb Space Telescope’s Communications Lead Laura Betz takes us  behind the scenes inside the world’s largest clean room  at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Explore  where the Hubble Space Telescope was built and where its successor – the James Webb Space Telescope – was assembled . See the special gowning process engineers go through on a daily basis to enter this super clean environment. This tour gives you a 360-degree look from the unique filter wall to the storage of Webb’s 18 gold-plated mirrors. Check out Goddard’s Space Environment Simulator, a massive thermal vacuum chamber in which scientists and engineers cryotested the heart of the telescope, ISIM, by lowering the temperature of the structure to 42 Kelvin (-384.1 Fahrenheit or -231.1 Celsius) and below to ensure that it can withstand the frigid temperatures Webb will face 1 million miles out in space.

Robotic Operations Center (ROC) : This 360-degree  view  of Goddard’s Robotic Operations Center (ROC) shows off its  unique hexapod robot, which helps engineers simulate the way a satellite moves in space.  Drag the photo to explore the rest of the state-of-the-art facility. The ROC acts as an incubator for satellite servicing technologies that will allow for the repair, refueling, and upgrading of spacecraft. In this lab, robotic capabilities are tested in spacelike conditions before they are put to action in orbit.

Solar System

Planets of Other Stars

NASA’s Exoplanet Excursions : A  guided journey through the amazing TRAPPIST-1 star system,  known to be the  home of seven Earth-size exoplanets orbiting a star  that is only a little larger than Jupiter. This also includes tours of the Spitzer Space Telescope and the ability to control the telescope yourself.

Exoplanet Travel Bureau : Explore 360-degree  visualizations of the surfaces of planets of other stars  (and download free posters!). This works on desktops and mobile devices, and it is optimized for such viewers as Google Cardboard.

NASA Centers (with virtual tours)

NASA’s Ames Research Center Virtual Tour : NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, has led NASA in conducting world-class research and development in aeronautics, exploration technology, and science aligned with the center’s core capabilities.

NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Virtual Tours : NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is NASA’s primary center for high-risk, atmospheric flight research and test projects. For almost 75 years, research at Armstrong has led to major advancements and breakthroughs in the design and capabilities of many state-of-the-art civil and military aircraft.

NASA’s Glenn Research Center Virtual Tours : NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland designs and develops innovative technology to advance NASA’s missions in aeronautics and space exploration. 

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Virtual Tour : NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is humanity’s leading center for exploring where humans cannot yet reach. Its spacecraft have flown to every planet and the Sun in a quest to understand our place in the universe, and to search for the possibility of life beyond Earth. 

NASA’s Johnson Space Center Virtual Tour : NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston is home to mission control and astronaut training. It also leads International Space Station operations and expeditions, development of the Orion spacecraft, NASA’s Gateway outpost program, and numerous other advanced human exploration projects.

NASA’s Langley Research Center Virtual Tours : NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, works to make revolutionary improvements to aviation, expand understanding of Earth’s atmosphere and develop technology for space exploration. It was also where NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson worked. 

Featured Apps

NASA selfie app :  Put your photo in a virtual spacesuit  in front of some of NASA’s most captivating space images. Access the  NASA Selfie app for iOS  or the  NASA Selfie app for Google .

NASA app : This app offers  news and multimedia from around the agency ; other applications focus on individual NASA projects or research areas.

Aircraft and Aeronautics

Aeronautics augmented reality app : Learn about NASA’s  X-57 Maxwell, X-59 QueSST, and G-III Gulfstream aircraft  through an app that brings them onto your mobile phone.

“Next Stop: The Stratosphere” : Explore SOFIA, NASA’s flying observatory, a  Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to carry a 106-inch telescope.  Scientists aboard SOFIA study stars, black holes, and more while flying between 38,000 and 45,000 feet.

Spacecraft augmented reality app : Learn about and  interact with a variety of spacecraft  that explore our solar system, study Earth, and observe the universe.

Browse more  NASA apps  and apps created by  NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory .

We encourage you to visit these sites for additional activities and resources:

NASA’s Artemis Program ,  NASA’s STEM Engagement , and  NASA Kids’ Club

If you are interested in having a NASA speaker give a virtual presentation to your class or organization, visit the  Speakers Bureau website  and submit a request form.

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The Nine Planets

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Solar System Tour

Solar System Scope is an incredibly accurate solar system tour, allowing you to explore the solar system, the night sky and outer space in real-time.

All of the objects on the tour are accurately positioned based on where they are right this very second, and the tour contains interesting facts and information about the many objects in space.

Every now and then, don’t you wish you could just pack your bags and jet off on an exciting, awe-inspiring journey across our breathtaking solar system? Ever wondered what it’d be like to skim past the gas giants or marvel at the icy rings of Saturn up close? Well, while Elon Musk is still working on making that a reality, I’ll be your virtual guide on a one-of-a-kind solar system tour – an enlightening adventure, without the risk of being lost in space!

Our journey starts right here, on our very own life-logged planet, Earth. As we embark on this space voyage, we’ll traverse through the neighboring rocky planets, glide past the incredible asteroid belt, and sweep across the majestic giants, their icy rings and numerous satellites. Towards the end, we’ll be gracefully riding the gravitational waves, leaving the outer edges of our solar system, where you’ll get a rare glimpse of the enigmatic region populated by icy objects known as the Kuiper Belt.

But before we start our engines and head for the inky vastness of space, it’s important to remember that although space explorations have given us a fair idea about these celestial bodies, there’s still an ocean of mysteries waiting to be unfolded. The real beauty of our cosmic neighborhood lies in its sheer vastness, diversity and the endless scope of discovery that it harbors. From the scorching heat of Mercury to the frigid reaches Pluto and beyond, brace yourself for an  out-of-this-world experience !

The Exciting Experience of a Solar System Tour

Imagine the prospect of a real-life  solar system tour . It’s akin to a child’s joy on their first trip to a theme park. A hands-on space exploration that goes beyond the textbooks, casting a mesmerizing spell on minds open to the wonders of the universe.

Propelling past Earth’s atmosphere, you’d first mark a date with our closest celestial neighbor—the Moon. The Apollo astronauts traversed its dusty plains more than five decades ago. Yet for us, it would still be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Next on the itinerary is our scorched twin, Venus. Here’s a fun fact,  Venus  is the only planet in our solar system that spins opposite to Earth.

Then we arrive at the pièce de résistance: our bloodline, the Sun. During the visit, you could learn more about its billion-year lifespan and its constant solar storms. The solar system tour would not be complete without a stopover at Mars. Known as the Red Planet, it’s been the subject of numerous  space missions , most notably the Mars Rover mission seeking evidence of life.

Here’s a quick tabular overview:

From the asteroid belt to Jupiter’s turbulent storms, every celestial body sits ready to unfold its story. With the tour continuing to the outer reaches of the universe, you’d experience the icy solitude of the outer planets like Neptune and Uranus.

However, we shouldn’t forget about an often overlooked, yet significant part of our solar system. Those are the  comets  and asteroids, remnants from the formation of our system almost 4.6 billion years ago.

Being part of a solar system tour , you wouldn’t just be observing the cosmos. Instead, you’d immerse yourself in a cosmic ocean, each wave presenting a new revelation about the universe. It’s not merely an experience; it’s the chance to physically connect with the vast expanse of space that usually only feels a speck away in the night sky. This would indeed be a ticket to the greatest show in the cosmos.

Traveling through the Solar System: What to Expect

Imagine blasting off into the cosmos on a spaceship designed for a thrilling expedition! As we set off on our  solar system tour , the things we’ll perceive are extraordinarily vast and stunningly diverse. This voyage will give us a newfound respect for the majesty of the cosmic neighborhood we inhabit.

Our first stop will be  Mercury , the closest planet to the sun. It’s a small, bare, and intensely heated planet. We shouldn’t forget the sunscreen as daytime temperatures can soar up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit!

Next, we’ll swing by  Venus  – the hot, hurricane-ridden planet awaits us with an unbelievably corrosive atmosphere. It’s interesting to note that Venus rotates in the opposite direction to most planets, including Earth.

Continuing our journey, we’ll visit  Mars . Mars has the tallest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, three times the height of Mount Everest. And don’t forget about the giant canyon, Valles Marineris, which would stretch from New York to Los Angeles if it was on Earth!

Yet, our extraordinary adventure won’t be all about planets. We’ll have a chance to marvel at the  Asteroid Belt , a ring composed of millions of rocky bodies. This celestial obstacle course lies between Mars and Jupiter.

Of course, we’ll also encounter the majestic giants of our solar system. The gas giants,  Saturn  and  Jupiter , as well as the icy giants,  Uranus  and  Neptune , will present captivating sights. We’ll see Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, an anticyclonic storm larger than Earth, and Saturn’s intricate ring system. Uranus and Neptune, on the other hand, will dazzle us with their stunning cool-blue hues.

Admittedly, going further to behold the beauty of  Pluto , once a planet, now a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, caps off this unique expedition. The journey end will leave us with an understanding of the infinite yet harmonious chaos that forms our solar system.

So buckle up, folks. The adventure through our heavenly bodies is par for the cosmic course. Our solar system, with its varied and breathtaking celestial bodies, offers a journey like no other. It’s going to be a wild ride! Just remember, despite the vastness of space, we’re never too far away from our home planet, Earth.

Conclusion: Reflecting on Our Intergalactic Journey

Wraping up, we’ve journeyed past planets and stars, across cosmic fields, and brushed alongside cosmic neighbors throughout our solar system tour.  Isn’t it just incredible that we live in such an expansive universe that holds so many unseen wonders?

Throughout our intergalactic expedition, we’ll forever remember the unique characteristics of each celestial body. Let’s just take a quick review again:

  • Mercury,  with its sweltering days and frigid nights,
  • Venus,  stunningly bright yet shrouded in clouds,
  • Mars,  our red neighbor that pique our curiosity about extraterrestrial life,
  • Jupiter’s  giant gas storms,
  • Saturn’s  enchanting rings,
  • Uranus  and  Neptune’s  icy allure,
  • And let’s not forget about our little cosmic sibling, the dwarf planet  Pluto .

Something important stood out during our journey, invoking a sense of interconnectivity. Each exists in symbiosis, drawing and relying upon the sun’s energy. Just like how everything on Earth is connected, so are we connected to our cosmic counterparts.

So, what’s the takeaway? Should we plan to pack our bags and ship off to Mars? I’ll leave that up to you. What I will stress, though, is the importance of space exploration. It’s not just a testament to human curiosity, it’s a driver of scientific breakthroughs and a reminder of the vast unexplored universe that lies ahead of us.

It might seem frightening, or perhaps intriguing. Yet isn’t that the essence of exploration? Stepping into the unknown, learning new things, using that newfound knowledge to improve and innovate. And in doing so, perhaps we’ll find more about ourselves along the way.

To sum it up, our universe offers infinite mysteries and wonders for us to discover. As we move forward, let’s keep looking up and fueling our curiosity. Remember, no question is a bad question and our solar system tour just has begun. As we continue to explore the stars, who knows what we’ll uncover? The only thing for sure is that the stars await, ready to share their secrets with us.

Due to errors in the way the solar system model works embedded on this page, we now link directly to Solar System Scope.

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ViewSpace

Explore the Universe with Interactives and Videos

About ViewSpace

What is viewspace.

ViewSpace is a free, web-based collection of digital interactives and videos highlighting the latest developments in astronomy and Earth science.

ViewSpace gives you the opportunity to explore our planet, solar system, galaxy, and universe. Provided free with the support of NASA, ViewSpace is developed by a team of scientists, educators, and communication specialists who collaborate to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, engaging, relevant, and accessible to a wide audience.

Interactives

ViewSpace interactives allow you to explore objects and materials from different perspectives, discovering how we can combine information to better understand the universe.

Split image of a disc-shaped galaxy. The left half of the image shows visible light in shades of brown and gray. The right side shows an infrared image in reds and blues.

Different forms of light: Explore visible and invisible wavelengths of light that help us understand features like the dusty brim of the Sombrero Galaxy roughly 30 million light-years away.

Split image of stars and dusty clouds. The left half of the image shows visible light of the dusty clouds in orange, brown, and blue. The right half of the image shows infrared light of the clouds in dark smoky gray, and the stars in orange.

Hidden objects: Unveil invisible light to reveal hidden objects like the stars forming inside Mystic Mountain, a pillar of gas and dust 7,500 light-years from Earth.

ViewSpace videos tell the stories of the planets, stars, galaxies, and universe, giving viewers the opportunity to experience space and Earth as seen with satellites and telescopes.

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Astronomy: Explore the sky with stories told through spectacular imagery from space telescopes.

Screenshot of a video titled "Where on Earth?" showing a satellite image of the Marlborough Sounds, South Island of New Zealand

Earth science: Gain new perspectives on our home planet based on data gathered by Earth-orbiting satellites.

ViewSpace is produced by the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute , in partnership with the NASA's Universe of Learning project and NASA's Earth Observing System, Hubble Space Telescope Project, and James Webb Space Telescope Project.

ViewSpace has been exhibited in museums, planetariums, and science centers across the country since 2000.

What Will You Explore?

The Latest Discoveries in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Recent Natural Events and Satellite Views of Earth

Screenshot of a video called "EarthWatch: Eruption of Mount Sinabung" showing a satellite image of an erupting volcano

In-depth Stories of How Science and the Universe Work

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Stunning Imagery and Accessible Explanations

Screenshot of a video titled "Cosmic Tour: Monkey Head Nebula" showing a labeled image of a cloud of gas and dust

Sample Images from ViewSpace

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What objects and materials make up the universe, and how do we study the invisible as well as the visible?

Data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory are used to create a map of dark matter (blue) in galaxy cluster MACS J0717.5+3745.

What are galaxies; how do they vary; and how do they form, interact, and change over time?

The Penguin and the Egg (Arp 142) is a pair of galaxies that are being distorted by their mutual gravitational attraction.

How do the Sun, planets, moons, comets, and asteroids interact as a system?

Saturn’s moon Titan casts a shadow as it passes between the planet and the Sun.

How do telescopes help us better understand the objects and materials that light up the sky?

With telescopes, we can see details of the Milky Way, including glowing clouds of dust and gas like the Lobster Nebula.

How fast is the universe expanding and what does this tell us about its past and future?

Over time, space expands, stretching the wavelenghts of light and causing the distant galaxies seen in the Ultra Deep Field image from the Hubble Space Telescope to look redder than the closer galaxies.

How do we detect and study planets orbiting other stars?

Changes in the brightness of starlight, measured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, indicates the presence of a planet orbiting the star.

What happens to stars at the end of their lives, and how do stellar explosions affect the space around them?

Visible, infrared, and X-ray light from supernova remnant Cassiopeia A reveal remains of an exploded star.

How can we use interactions between light and matter to probe the deep universe?

The enormous mass of galaxy cluster Abell 370 bends the space around it, magnifying and distorting the light from more distant galaxies into arc-like streaks.

How are astronomers combining data from space and ground-based telescopes, particle detectors, and gravitational wave detectors to understand cosmic objects, processes, and events?

An artist’s illustration depicts the detection of neutrino particles and gamma rays emitted by a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy.

How and where do stars form, and how do they shape their surroundings?

Pillars of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula are sculpted and illuminated by stellar winds and high-energy radiation of bright stars.

How can we use satellites to map, study, and monitor Earth’s land surface, oceans, and atmosphere?

An image captured by the Landsat 8 satellite in May 2018 shows active lava flows from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii.

What evidence supports our theories of how the universe formed and how it has evolved over time?

A map of the sky from the Planck Space Telescope highlights variations in the cosmic microwave background radiation—energy left over from the big bang some 13.8 billion years ago.

What tools and methods do scientists use to study Earth and space?

NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite (SMAP) helps scientists monitor droughts, predict floods, and improve farm productivity.

Is Earth unique? Are we alone?

Observations from space telescopes have revealed thousands of exoplanets of different of sizes, compositions, temperatures, and atmospheres, including seven rocky Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, 40 light-years from Earth (artist’s illustration).

Where Is ViewSpace?

ViewSpace videos are on exhibit at museums, science centers, and planetariums across the country.

ViewSpace interactives are available online.

Use the map to find a ViewSpace video location near you.

Location Spotlight

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Round Mountain, Texas

Lowell Observatory

Flagstaff, Arizona

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Baltimore, Maryland

Edelman Planetarium at Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

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Salt Lake City, Utah

Becoming a ViewSpace Venue

ViewSpace provides informal learning sites with engaging, accurate, relevant, and up-to-date astronomy and Earth science content. Access to ViewSpace is free, requiring only registration, a computer or Smart TV, and persistent internet access. ViewSpace content is self-updating and videos can be set to play automatically, requiring minimal staff effort to maintain.

Join hundreds of others in featuring ViewSpace as part of your exhibits.

Who Produces and Supports ViewSpace?

ViewSpace is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, and is provided free of charge through financial support and subject matter expertise from the NASA’s Universe of Learning project, NASA’s Earth Observing System Project Science Office, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Project, and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Project.

Funded by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, NASA’s Universe of Learning is an integrated astrophysics STEM learning and literacy project developed through a partnership between the Space Telescope Science Institute, Caltech/IPAC, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Sonoma State University.

NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) is a coordinated series of satellites designed to observe Earth’s land, atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere. As part of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, the EOS Project Science Office (EOSPSO) is committed to sharing information with both researchers and the general public.

The Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope are two of NASA’s flagship missions designed to explore and advance our understanding of the universe. The missions’ communications programs are dedicated to sharing scientific advances and making the world’s astronomical information accessible to all.

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This image depicts a vast canyon of dust and gas in the Orion Nebula from a 3-D computer model based on observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and created by science visualization specialists at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md. A 3-D visualization of this model takes viewers on an amazing four-minute voyage through the 15-light-year-wide canyon. Credit: NASA, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers (STScI/AURA)

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Take an exhilarating ride through the Orion Nebula, a vast star-makingfactory 1,500 light-years away. Swoop through Orion's giant canyon ofgas and dust. Fly past behemoth stars whose brilliant lightilluminates and energizes the entire cloudy region. Zoom by dustytadpole-shaped objects that are fledgling solar systems.

This virtual space journey isn't the latest video game but one ofseveral groundbreaking astronomy visualizations created by specialistsat the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, the scienceoperations center for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The cinematicspace odysseys are part of the new Imax film "Hubble 3D," which openstoday at select Imax theaters worldwide.

The 43-minute movie chronicles the 20-year life of Hubble and includeshighlights from the May 2009 servicing mission to the Earth-orbitingobservatory, with footage taken by the astronauts.

The giant-screen film showcases some of Hubble's breathtaking iconicpictures, such as the Eagle Nebula's "Pillars of Creation," as well asstunning views taken by the newly installed Wide Field Camera 3.

While Hubble pictures of celestial objects are awe-inspiring, they areflat 2-D photographs. For this film, those 2-D images have beenconverted into 3-D environments, giving the audience the impressionthey are space travelers taking a tour of Hubble's most populartargets.

"A large-format movie is a truly immersive experience," says FrankSummers, an STScI astronomer and science visualization specialistwho led the team that developed the movie visualizations. The teamlabored for nine months, working on four visualization sequences thatcomprise about 12 minutes of the movie.

"Seeing these Hubble images in 3-D, you feel like you are flyingthrough space and not just looking at picture postcards," Summerscontinued. "The spacescapes are all based on Hubble images and data,though some artistic license is necessary to produce the full depth offield needed for 3-D."

The most ambitious sequence is a four-minute voyage through the OrionNebula's gas-and-dust canyon, about 15 light-years across.During the ride, viewers will see bright and dark, gaseous clouds;thousands of stars, including a grouping of bright, hefty stars calledthe Trapezium; and embryonic planetary systems. The tour ends with adetailed look at a young circumstellar disk, which is much like thestructure from which our solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago.

Based on a Hubble image of Orion released in 2006, the visualizationwas a collaborative effort between science visualization specialistsat STScI, including Greg Bacon, who sculpted the Orion Nebuladigital model, with input from STScI astronomer Massimo Roberto; theNational Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign; and the Spitzer Science Center at theCalifornia Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

For some of the sequences, STScI imaging specialists developed newtechniques for transforming the 2-D Hubble images into 3-D. STScI imageprocessing specialists Lisa Frattare and Zolt Levay, for example,created methods of splitting a giant gaseous pillar in the CarinaNebula into multiple layers to produce a 3-D effect, giving thestructure depth. The Carina Nebula is a nursery for baby stars.

Frattare painstakingly removed the thousands of stars in the image sothat Levay could separate the gaseous layers on the isolated Carinapillar. Frattare then replaced the stars into both foreground andbackground layers to complete the 3-D model. For added effect, thesame separation was done for both visible and infrared Hubble images,allowing the film to cross-fade between wavelength views in 3-D.

In another sequence viewers fly into a field of 170,000 stars in thegiant star cluster Omega Centauri. STScI astronomer Jay Andersonused his stellar database to create a synthetic star field in 3-D thatmatches recent razor-sharp Hubble photos.

The film's final four-minute sequence takes viewers on a voyage fromour Milky Way Galaxy past many of Hubble's best galaxy shots and deepinto space. Some 15,000 galaxies from Hubble's deepest surveys stretchbillions of light-years across the universe in a 3-D sequence createdby STScI astronomers and visualizers. The view dissolves into acobweb that traces the universe's large-scale structure, the backbonefrom which galaxies were born.

In addition to creating visualizations, STScI's educationgroup also provided guidance on the "Hubble 3D" Educator Guide, whichincludes standards-based lesson plans and activities about Hubble andits mission. Students will use the guide before or after seeing themovie.

"The guide will enhance the movie experience for students and extendthe movie into classrooms," says Bonnie Eisenhamer, STScI'sHubble Formal Education manager.

The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) and is managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) conducts Hubble science operations. The institute is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., Washington, D.C.

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A dark cloud of gas and dust sits along the top half of the image. The cloud is illuminated by a bright-white star below it and just to the right of image center. Another bright object, looking like a bright, vertical disk bisected by a dark cloud, sits just to the right of the main cloud and above and to the right of the bright-white star. A jet of bright, turquoise light streams to the left and right from each side of the vertical disk-like object. A section of the jet, to the left, appears to be hidden behind the dark cloud, but emerges from the cloud left of image center. The background is black with rusty hues near the bright-white star.

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An irregular galaxy with a large central body of dull-colored stars and distorted arms around it. Brightly glowing pink areas where stars are forming dot the arms, along with bluish gas that is brighter than the galactic core. Two large arms flank the left and right of the body, and smaller streams of stars emerge from the top. Other distant galaxies are visible on the edges of the image.

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This artist's concept shows a brown dwarf, an object more massive than a planet but smaller than a star. The dwarf is a cherry-red sphere. It has horizontal stripes of various shades of red that are cloud bands. In the dark background there are myriad stars that are inside our Milky Way galaxy.

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The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.

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NASA Showcases Virtual Reality for Space Exploration

Microsoft's HoloLens headsets are already aiding astronauts on the International Space Station, and next-generation VR could prove vital for journeys to Mars

By Sarah Lewin Frasier & SPACE.com

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NEW YORK—Visitors from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) walked on Mars, explored a 3D prototype and even dangled a rover over the audience's head during an augmented reality demo and talk at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering MakerSpace event space in Brooklyn Nov. 7.

Matthew Clausen, creative director of JPL's Ops Lab, joined Marijke Jorritsma, an NYU graduate student and intern at JPL, to demonstrate the research and exploration capabilities of the Microsoft HoloLens, a headset that can project virtual images—from the surface of Mars to a repair schematic—over the real world.

The two presenters wore HoloLens headsets to present the work, and the virtual viewpoint was projected on a screen behind them so the audience members could follow along. [ Virtual Reality and Mars: 4 Ways Tech Will Change Space Exploration ]

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They first presented OnSight, a virtual reconstruction of the Martian surface that researchers can work in collaboratively—for instance, to set a course and targets for the Curiosity Mars rover. The technology was recently rolled out at Kennedy Space Center, where visitors can  get a tour of Mars from a holographic Buzz Aldrin .

Before now, researchers have plotted Martian locations based on long, flat panoramas of the surface taken by rovers. Clausen's group found that researchers were two times more accurate at determining distances and three times more accurate at determining angles between specific Martian locations when they could look around from within the Martian scene.

And the researchers—many of them geologists who are used to working outside, in the field—found the tool very natural to use, as well.

"One of the interesting things that happened when scientists first used this is that they realized they could run up a hill to get spatial awareness of the scene," Jorritsma said. "So they immediately were able to start using it and thinking about it in a spatial way, as soon as they put on the devices."

"That was kind of our first clue that things were going in the right direction," Clausen added.

The two presenters also discussed a second application, called Project Sidekick, which offers the opportunity for experts to guide astronauts on the International Space Station through complicated procedures by watching the astronauts' actions and overlaying guidance, diagrams and extra information.

Although they didn't demonstrate that program live, the speakers shared photos and video of Project Sidekick tests: first on  NASA's Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) , an underwater facility that simulates the space station—where researchers were led remotely through the steps of diagnosing and treating appendicitis, among other tasks—and then on a weightlessness-simulating plane. Finally, they tested it on the space station, where  astronaut Scott Kelly  communicated with the ground while wearing the set. (Kelly and British astronaut Tim Peake also  played a virtual alien-zapping game  with the headsets.)

With HoloLens guidance, aquanauts on NEEMO were able to perform activities in just an hour instead of the 4 hours it took them when they used written procedures. On the station, where things like opening hatches and putting out fires come with complicated, multistep procedures, Project Sidekick could be a major timesaver, Clausen said.

Third, the two demonstrated Protospace, which lets engineers explore detailed models of spacecraft and machinery as they're designed. Researchers have used Protospace to design the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, which NASA plans to launch in 2020 to observe climate change's effect on the oceans, as well as NASA's  Mars 2020 rover , which will collect a sample from the Martian surface to bring back to Earth, and a large orbiter  to circle Jupiter's moon Europa . The speakers summoned a virtual Mars 2020, as depicted on the screen, and examined it from different angles—even enlarging it and dangling it over the audience's head.

"It transforms spacecraft design, in that it allows for a group of mechanical engineers to collaboratively visualize something in a true-to-scale and embodied fashion, which is something that they could never do before, unless they spent a lot of time and money doing a 3D print," Jorritsma said. "Everyone is in the room, usually, when they're using it, and they can gesture with their hand and everyone knows what they're talking about."

The tool lets researchers see how parts fit together better than in normal 2D modeling, and they can work on models together or practice tricky installation tasks. NYU engineering students this semester are helping to build a toolbar for the design interface.

"I can't wait for the day when we actually set foot on Mars," Clausen said. "There's actually not just going to be the astronaut walking around, but there will be millions of people here on Earth that are untethered from the limitations that they have, because it will be safe for them to fly above the surface and go ahead of the astronauts and actually help them gather the data." Such data would be gathered by orbiters—small satellites and rovers on the Martian surface, he clarified—but they could be combed through directly by people inspecting the surface virtually.

"It's not just going to be the people at JPL, or at the other space centers around the country and around the world, but we imagine a future in which it's actually all of you; anyone that has access to this immersive technology, libraries, in their schools, in their basements, all being able to participate in the exploration of these new worlds together," he added.

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You can (virtually) explore the International Space Station at Tacoma’s ‘The Infinite’

The International Space Station hums around me, the melodic sounds of the vehicle floating in empty space seeming eerily similar to the rhythm of breath: constant and airy and alive. All around me, astronauts perform routine tasks or eat freeze-dried food — it looks so real it’s as if I’m watching someone’s memories or recalling my very own.

I’m not really on the International Space Station (this would be a whole ‘nother story), but on a life-size replica of the ISS that has landed in Tacoma. “ The Infinite ,” which bills itself as the world’s largest virtual reality experience , attempts the massive feat of making human spaceflight accessible to those with their feet on the ground.

The hourlong experience moves seamlessly through seven chapters: an artistic multisensory reproduction of a liftoff; onboarding (where visitors get fitted with VR headsets); ISS virtual exploration (which moves through four chapters of its own — adaptation, progress, unity and expansion); a virtual spacewalk; an audiovisual installation from Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda; “the wormhole” (an infinity room corridor representing a return to Earth through a wormhole); and “the origin,” representing the return to Earth through sensory awakening.

In each chapter of the ISS virtual exploration, glowing orbs hover in space onboard and outside the ISS. If touched (or, more realistically, blindly swiped at, since you can’t actually see anything), the scene around you fades to black before you’re briefly transported once again — you may find yourself at the center of a planet’s lazy orbit among the cosmos or in a scene with an astronaut narrating a moment frozen in time, painting a portrait of the work being done above Earth.

“Virtual reality is based on the sentiment and the feeling of presence and eventually transcending a screen,” said Felix Lajeunesse, co-founder and creative director of  Felix & Paul Studios , on a recent phone call. Lajeunesse and Paul Raphaël have created countless virtual reality experiences through Felix & Paul Studios since the company’s inception in 2013, but the dream of transporting audiences to an out-of-this-world experience always remained, “and it took us a decade to be in a position to successfully do that.”

“The Infinite” is created with more than 250 hours of 3D video footage shot aboard and outside the ISS over the course of almost three years and six different NASA expeditions — but before the cameras started rolling, years of creative and technological preparation went into the project.

When Felix & Paul Studios approached NASA for the first time in 2016, “they were aware of virtual reality because they had been using it for training purposes,” but the concept of using it as outreach and a way to communicate with the world to tell a story was entirely new, Lajeunesse said.

“There were so many things that we had to figure out on that journey,” Lajeunesse said, from spending two years from 2016-18 following astronauts on Earth while they prepared for future missions, to collaborating with other space agencies from around the world, to finally taking the journey to space on the ISS, which was not an easy feat.

Building the technology to film both inside and outside the ISS required the creation of a 360-degree camera that could withstand spaceflight. Once in space, the astronauts on the ISS carried out the rest of the work, from placing the camera to transferring the data to being the “protagonists of the story. You see them as the heroes of this narrative that we built, so it demanded a lot of involvement from the astronauts,” Lajeunesse said.

Back on Earth, the journey had just begun, in a way.

“With the robust content [filmed in space], we really wanted to ensure that there was an elegant way that people could experience this extraordinary achievement,” said Phoebe Greenberg, chief creative officer of “The Infinite” and the founder of PHI Studio , a company that specializes in immersive installations. Along with Felix & Paul Studios, PHI brought the physical exhibit to life.

“The Infinite” finds a way to “address the opportunity of what it means to be borderless or to be able to have our presence somewhere else,” Greenberg said, while Lajeunesse adds that PHI Studio’s work evokes “an overview effect and this capacity to witness planet Earth as a whole, take a measure of its fragility and take a measure of the unique opportunity that we have to be protected by an atmosphere.”

“I really feel that [virtual reality] is a language of the future,” Greenberg said. The creation of “The Infinite” is an opportunity to pay homage to the recent resurgence of interest in space, she added, saying “that unites humanity in a way that what part [PHI Studio] can do to bring that to a larger audience is certainly a worthwhile quest.”

The spacewalk, which marks the last chapter of visitors’ virtual citizenship at “The Infinite” with a production of the first-ever spacewalk to be captured in cinematic VR, echoes the experience’s power to unite humanity. Multiple scenes follow the astronauts outside the ISS, concluding with a view of them preparing to float back up into the station. In their final moments in space, they look back and wave at us (and my heart exploded).

In that moment, it was as if the astronauts were saying “thank you” for coming along, and in turn, we were thanking them for bringing us — thanking them for their collaboration with Felix & Paul, their willingness to be trained, their work with the equipment, the poetry of the experience of “The Infinite” as a whole — all the things that made it possible to be sitting in a chair, waving right back at them.

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  • The virtual reality experience accommodates 150 people every hour. When exploring the ISS, you’ll see avatars of other participants, so don’t worry about bumping into others. In the center of each avatar, you’ll see a glowing light — a blue light indicates you’re looking at a stranger (who will only appear if they’re within 12 feet of you) while a yellow light represents members of your group (who will always be visible).
  • During the 35-minute virtual reality portion of the exhibit, there are 65 orbs total. You’ll only have time to explore about 10, making the experience different for each visitor (and every visit).
  • The virtual reality experience can be uncomfortable for some people, and it’s not recommended for people with heart problems, claustrophobia, a history of seizures or epilepsy or sensitivity to flashing lights or 3D. If you are prone to or happen to experience motion sickness or vertigo, you can still experience “The Infinite” through the use of a tablet and augmented reality technology or by watching a seated 360-degree immersive documentary.

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (last entry) Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (last entry) Fridays and Saturdays; Tacoma Armory, 1001 S. Yakima Ave., Tacoma; $18.20-$36.40; theinfiniteexperience.world

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Prepare for liftoff!

A massive new exhibit at Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum, “ Apollo: When We Went to the Moon ,” takes visitors into space like never before.

On display are more than 100 rare relics linked to the historic 1969 journey and subsequent missions, including a Saturn V rocket engine fragment from ‘the ’70’s aborted Apollo 13 lunar landing.

The 9,000-square-foot spectacle — the museum’s largest-ever temporary exhibit — also boasts a moon rock, a replica lunar rover from Apollo 15 and revealing items from Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins .

Here’s a closer look at other highlights of the exhibit, which opened Tuesday and runs through Sept. 2:

Lunar meteorite on display at Intrepid Museum

Lunar Meteorite

Roughly 50 pounds of moon rocks and soil were retrieved during Apollo 11 , and they’re still helping researchers make important discoveries.

When a suspected lunar meteorite lands on Earth, researchers identify it by comparing minerals, chemicals and isotopes to samples of moon rocks collected during the Apollo missions.

The show offers a rare opportunity to “touch the moon,” via a slice of lunar meteorite recovered from northwest Africa in 2014.

“It’s very cool that you just have the ability to have that tactile moment,” Intrepid Museum space curator Kate Good said of touching the space rock. “There’s not a whole lot of it.”

Lunar rover at the Intrepid museum. A woman sits on it and gets her picture taken.

Apollo 15 lunar rover

Guests can also hop on a model of a lunar rover used by astronauts David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden during 1971’s Apollo 15 mission.

“It’s an excellent photo opportunity,” Good said. “It’s a two-seater, so you can have your friend or your family along with you. And it’s just a really neat thing to be … sitting in the seat, seeing the controls, the cameras and everything else.”

Apollo 11 gear at the Intrepid Museum's new exhibit, 'Apollo: When We Went to the Moon'

Apollo gear

The astronauts who took part in the Apollo program’s 11 crewed missions, including six lunar landings, enjoyed star status back on Earth — making glimpses of their space suits, gloves and helmets like seeing superhero gear.

“My absolute favorite thing is the authentic casts of the hands of Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins,” Good told The Post. “When their gloves were being developed for their space suits, instead of having to measure their hands constantly, they were able to just use those models.

Hand casts of Apollo astronauts on display at Intrepid Museum

“And one of the cool details is that Michael Collins left on his wedding band, and you can see it on the hand.”

Cultural impact

Newspapers of Apollo 11 landing on July 20, 1969

The exhibit also highlights how the lunar landing resonated around the globe on July 20, 1969, some eight years after President John F. Kennedy set it as a goal amid the intense space race with the Soviet Union.

“The televisions [at the Intrepid] have, in multiple languages, the broadcasts that were going on [around the world] as they landed on the moon,” Good said.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon on July 20, 1969

Amateur astronomers can also go back in time with the show’s “launch experience,” featuring authentic audio and video from the momentous Apollo 11 blastoff from Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969.

“It’s as though you’re on the launch platform,” Good explained. “The rumbling of the engines, it’s a very low sound. There’s no high pitch — which is surprising to some people, that it is as low as it is. And you just feel that reverberation from the sound.”

A visitor watches the Apollo 11 launch experience at the Intrepid Museum

The experience is housed in the museum’s space shuttle pavilion, alongside Enterprise, which has been on display at the Hell’s Kitchen landmark since 2012.

“A lot of people know about the moon landing, but they don’t necessarily know the details of the moon landing and the people involved,” Good said. “And this really goes beyond just the three astronauts and the actual lunar module.”

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Scientists reveal never-before-seen map of the Milky Way's central engine (image)

"The center of the Milky Way and most of the space between stars is filled with a lot of dust, and this is important for our galaxy's life cycle."

Blue, purple and yellow streaks are seen against a black background. It almost looks like abstract art, concentrated in a stripe in the center of the image.

The Milky Way is our home galaxy, but how well do we actually know it? As part of a NASA-funded project, a team led by Villanova University researchers has obtained a never-before-seen view of the central engine at the heart of our galaxy.

The new map of this central region of the Milky Way , which took four years to assemble, reveals the relationship between magnetic fields at the heart of our galaxy and the cold dust structures that dwell there. This dust forms the building blocks of stars, planets, and, ultimately, life as we know it. The central engine of the Milky Way drives this process. 

That means a clearer picture of dust and magnetic interactions builds a better understanding of the Milky Way and our place within it. The team's findings also have implications beyond our galaxy, offering glimpses of how dust and magnetic fields interact in the central engines of other galaxies.

Related: How do we know what the Milky Way looks like?

Understanding how stars and galaxies form and evolve is a vital part of the origin story of life — but, until now, the interaction of dust and magnetic fields in this process has been somewhat overlooked, especially within our own galaxy.

"The center of the Milky Way and most of the space between stars is filled with a lot of dust, and this is important for our galaxy's life cycle," David Chuss, research team leader and a physics professor at Villanova University, told Space.com. "What we looked at was light emitted from these cool dust grains produced by heavy elements forged in stars and dispersed when those stars die and explode."

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A complicated picture of Milky Way magnetic fields

In the heart of the Milky Way exists a region called the central molecular zone , which is packed with an estimated 60 million solar masses of dust. This vast reservoir of dust has a temperature of around minus 432.7 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 258. 2 degrees Celsius). That's just a few degrees above absolute zero (minus 460 Fahrenheit), the hypothetical temperature at which all atomic movement would cease. 

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Also located at the heart of the Milky Way is hotter gas that has been stripped of its electrons, or "ionized," and exists as a state of matter called " plasma ."

"Radio wave observations of this region have these beautiful vertical elements in them that trace magnetic fields in the hot, ionized plasma component of the center of the Milky Way," Chuss said. "We tried to figure out what relationship this has to the cool dust component.

The team also wanted to know how this cool dust aligns with the magnetic fields at the heart of the Milky Way, which would also reveal how these magnetic fields are orientated. Such orientation is referred to as their "polarization."

Chuss and colleagues received funding from NASA to investigate this dusty central zone using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), which was a telescope that circled the globe at an altitude of 45,000 feet (13,716 meters) aboard a Boeing 747 plane.

The project's Far-Infrared Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Exploration (FIREPLACE) created an infrared map that spans around 500 light-years across the center of the Milky Way over nine flights.

Using measurements of the polarization of the radiation emitted from dust that is aligned with magnetic fields, the intricate structure of those magnetic fields themselves was inferred by the team. This was then overlaid onto a three-color map that shows warm dust with a pink hue and cool dust clouds in blue. The image also shows radio-wave-emitting filaments in yellow.

A map of the central region of the Milky Way with hot gas in pink, cool dust in blue, and radio wave emitting filaments in yellow

"This is a journey, not a destination, but what we've found is this is a very complicated thing. The directions of the magnetic field vary all across the clouds at the center of the Milky Way," Chuss explained. "This is the first step in trying to figure out how the field that we see in the radiowaves across these large organized filaments may relate to the rest of the dynamics of the center of the Milky Way."

Chuss explained that this complicated picture of magnetic fields was something that he and the FIREPLACE team had expected to see with the new SOFIA map; the observations agreed with smaller-scale infrared and radio wave observations previously made of the heart of the Milky Way. Where this new map, however, really comes into its own is the sheer scale. It manages to reveal some never-before mapped regions. The fine detail woven into it is stunning as well.

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"I think we have a lot of work to do to ultimately come up with the conclusions here. One of the things that I think is interesting about it is some of the fields appear to be in the same direction as the filaments in the radio waves, and some of them appear to be consistent with the direction of the dust further out in the disk," Chuss said. "It's a tantalizing hint that maybe the large-scale field in the disk of our galaxy and the vertical field that we've noticed in the center of the Milky Way are connected."

He and the team will continue to analyze the SOFIA data over the course of the next two years, and he hopes that this work will inspire theorists to come up with some new models to explain what is happening at the heart of our galaxy.

A preprint version of the SOFIA data is published on the paper repository arXiv.

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On March 27, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will give a virtual presentation to University of British Columbia (UBC) staff and students.

Longueuil , Quebec, March 25, 2024   — On March 27 , Canadian Space Agency ( CSA ) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will give a virtual presentation to University of British Columbia ( UBC ) staff and students.

Jeremy will talk about Canada's role in lunar exploration, and Artemis  II , where he will become the first Canadian to fly around the Moon.

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The healthcare industry knows virtual care as telehealth sessions held on a videoconferencing service such as Cisco Webex or Zoom .

While that is a key part of virtual care , it is just an initial touchpoint in a patient’s care journey; artificial intelligence can play a role in integrating other digital health tools into virtual care. AI enables healthcare providers to improve the clinical workflows that come with connected care .

“It is a natural synergy for telehealth to be part of the clinical escalations process for patient-facing AI solutions,” says Dr. Tania Elliott, clinical instructor for NYU Langone Health and a 2023 HealthTech IT Influencer .

AI can help with intake and triage as well as disease management. To begin, the AI tool can aid diagnostic decision-making asynchronously, but after review, clinicians can click a button to connect with patients in a live session to collect missing information, Elliott explains.

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Clinicians are beginning to use generative AI to collect data from patients before conducting a virtual visit. In addition, AI can alert providers to changes in a patient’s health when connected to remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices.

Chatbots can perform triage and assist providers by interacting with patients prior to a virtual session.

“If you're going to be in a virtual care environment where your experience doesn't start with a doctor popping up on your computer immediately, it can start with a chatbot asking you some questions,” says Dr. Ronald M. Razmi, cofounder and managing director at Zoi Capital as well as the author of  AI Doctor: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare . “Based on your responses, a chatbot can decide what kind of care you are going to need. If it is more intelligent, it can be trusted to provide good guidance. It can accelerate the process.”

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Generative AI can assist with coding for diagnoses in addition to drafting referrals, prior authorization letters and claim submissions. It can also generate letters to insurance companies outlining next steps for patient care, according to Razmi.

Telehealth visits require coding and documentation, and generative AI can assist healthcare providers with these tasks.

“It could look at the notes generated and automatically do the coding that needs to be done to charge for that encounter,” Razmi explains.

With AI tools documenting virtual care encounters , physicians can spend less time typing during or after a visit. If generative AI makes a mistake in coding or documentation related to a virtual care session, physicians reviewing the notes can catch it without harming patients, Razmi explains.

“That note doesn't get saved into the patient's chart until the clinician reviews the note and signs off on it,” he says.

AI eases administrative workflows prior to a virtual care session by eliminating the need for patients to fill out PDF questionnaires and intake forms, according to Elliott. It also can correct inaccurate insurance and pharmacy info in real time to reduce clinical care delays.

“Without AI, we have to rely on PDFs, uploads, e-faxes, or worse, telephonic intake, which is often a barrier to delivering seamless virtual care ,” Elliott says.

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Razmi sees the potential for digital health AI to improve RPM and enable diagnostics remotely. He cites an example in which patients can now test themselves for urinary tract infections by using a deep learning app that can analyze a scan from a strip that was dipped in a urine sample.

Meanwhile, amid a clinician shortage, AI can help providers diagnose conditions like atrial fibrillation or an abnormal heart rhythm, he says.      

“[RPM apps] use deep-learning AI and unstructured data. They have been FDA-approved, so they can be used today,” Razmi says. “They’ve been deemed to be safe and accurate enough to be used in the daily practice of medicine.”

RPM allows patients to get better treatments earlier. In addition, some services offer physical therapy for musculoskeletal diseases at home; AI can monitor a patient’s exercises and provide feedback, he says.

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In another example, Razmi notes that an AI app can analyze an individual’s voice to detect if depression is getting worse. It can then offer instructions and advise patients to follow up with a provider.

AI tools allow clinicians to set threshold parameters for remote monitoring. AI can change a clinician’s workflow by providing critical alerts similar to those for critical lab values, Elliott explains. The tools also allow changes from baselines to occur over time; for example, if a patient’s blood pressure has been rising over weeks or months, she adds.

“It’s all about setting the right alerting thresholds and getting enough diverse data sets so that we know which thresholds matter and which do not — signal versus noise,” Elliott says.

The Potential of AI and Virtual Care

Once the FDA has approved healthcare AI tools, they can assist providers in performing patient triage and chronic disease management, Razmi says.

In the future, look for AI to handle all administrative tasks and fix incorrect data — names, addresses, insurance information, duplicate accounts and pharmacy — in real time, Elliott predicts.

Decision support applications incorporating AI will be a part of connected care. Although AI aids in clinical decision support today, in the future these tools will be part of the standard of care, Elliott says.

“AI will be used for triage and intake — think virtual AI medical assistant,” Elliott says. “This is done in a rudimentary way today, but the future could encompass many medical assistant activities that are currently inefficient and not the highest and best use of their time.”

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