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NASA’s IXPE Obtains First X-ray Polarization Measurement of Magnetar Outburst

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NASA’s PACE Mission Reveals a Year of Terrestrial Data on Plant Health

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NASA Provides Hardware for Space Station DNA Repair Experiment 

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NASA’s Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North America

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NASA Earth Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

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NASA’s Ready-to-Use Dataset Details Land Motion Across North America
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