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December 18, 2025 If you’re a high school student interested in space, you’ve probably heard of NASA SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science). I applied…
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Anya Allen, Juhi Bhatt, William Deklich, Zijun He , Jameson Palmer, Samuel Thomas, Mina UzgorenNASA SEES Exoplanet Transits Team Mentor: Thomas Rutherford Introduction Ever since…
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The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum annex near Dulles) is the kind of place that recalibrates your sense of…
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In the Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Udvar-Hazy Center, most aircraft feel historic. The SR-71 Blackbird feels urgent—like it’s paused mid-mission. Even roped off under…
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When people say “space capsule,” they usually mean the iconic blunt-bodied crew vehicles—tiny, tough, and built to survive re-entry. But walking through the National Air…
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Also known as me drooling at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center….. I’ve seen countless shuttle images in documentaries and mission footage, but standing under the real…
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If you live in a Bortle 5 area, in other words, your typical suburban skies where the background glow is always present, astrophotography can feel…
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After touring Mauna Kea, the biggest misconception I had to unlearn was that the summit is “a bunch of telescopes doing the same thing, just…
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After seeing the giant optical/near‑infrared Keck domes, it’s easy to assume every telescope up on Mauna Kea is chasing the same kind of light in…
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If the Mauna Kea summit feels like a sci‑fi film set, the W. M. Keck Observatory is the scene-stealer. Keck isn’t one telescope—it’s two: Keck…
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