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  2. Aura (satellite) - Wikipedia

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    Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. [2] It is the third major component of the Earth Observing System (EOS) following on Terra (launched 1999) and Aqua (launched 2002). Aura follows on from the Upper Atmosphere Research ...

  3. Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

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    In the 1980s, AURA took on the management of the Space Telescope Science Institute, opening up the ultraviolet, optical, and infrared wavelength bands in space with the Hubble Space Telescope and in infrared space astronomy with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). AURA is responsible for the successful management and operation of its three ...

  4. Portal:Outer space - Wikipedia

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    Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies. It contains ultra-low levels of particle densities , constituting a near-perfect vacuum of predominantly hydrogen and helium plasma , permeated by electromagnetic radiation , cosmic rays , neutrinos , magnetic fields and dust .

  5. Outer space - Wikipedia

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    Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies. [1] It contains ultra-low levels of particle densities , constituting a near-perfect vacuum [ 2 ] of predominantly hydrogen and helium plasma , permeated by electromagnetic radiation , cosmic rays , neutrinos , magnetic fields and dust .

  6. Glossary of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The vast, nearly empty expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between all celestial bodies, characterized generally by extremely low densities of particles, extremely low temperatures, and minimal gravity. Most of the volume of the Universe is intergalactic space, and even galaxies and star systems consist almost entirely of empty space.

  7. What does space smell like? Astronauts describe the ... - AOL

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    Ever wonder what outer space smells like? After coming back from a spacewalk and pulling off their helmets, astronauts are hit with the scent of cosmic molecules that hitch a ride on their suits.

  8. What Is an Aura? A Beginner’s Guide to Aura Colors and Meanings

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    From this space, you can ask yourself what is in each layer, what color it is, and what the color means to you,” says Orth. ... Not only does having a blue aura indicate strength and patience ...

  9. Hindu cosmology - Wikipedia

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    In the ancient generation of the gods, what exists was born from what does not exist. 3 In the first generation of the gods, what exists was born from what does not exist. The regions of space were born following that (which exists)—that(which exists) was born from the one whose feet were opened up.