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NGC 2626 along the Vela Molecular Ridge apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230204.ht… #APOD
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Polaris and the Trail of Comet ZTF

Image Credit & Copyright: David Ibarra Gomez

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Reflections on the 1970s

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern

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In eastern Congo, a large, slow-moving landslide is accelerating and putting a community at risk. A new NASA study using satellite data shows how changing water usage in the city of Bukavu influences land movements near and just below the surface.

More: go.nasa.gov/3HWeEob
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In these visualizations, strain rates indicate zones of stretching, shearing, and shortening at the landslide surface. NISAR, a mission set to launch in 2024, could help provide even better information on these processes.
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Eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities will receive $11.7 million to build the next generation in STEM and conduct data science research using AI and machine learning.

More on this opportunity from our Science Mission Directorate & @NASASTEM: go.nasa.gov/3Yq9run
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Very cool! But will these geeky students be allowed to learn about Black queer or intersectional history? Or CRT?


LIVE: Go inside @NASAJPL for a look at NISAR, an Earth-observing satellite built in partnership with @ISRO. The mission is set to launch from India in 2024. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxB…
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🎵When you wish
upon a star... 🎵
Do you wish for planets? We do! There are more planets than stars in our galaxy. And @NASAHubble reveals the birth of stars in our galactic neighborhood in the Tarantula Nebula, home to the hottest, most massive stars. go.nasa.gov/3RsBMOh
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We’re partnering with @ISRO to launch #NISAR, a new satellite that will give us a close-up look at changes in Earth’s crust using advanced radar imaging. What we learn could help people better manage natural disasters. nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/
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See NISAR in @NASAJPL's clean room today at 5pm ET (2200 UTC). Set to launch from India in 2024, it will measure the movement of Earth’s surfaces to provide info on trends that affect global challenges like food security. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxB…

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Help us see space from a new perspective!

Try your hand at applying different filters to images captured from our space and ground-based telescopes for the Astrophoto Challenge. The best submissions will be highlighted on the Astrophoto Challenge website: go.nasa.gov/3RsSiOl
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The Seventh World of Trappist-1

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A tantalising prospect indeed but unfortunately out of our reach. Would be so amazing if we could get there. At current speeds it would take at least 60,000 years to reach the system. 😞 Someone please correct me if my math is wildly incorrect.


Help us see space from a new perspective!

Try your hand at applying different filters to images captured from our space and ground-based telescopes for the Astrophoto Challenge. The best submissions will be highlighted on the Astrophoto Challenge website: go.nasa.gov/3jxZRXp
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dear NASA, I heard that the moon was haunted, can you confirm if the moon is in fact haunted.


Hey stargazers: this month Venus and Jupiter cozy up, the constellation Auriga makes a worthy target, and there are two star clusters you can find using Sirius and a pair of binoculars. ✨

Details and downloads: solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatchi…
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After @MIT, Dr. Ron McNair's research included electro-optic laser modulation for satellite-to-satellite space communications, and led him to apply to be a NASA astronaut.

Ron McNair is seen here training for his first mission, STS-41B (launched #OTD in 1984). #BlackHistoryMonth
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The Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is housed in the Ronald E. McNair Building on Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans.
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Two spacewalkers relaxed today as the rest of the crew set up a 3-D bio-printer, watered tomato plants, began a fluid physics experiment, and studied cardiac research. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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"Somebody left the 3D bio printer on and it linked to ChatFPT and printed a new crew member."


NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites helped meteorologists determine that marine stratocumulus clouds are relatively common.

On average, they cover ~15% of Earth’s total surface.
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Organized marine stratocumulus clouds, found in the subtropics and midlatitudes, take two forms; open-celled and closed-cell.

Recent studies have found that smoke, dust, and aerosols can affect the formation of open- and closed-cell clouds.

Full story: go.nasa.gov/3DDJVtI
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Welcome to a "star factory"!

This #HubbleFriday view shows the Tarantula Nebula, the brightest region of starbirth in our galactic neighborhood.

About 161,000 light-years away, it's within the Large Magellanic Cloud – a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way: go.nasa.gov/3RsBMOh
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This week on #SpaceToGround, after a spacewalk, the station gets ready for a busy month of spacecraft arrivals and departures while working on new research on flames in weightlessness that may help improve fire safety on Earth and for crews in space. 🔥
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Hope you don't have your head in the clouds, because it's time for a pop quiz!

What kind of clouds are these?☁️
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Designed to make you NOT wanna 🤮

Psychophysiologist Dr. Patricia Cowlings designed a methodology to help astronauts control symptoms of motion sickness in space. She is shown here conducting a training exercise experiment in 1986. #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesBlackDesign
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Oh does this work on the ground too, like car sickness, seasickness? Is the methodology accessible to the public?


Learn more about Dr. Cowings' research at @NASAAmes and her proven technique for conquering motion sickness: go.nasa.gov/3Y02sbG
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A Triple View of Comet ZTF

Image Credit & Copyright: Javier Caldera & Miguel Gracia

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I still haven't had an opportunity to look for this one with my binoculars! It's been too cloudy.


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Is polar ice melting?

Unfortunately, yes. And it’s the number one contributor to sea level rise. @NASAClimate scientist Dr. Brooke Medley tells us how NASA studies the relationship between ice sheets and sea level to better understand our changing planet. climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/i…
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Astronauts @AstroDuke and @Astro_Wakata completed their spacewalk today at 2:26pm ET after installing hardware readying the station for its next roll-out solar array. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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When do longer reads matter? A benchmark of long read de novo assembly tools for eukaryotic genomes biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/…


This comet is difficult to see without dark skies and a pair of binoculars, but did you know we've seen comets up close? This view of Comet 103P/Hartley came from NASA's EPOXI mission. All about comets: go.nasa.gov/321sPE1
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Look up! Today the "Green Comet" makes its closest approach to Earth for the 1st time in 50,000 years! After your viewing party, why not curl up with A History of Near-Earth Objects Research to learn about how we've come to understand comets and asteroids! go.nasa.gov/3XNt3bW
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As my team knows, success is often about facing tough challenges and sticking through it. That’s why they love to highlight and chat with students who show true perseverance. Know a kid who fits the bill? Nominate by March 1:
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Happy #GroundhogDay!

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning... and from up in space, Hubble can see shadows too!

This image shows three of Jupiter’s dozens of moons – and two of their shadows – moving across the planet in 2015: go.nasa.gov/3HTQJWg
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As we continue moving forward with our #Artemis missions to establish a human presence on the Moon, @nasa and @ILSpaceAgency will collaborate on the Beresheet-2, Israel’s upcoming lunar mission.
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Hey Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)! 👋💚 Heard you're passing through the neighborhood. 🌎
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Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl
A solar system Miss from a future world


Lonnie Reid joined NASA in 1961 as an aeronautics research engineer and became nationally recognized in turbomachinery for his knowledge of flow in advanced aerospace propulsion systems.

More on Dr. Reid's 32-year career at @NASAglenn: go.nasa.gov/3HRWEvn
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With Hubble, astronomers measured the mass of a single, isolated white dwarf – which is the surviving core of a burned-out star.

The white dwarf, called LAWD 37, is 56% the mass of our Sun: go.nasa.gov/3l31XyZ

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Astronomers were able to determine this using “gravitational microlensing” – when the gravity of a foreground object warps the light coming from an object behind it.

The light from a background star was slightly deflected by the gravitational warping of space by LAWD 37.
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Spacesuits are powered on and the hatch is open. It's spacewalk time.

Watch @AstroDuke and @Astro_Wakata work in the vacuum of space to prepare the @Space_Station for solar power upgrades.
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.@nasa TV is live as @AstroDuke and @Astro_Wakata prepare for a spacewalk to continue upgrading the space station’s power generation system. go.nasa.gov/40Ay6hN
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it must be hard to move in those suits, looks great though!

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