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Warped tour…of space? ✨

See those strange arcs and streaks in this new Webb image? They’re actually distant galaxies, magnified and warped due to an effect called gravitational lensing: esawebb.org/images/potm2303a/
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I just can grasp the surface of this image, but still can't stop looking this and the Pandora cluster, thanks NASA for show us what we are.


#60YearsAgo today the final test of the Saturn I's first stage, Saturn SA-4, launched from @NASAKennedy. The uncrewed suborbital test flight was successful, paving the way for tests of the second stage.
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how is the concrete not black under those launches? how do they clean that?


Can you spot the supernova remnant?

SNR 0509-68.7 is the bright region of reddish dust near the upper center in this #HubbleClassic view.

After a star's explosive death in a supernova, the left-behind gas & dust are known as a supernova remnant: go.nasa.gov/3Kfk3I6
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The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft landed uncrewed in Kazakhstan at 7:46am ET (5:46pm Kazakhstan time) today less than two hours after undocking from the space station. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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A Multiple Green Flash Sunset apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230328.ht… #APOD
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I’ve seen a great many G.F. and a small number of blues during my career at sea, never seen one like this! Nice.


The passengerless Soyuz MS-22 crew ship undocked from the station at 5:57am ET today and will land in Kazakhstan less than two hours later. More... go.nasa.gov/3ZpCv5b
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The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is due to undock from the station uncrewed at 5:57am ET today for a landing in Kazakhstan live on @nasa TV. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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A Multiple Green Flash Sunset

Image Credit & Copyright: T. Slovinský & P. Horálek (IoP Opava); CTIO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA

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Watch the uncrewed Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft undock from the @Space_Station and return to Earth live on NASA TV on March 28 at 5:30am (0930 UTC) on nasa.gov/live.
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An uncrewed Soyuz crew ship preps to depart the station early Tuesday morning as the Exp 68 crew works new @ISS_Research. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Scientists made models for TRAPPIST-1 b: with an atmosphere and without. @NASAWebb's measurements matched the model for a planet without atmosphere. This bodes well for Webb's ability to study temperate, Earth-size planets, like other TRAPPIST-1 worlds. go.nasa.gov/42VAWiu
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Our first look at a TRAPPIST-1 planet with @NASAWebb reveals the innermost world’s dayside temperature of about 450 degrees F (232 C) and suggests it has no significant atmosphere. It's the first direct measurement of *any* light from a rocky exoplanet. go.nasa.gov/42VAWiu
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One week until you meet the astronauts flying to the Moon aboard the #Artemis II mission!

The @NASA_Orion spacecraft will return to the Moon — this time, with four astronauts aboard. Set a reminder for April 3 for the reveal: youtube.com/live/mua1Lysc_JQ?s…
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I love to follow you and deeply hope someone to like my posts 2


Reminder: applications close tomorrow! 🚨⤵️ usajobs.gov/job/714177700

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A low-pressure system lifted sand and dust from the Gobi Desert in late March, causing a major dust storm across Mongolia and China.

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on March 22, 2023. go.nasa.gov/3nshw4g
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A recent @nasagoddard study found that high levels of the air pollutant PM2.5 likely contributed to 2.89 million premature deaths, of which 22% were linked to dust.
go.nasa.gov/3LWJorA
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Depending on the size and type of particles and where they reach in the atmosphere, dust can contribute to warming or cooling, and influence storms and weather events.

NASA’s EMIT instrument is now on the @Space_Station, mapping dust around the globe. go.nasa.gov/3nnHpST
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After working as a human computer for years, Christine Darden became one of the few women aerospace engineers at NASA in the '70s, becoming well known for her research into supersonic aircraft noise, especially sonic boom reduction. go.nasa.gov/3JE3nZd #WomensHistoryMonth
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TRAPPIST-1 b: We give it a one (M-dwarf) star review; it lacks atmosphere. ⭐

Webb found the dayside temperature of this rocky exoplanet to be about 450º F (227º C) — suggesting it has no significant atmosphere: go.nasa.gov/3K9cS4g

Here’s why this is a big deal ⬇️
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Scientists made models for TRAPPIST-1 b: with an atmosphere, and without. Webb’s results matched the model with no atmosphere. If TRAPPIST-1 b did have an atmosphere to circulate and distribute heat, its temperature should have been much cooler than what was measured.
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How do you take a planet’s temperature? The team measured the change in brightness (in infrared light, or emitted heat energy) when TRAPPIST-1 b moved behind its star. This was a challenge because the star is 1000 times brighter, and the change in brightness was less than 0.1%.
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Higher res photos please!

Mariner 7, launched #OTD in 1969, along with its twin Mariner 6 launched a month earlier, were sent to Mars to study its surface and atmosphere during close flybys. @NASAMars

Left: Mariner 4 photo of Mars, 1965
Right: Mariner 7 photo of Mars, 1969
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Aurora Over Arctic Henge apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230327.ht… #APOD
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Aurora Over Arctic Henge

Image Credit & Copyright: Cari Letelier

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any reason why you’ve stopped adding alt-text? You can add it now after the fact…


🛰️ While passing over Morocco, #Landsat 8 captured a photo of this dry, sunny basin, which is the site of a solar power station that supplies electricity to nearly 2 million Moroccans. ⚡ go.nasa.gov/42AoOTN
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If you’ve been tuning in, you know landing on Mars is half of the battle–returning the first astronauts home from the Red Planet is the other half.
Listen in as four experts discuss in this week's episode of “Houston, We have a Podcast”: go.nasa.gov/42FdMN9
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Pass the salt 🧂

A @Space_Station astronaut snapped this photo of Laguna Ojo de Liebre in Mexico in 2022.

The coastal lagoon has many evaporation ponds that are used to produce salt. go.nasa.gov/409kidq
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Wanderers

Video Credit: Visuals: Erik Wernquist; Music: Christian Sandquist; Words & Voice: Carl Sagan

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Whenever I get depressed or disheartened, all I have to do is watch this video clip to be renewed.
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one of my favorite fun facts is that the guy who made this, Erik Wernquist, is also the creator of Crazy Frog


Once a small canal, Louisiana's Neptune Pass has widened to become a major channel in the last six years.

#Landsat 8 captured these images before the canal widened (left) in 2019 and after in 2023 (right).
Full story: go.nasa.gov/3nc1rzI
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At first glance, this image may appear to be a view of stars. Rather, almost all these different colored dots are black holes or entire galaxies. When we add sound, we can hear the data. Music represents the full range of X-ray frequencies collected by @chandraxray.
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Just like in "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"!


The central region of this image contains an incredible concentration of supermassive black holes, equivalent to about 5,000 objects that would fit into the area on the sky covered by the full Moon. Complete visual description of the Chandra Deep Field: chandra.si.edu/photo/2021/soni…
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Asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT). Check out @NASA_Eyes on Asteroids at eyes.nasa.gov/apps/asteroids/#…
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Please learn to also give times in UT, so that people in places other than the US can understand it easily.
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"Asteroid 2023 DZ2 will pass Earth more than 100,000 miles (161,000 km) away–about half the distance to the Moon–making its close approach at 3:51 p.m. EDT (12:51 p.m. PDT)."

Live cameras catch the action.
T minus 6 minutes.

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Want to help keep Earth safe from near-Earth asteroids? Join the International Astronomical Search Collaboration and help us find more of these remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system. @DoNASAScience at: science.nasa.gov/citizenscienc…
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In this photo taken 50 years ago in 1973, a Vought TF-8A Crusader flies with NASA's experimental supercritical wing. The airfoil design increased cruising speed and fuel efficiency, and is now used on nearly every modern commercial aircraft. @NASAaero

🛫 go.nasa.gov/3lCuZpO
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We just called to say "Happy Birthday"! 🥳

Astronaut Jim Lovell, veteran of the Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13 missions, turns 95 years young today! Join us in wishing him many happy days ahead.
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The #Artemis II rocket comes together, space explorers are honored, and we reveal a map of water near the Moon’s South Pole—all this week at NASA.

Follow @NASAArtemis for updates on upcoming Moon missions.
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Venus and the Da Vinci Glow

Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgia Hofer

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"We choose to return to the Moon together…children who watch that flight are going to learn the names of those new pioneers. They'll be the ones who carry us into the future we hope to build."

—@POTUS on the NASA-@CSA_ASC crewed #Artemis II Moon mission: youtube.com/live/4E2G75r0ekI?s…
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The Exp 68 crew finished the week with bioprinting, a student robotics project, and a veggie harvest and prepared cargo to return in the uncrewed Soyuz next week. go.nasa.gov/3FPkc2d
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Through the lens of NASA photographer Aubrey Gemignani, we witness the people and hear the stories behind awe-inspiring missions to space. As a co-founder of "Faces of NASA," we turn the camera on her and share her story: go.nasa.gov/42CIoPj
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