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The first TRAPPIST-1 science focused on the innermost planet, but there are six more worlds to explore, including three in the habitable zone. Check out our guided tour, 360° visualization and poster! go.nasa.gov/3JQicba
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The Exp 69 crew unpacked new cargo and researched biomanufacturing today as @SpaceX targets mid-August for the launch of #Crew7 to the station. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Scientists can now detect small-scale features of harmful algal blooms that occur close to beaches and inside small bays.

Using a data processing technique, they can view “red tide” events in false-color, seen in this Feb. 26 satellite image of Florida. go.nasa.gov/3nwk4ys
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The work was done by scientists at the University of South Florida, using PlanetLabs satellite data made available through @nasaearthdata’s Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program.

Learn more: go.nasa.gov/40OoYoR
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#OTD last year, we shared news of Hubble's detection of the farthest individual star ever seen!

Go "inside the image" of the star Earendel to learn about this record-breaking observation.

You can read more here: go.nasa.gov/42UdpOY
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Would love to know if the Webb telescope provides any additional details!


Just 4 more days until we meet the #Artemis II astronauts who will fly around the Moon! They'll be the first humans to see the Moon's cratered landscape up close in over 50 years.

Mark your calendar: youtube.com/watch?v=mua1Lysc_J…
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Saturn is known for its iconic rings.

And with Hubble's help, now we know that these rings are also heating the giant planet's upper atmosphere!

This could provide a tool for predicting if planets around other stars have ring systems as well. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3ZtFlWV
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How do the rings heat it up. Is it from the. Light reflected from the rings? Thank you


Ready for a puzzler?

Tell us where in the world this is, what we’re looking at, and why it’s interesting. go.nasa.gov/3Kk1N08 🧩 🌏
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it’s the south east corner of crater lake in Oregon and it’s covered in snow (which is a welcome sight!)


Patricia O'Donnell, who worked as a chemist for NASA for 44 years (1954–1998), won the Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal in 1991 for her work on nickel-hydrogen batteries. Her redesign of the electrodes improved the performance of the batteries by a factor of 10! … 🧵
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The redesigned nickel-hydrogen batteries have since been used on the ISS, Hubble Space Telescope, and in numerous other space applications. #WomensHistoryMonth

Learn more about her career at @NASAglenn: go.nasa.gov/3TVMNc7
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NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230330.ht… #APOD
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NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad

Image Credit & Copyright: Matias Tomasello

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NASA experts travel far and wide on our home planet to learn more about the universe.

In this week’s episode of NASA’s Curious Universe podcast, @NASASun writer Miles Hatfield takes us to northern Australia for a sounding rocket launch. nasa.gov/curiousuniverse
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"Galactic winds" can spread starstuff far and wide—including elements crucial for life on Earth.

A new @chandraxray study is taking a look at the giant star clusters that cause this cosmic wind to blow: go.nasa.gov/40rNn3S
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A tornado moved through Mississippi on March 24, leaving a 29-mile-long tornado track near the city of Winona.

The tornado’s path is visible in #Landsat satellite imagery captured the next day. go.nasa.gov/42Oq1He
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This #Landsat 9 image shows the path of a subsequent, weaker tornado near Winona, Mississippi.

(The path of the stronger tornado was outside the view of Landsat 9.)
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Exoplanets come in a variety of sizes, from gas giants larger than Jupiter to small, rocky planets about as big as Earth. They can orbit their stars so tightly that a “year” lasts only a few days; they can orbit two suns at once. Each is an entire world. exoplanets.nasa.gov/what-is-an…
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The more we know about Earth's climate, the more we *can* know about other worlds. And the better off we are as Earthlings!
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We mourn the loss of Virginia T. Norwood, known as the “Mother of Landsat.” She designed the first space-based multispectral scanner that flew on the first #Landsat. Her impact lives on in how we see Earth from space.

go.nasa.gov/3nxkDrR
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image description: black and white photo of a young Virginia Norwood reviewing data on a large sheet of paper with a colleague presumably at an event (based on the people in the background)


From space, air, and on the ground, @nasa studies Earth and the ways it is changing. These observations help us better understand – and prepare for – the effects of human-caused climate change.

Today we released our 2023 climate strategy. go.nasa.gov/40rbT5a
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LIVE NOW: Join NASA and @BoeingSpace mission experts for a media teleconference with an update on the Crew Flight Test of the #Starliner spacecraft to the @Space_Station: youtube.com/live/ABVJ6qpgy1M?f…
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Travel to the Australian Outback to learn about the launch of a sounding rocket – a small rocket bringing science instruments briefly to space, studying everything from our atmosphere to the stars.

The latest episode of our Curious Universe podcast: go.nasa.gov/3G0K4IF
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NASA is developing technologies in space and on the ground that we can use to improve energy efficiency and storage, and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Read the full report: go.nasa.gov/40rbT5a
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Mariner 10, the 1st spacecraft sent to study Mercury, took the first closeup photos of the planet as it made its first flyby #OTD in 1974. Pictured is a mosaic of images taken by the spacecraft about 6 hours before closest approach. @NASASolarSystem

But that's not all…
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Beverly Johnson is one of the many women who help Hubble make history!

As Hubble's payload team manager, she supports flight software updates and investigates any issues that arise with the observatory's science instruments.

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37 years later to the day, the MESSENGER spacecraft sent back the first photo of Mercury from orbit #OTD in 2011! MESSENGER gave scientists the first new data on the composition of Mercury's surface since Mariner 10's final 1975 flyby.

More about Mercury: go.nasa.gov/3lPVmIT
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Sh2-308: A Dolphin Shaped Star Bubble

Image Credit & Copyright: Aleix Roig (AstroCatInfo)

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Scientists deployed Icefin, a remotely operated vehicle built for @NASAAstrobio research, to "swim" under two Antarctic glaciers and study them from below.

Bundle up and dive in! go.nasa.gov/3FZ4a6c 🧊🌊
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Last October, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so extraordinary that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. The source? A gamma-ray burst, the most powerful class of explosions in the universe. go.nasa.gov/42HrCyB
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For various medical radiology tests, they have gamma cameras. I wonder if this showed up as a synchronized anomaly in hospitals across the world.


800 million light-years away, in the Pegasus constellation, @NASAHubble captured this image of a galaxy floating in space. Tendrils of star-forming gas dangle from the galaxy, seen edge-on. Astronomers gave it a nickname, but what do you see? go.nasa.gov/3M2ahKH
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On April 3, you will meet the team of astronauts flying to the Moon on the #Artemis II mission.

These explorers will pave the way for future lunar landings and our next giant leap — human exploration of Mars. youtube.com/live/mua1Lysc_JQ?f…
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On April 3, you will meet the team of astronauts flying to the Moon on the #Artemis II mission.

These explorers will pave the way for future lunar landings and our next giant leap — human exploration of Mars. youtube.com/live/mua1Lysc_JQ?f…
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A pulse of intense radiation swept through our solar system that astronomers called the BOAT: the brightest of all time.

Several @nasa missions, including Hubble, have followed up to study this gamma-ray burst, likely caused by the birth of a black hole: go.nasa.gov/3zeNjbz
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Just six more days until you meet the astronauts who will fly around the Moon with #Artemis II.

Don’t miss the reveal April 3 to learn which crew members will take the next giant leap toward future lunar surface missions: youtube.com/live/mua1Lysc_JQ?s…
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SWOT’s that?
A first look at data from @nasa’s SWOT mission! 💧

This image shows sea level in two 75 mile wide strips in the Gulf Stream off the U.S. East Coast. Red indicates sea level higher than the global average; blue is lower. go.nasa.gov/3TOKaZu
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Seven Earth-sized worlds orbit the TRAPPIST-1 star, ~40 light-years away. @NASAWebb studied the innermost planet and measured its temperature and found little evidence of an atmosphere. These observations bode well for studying the rest of the planets: go.nasa.gov/42VAWiu
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See what it's like to have a 6.2-million-gallon pool as your office and dive into @NASASTEM's latest Surprisingly STEM episode. NASA diver Arielle Valdez shares her STEM career story & what it's like to find #YourPlaceInSpace.
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Join NASA and @BoeingSpace mission experts for a media teleconference with an update on the Crew Flight Test of the #Starliner spacecraft to the @Space_Station, this Wednesday, March 29, at 2pm ET (1800 UTC). More details: go.nasa.gov/42Oi4lq
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