North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust
Image Credit & Copyright: Javier Zayaz
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APOD: 2023 April 11 – North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 April 11 – North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
As coastal waters heat up, rains and floods are swamping Peru.
These #Landsat images show before (left) and after (right) flood waters from two nearby rivers filled Lago La Niña. 🌧️ go.nasa.gov/40XmxAN
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Warming Water and Downpours in Peru
As coastal waters heat up, torrential rains and floods are swamping the northern part of the country.go.nasa.gov
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Botany, Heart Research Ahead of Dragon Departure and Spacewalks
The Expedition 69 crew members began the week conducting a host of space research and preparing for upcoming spacewalks.blogs.nasa.gov
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20230410 White House Easter Egg Roll
Explore this photo album by NASA HQ PHOTO on Flickr!NASA HQ PHOTO (Flickr)
To communicate science, sometimes you gotta throw a little shade...
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Is this Earth or mars? 🤔
@nasa scientists discovered dozens of new microbe species while studying lava caves in Hawaii to better understand how to search for past or present life on Mars. go.nasa.gov/3mk5hqj
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How Exploring Hawaiian Caves Helps NASA Search for Life on Mars
When a scientist found herself inside a cave beneath the Mauna Loa volcano, she felt like she had entered another world. She may as well have been on Mars, and that's precisely why she had come.Svetlana Shekhtman (NASA)
Within a globular cluster orbiting the center of our galaxy, @NASAHubble found two separate populations of red giant stars, one unusually helium rich. These observations challenge ideas about formation. Did they arise together? go.nasa.gov/3mk1Ekc
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Hubble Spies a Multi-Generational Cluster
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the globular star cluster NGC 2419.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
A massive seaweed bloom in the Atlantic is the largest on record for March.
This map shows the seaweed stretching from the west coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists estimate the seaweed totaled about 13 million tons. go.nasa.gov/3KnVyar
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A Massive Seaweed Bloom in the Atlantic
A belt of seaweed that stretches from the west coast of Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is the largest on record for March.go.nasa.gov
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Cassiopeia A went out with a bang!
This supernova remnant, imaged by Hubble and @NASAWebb, is the leftover material from a massive star's death.
Studying Cas A across different wavelengths of light gives scientists a broader understanding of this supernova remnant.
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Webb Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details in Cassiopeia A
A new mid-infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a stellar explosion seen from Earth 340 years ago.Isabelle Yan (NASA)
The 3 astronauts who flew on Apollo 13, Fred Haise, John Swigert and Jim Lovell, are seen in this photo taken the day before launch #OTD in 1970.
Ken Mattingly, the prime Command Module Pilot, was bumped from the flight 3 days before launch after being exposed to German Measles.
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Easy Grounding Exercises
Two useful grounding techniques for times you feel overwhelmed, intensely anxious, or dissociated from your environmentStephanie Cordes (Dr. Stephanie Cordes, ND)
IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern
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APOD: 2023 April 10 – IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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What's Up: April 2023 Skywatching Tips from NASA
What are some skywatching highlights in April 2023?Mercury reaches its highest in the evening sky for the year for Northern Hemisphere observers. The Moon ma...YouTube
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Introducing the Mercury 7!
The first seven @nasa astronauts were revealed #OTD in 1959, just six months after the establishment of the space agency.
Learn more about their pioneering space flights: go.nasa.gov/43gnqpQ
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Tectonic uplift millions of years ago formed Edwards Plateau in Texas, shown in this @Space_Station astronaut photo.
Darker soils of the Blackland Prairies can be seen between the urban areas of Austin and San Antonio. go.nasa.gov/3zYsim9
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A Plateau in the Heart of Texas
Tectonic uplift millions of years ago formed Edwards Plateau, a feature that influences how people now use the land.go.nasa.gov
alt headline…
“Tectonic uplift or I-35 traffic:
Which of these is the true cause of geological change in Central Texas?”
The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
Image Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA), W. Sparks (STScI) & R. Sahai (JPL), NASA
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APOD: 2023 April 9 – The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 April 9 – The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
One year from now, millions of skywatchers across the U.S. will have the opportunity to see a total solar eclipse. It will be the last time one will cross the U.S. for more than 20 years.
Where will you be? go.nasa.gov/3KnSYRL
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NASA Solar Eclipse Partner Locations for 2023 and 2024
NASA has selected the following locations as its primary partner locations for the total solar eclipse: Kerrville, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Cleveland, Ohio. Each location will provide a group viewing area for the public.NASA Solar System Exploration
already made my reservation in Indianapolis for the night before. not missing this one.
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Future Eclipses | Eclipses – NASA Solar System Exploration
Solar and lunar eclipses happen every year, across the world.NASA Solar System Exploration
Spacesuits are more than just garments. On the freezing surface of the Moon, they keep astronauts alive.
Learn how engineers like Paromita Mitra have contributed to the development of the next generation of spacesuits on this episode of Curious Universe: go.nasa.gov/3KdkiCm
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Curious Universe Season 5 Ep 7: Suiting up for Space
Spacesuits are more than just garments – in the airless vacuum of space or on the freezing surface of the moon, they keep astronauts alive.Gary Daines (NASA)
30 years ago today, Ellen Ochoa (@Astro_Ellen) became the first Latina in space with the launch of STS-56!
Selected as an astronaut in 1990, Ochoa has flown to space four times, logging nearly 1,000 hours.
Learn more about her storied career: go.nasa.gov/3m4xuBo
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Scientists with NASA’s EXPORTS mission set out to study carbon in the ocean with ships, buoys, gliders and more.
Now, @NASAEarthdata scientists are working to manage all of that data, which will ultimately help develop models of ocean carbon. go.nasa.gov/3GpI50K
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Deep Data: Analyzing Carbon in the Ocean
NASA experts created a data ecosystem for an ambitious field campaign studying the carbon cycle in the ocean.Charlie Plain (Earthdata)
A @nasa study confirms: major wet and dry events are occurring more often due to climate change.
There were four of these events, on average, per year from 2015-2021. That’s up from an average of three per year for 2002-2015. go.nasa.gov/3MbImbm
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Warming Makes Droughts, Wet Events More Frequent, Intense
Scientists have predicted that droughts, floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but measuring this on regional scales has proven difficult.Jennifer Fadoul (NASA)
The scientists analyzed 20 years of GRACE and GRACE-FO data in the study.
These satellites use Earth’s gravity to measure changes in water stored in soils, lakes, aquifers, snow and more.
More on the mission: go.nasa.gov/3MgRefR
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Crewmates Relocate Soyuz Crew Ship to New Docking Port
The Soyuz MS-23, with Expedition 69 crew members Frank Rubio of NASA, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin aboard, has successfully docked to the Prichal module on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station at 5:…go.nasa.gov
From Monday's #Artemis II crew announcement to the latest science updates from Mars and Uranus, it's been a whirlwind week across the solar system.
Check out what else has been going on This Week at NASA—then get the details on our Artemis II mission: nasa.gov/specials/artemis-ii/
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NASA: Artemis II Crew
Meet the astronauts who will venture beyond the Moon on Artemis II, flying farther into space than any humans ever have before and paving the way for future lunar surface missions.NASA
M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing: Judy Schmidt
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APOD: 2023 April 8 – M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
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My favorite is the one impossibly spinning backwards. I stay up nights thinking about this one.
APOD: 2023 April 8 – M100: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy
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Eyes on the Solar System - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of the Solar System. Learn about past and future missions.Eyes on the Solar System - NASA/JPL
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Life in the Universe: What are the Odds?
We don't know when, or even if, we'll find life beyond Earth, but NASA scientists continue the hunt among the thousands of exoplanets confirmed in the galaxy so far.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
In 1971, a sounding rocket detected polarized X-rays emitted from the Crab Nebula for the first time. More than 50 years later, NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has revealed that the magnetic field is donut shaped!
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Historic Nebula Seen Like Never Before With NASA's IXPE
Scientists have used IXPE to create a detailed, nuanced map of the Crab Nebula’s magnetic field, revealing more of its inner workings than ever before.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
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in reply to NASA • • •I called this wrong. Just like I thought we would have more leap seconds.
Mother Nature is a curious beast.