Thank you, teachers! 🍎
This #TeacherAppreciationWeek, join us for a #NASAScience virtual event series designed with classrooms in mind — including 2 live talks on Webb’s recent science discoveries: go.nasa.gov/3p8Qb8h
#JamesWebb
In Appreciation of Educators, NASA Presents Digital Learning Week
NASA’s Science Activation Program invites learners of all ages, including students and educators, to join our Digital Learning Week Celebration.Tricia Talbert (NASA)
Bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness.
Happy #StarWarsDay. And #MayThe4thBeWithYou.
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"I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop..."
New NASA research suggests four of Uranus’ largest moons, some named for Shakespeare characters, likely contain an ocean layer between their cores and icy crusts. go.nasa.gov/423xSzL
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New Study of Uranus’ Large Moons Shows 4 May Hold Water
The work is based on new modeling and explores how oceans could exist in unlikely places in our solar system.Tony Greicius (NASA)
When I recently dropped 10 lightsabers – I mean *sample tubes* – on Mars, I was laying the groundwork for a potentially thrilling sequel. Future droids may recover this special cache. Meanwhile, there’s more to do on this desert planet…
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#PerseveranceRover
#NASAExoplanets
Meet 8 'Star Wars' Planets in Our Own Galaxy
The fantastical planets in Star Wars preceded our discovery of real planets outside our solar system...but the facts aren't far from fiction.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
#MayTheFourth be with you... especially if you come across a TIE fighter in the stars!
The galaxy UGC 6093 might look like right out of Star Wars, but it's just a barred spiral galaxy – meaning that it has a bar-shaped structure of stars in its center: go.nasa.gov/3oZns5C
#Hubble
One year ago today the @NASAMars InSight mission recorded the largest quake ever detected on another planet! go.nasa.gov/3noY3Sn
See how InSight's seismological data have given scientists an unprecedented view of Mars' core: go.nasa.gov/44l3mmq
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Star Wars: Fact or Fiction?
Do you know more about the Milky Way, or a galaxy far, far away? Test your knowledge and discover if you're a Padawan … or a Jedi Master.go.nasa.gov
#MayThe4thBeWithYou! ⭐⚔️
Last summer, @nasa ABoVE scientists studied how climate change is affecting the Arctic and boreal forests in Alaska and Canada.
On Aug. 22, 2022, they took a break and fought an epic battle… #StarWarsDay
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New C features in GCC 13 (Red Hat Developer)
The Red Hat Developer site has an overview of some of the new C-language features supported by the GCC 13 release.lwn.net
The potential planets around TW Hydrae are, comparatively, located about the distance that Jupiter is from our Sun.
The shadows complete one rotation around the star about every 15 years – the orbital period that would be expected at that distance from the star.
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Cosmic construction zone 🚧
Misaligned gas-and-dust disks around the young star TW Hydrae are likely caused by the gravitational pull of two developing planets in slightly different orbital planes.
Hubble observed shadows cast on the disks as a result: go.nasa.gov/3AQElSV
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Hubble Follows Shadow Play Around Planet-Forming Disk
The young star TW Hydrae is playing "shadow puppets" with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
Lower your blast shield and stretch out with your feelings
Launched #OTD in 1976 (a year before we 1st witnessed Luke's lightsaber training), LAGEOS was a laser-ranging satellite able to measure small changes in the Earth. #StarWarsDay
go.nasa.gov/3AOjEXJ
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Now 40, LAGEOS Set the Bar for Studies of Earth
Still going strong after 40 years in space, the LAGEOS satellite was NASA's first orbiter dedicated to precise laser measurements of Earth.NASA
The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
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APOD: 2023 May 4 - The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#NASAExoplanets
Caught in the Act: Astronomers Detect a Star Devouring a Planet
A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will go through a similar end-of-life transition.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
A hundred times brighter within a week. That's quite something.
I was much relieved to see that it's not for another 5 billion years, not 5 million, which I at first thought.
APOD: 2023 May 4 - The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#ISS
Cosmonauts Move Experiment Airlock and Complete Spacewalk
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin concluded their spacewalk May 3 at 11:11 p.m. EDT after 7 hours and 11 minutes.blogs.nasa.gov
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Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk to Move Experiment Airlock
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin began a spacewalk at 4:00 p.m. EDT to relocate an experiment airlock from the Rassvet module to the Nauka science module with assistance from European robotic arm operator cosmonaut Andrey Fedy…blogs.nasa.gov
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Cosmonaut Spacewalkers Exiting Station Soon to Move Airlock
NASA Television coverage is underway for today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.blogs.nasa.gov
#ISS
Axiom Mission 2 No Longer Planned for May 8
The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) is no longer planned for May 8.blogs.nasa.gov
For those who like to plan ahead...
More about the first observation of an aging star swallowing a planet: go.nasa.gov/42fREYs
#NASASolarSystem
Caught in the Act: Astronomers Detect a Star Devouring a Planet
A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will go through a similar end-of-life transition.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
#NASAhqphoto
20230503 Czech Republic Artemis Accords Signing
Explore this photo album by NASA HQ PHOTO on Flickr!NASA HQ PHOTO (Flickr)
Today we mark the 60th anniversary of the first test of the Apollo parachute system, a vital element in bringing the Apollo astronauts home safely after their flights to the Moon.
Read more: nasa.gov/feature/60-years-ago-…
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60 Years Ago: Apollo Parachute Development and Testing
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.Kelli Mars (NASA)
Our #BlackHoleWeek event is on the horizon. 🕳️
Join our May 5 @TwitterSpaces to learn from experts as they talk about black holes, including the one at the center of our galaxy. #AskNASA your questions and they might be answered live. twitter.com/i/spaces/1eaKbrOqo…
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"When can we agree to stop calling collapsed stars, holes?" - a question posted here because I will never go there.
No more t(w)itter events
APOD: 2023 May 3 – Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
25 years ago #today at 12:08 pm EDT, Space Shuttle Columbia touched down at @NASAKennedy 's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission.
Learn more about STS-90: go.nasa.gov/44lEsTO
#NASAhistory
25 Years Ago: The STS-90 Neurolab Mission
On April 17, 1998, space shuttle Columbia lifted off on the STS-90 Neurolab mission to conduct cutting edge research on the responses of the brain and central nervous system to spaceflight.Kelli Mars (NASA)
75 years ago today, Howard C. "Tick” Lilly was tragically killed in the line of duty when the Douglas D-558-I Skystreak he was piloting crashed on takeoff. He was just 31 years old. @NASAArmstrong
Learn more about Howard Lilly: go.nasa.gov/42bMWLA
#NASAhistory
Howard C. Lilly
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
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The Dark Canyon complex cuts through southeastern Utah in this @Space_Station photo.
The area has deep canyons and steep sandstone walls and is part of Bears Ears National Monument, home to many cultural and archaeological sites. go.nasa.gov/3LxePGW
#NASAEarth
Utah’s Dark Canyon Complex
Petroglyphs, hanging gardens, and deep canyons make this remote landscape a notable part of Bears Ears National Monument.go.nasa.gov
Interacting galaxies, known as AM 1214-255, shine bright in this new view from Hubble!
Both galaxies contain active galactic nuclei, which are luminous central regions that host a black hole. Learn more for #BlackHoleWeek: go.nasa.gov/3VoUSa9
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Hubble Captures Extraordinarily Bright Interacting Galaxies
This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows interacting galaxies known as AM 1214-255.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars
Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau & Tommy Tse; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230503.ht… #APOD
APOD: 2023 May 3 – Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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