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#NASAExoplanets
Astronomers Discover Planets in NASA Kepler's Final Days of Observations
A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified what may be some of the last planets NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope observed during its nearly decade-long mission.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Liftoff! 🚀
@SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is headed to the station following a successful launch at 11:47am ET today. #CRS28 will deliver new science, food, supplies and equipment to the station. Docking is set for 5:50am ET on June 6. More: go.nasa.gov/3qw2gFm
#ISS
NASA, SpaceX Launch Solar Arrays, Cargo to Space Station
Following a successful launch of NASA’s SpaceX 28th commercial resupply services mission, two new solar arrays, science investigations, and supplies are on their way to the International Space Station.Abbey Donaldson (NASA)
Watching a breakup like 🫣🧊
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured these images of the Amundsen Gulf in northern Canada before (left) and after (right) fast ice broke up in late May of 2023. go.nasa.gov/43H72hl
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Splintering Sea Ice in the Amundsen Gulf
Sea ice crumbled rapidly in the waters of northern Canada as conditions changed in May.go.nasa.gov
All the exoplanet locations can be further explored here: exoplanets.nasa.gov/travel
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Take a virtual trip with NASA
Book your trip to the imagined surfaces of planets outside our solar system, with NASA's interactive Exoplanet Travel BureauExoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
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Research Flies to the Space Station on SpaceX CRS-28
The 28th SpaceX commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than June 3.Carrie Gilder (NASA)
LIVE: We're sending science—and a new set of unrolling solar arrays—to the @Space_Station!
@SpaceX's uncrewed #CRS28 mission is scheduled to launch at 11:47am ET (1547 UTC), weather permitting. Watch with us. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1PlJQ…
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One galaxy + three observatories = lots of information (and beauty!) from NGC 1672!
Visible-light data from Hubble, along with X-ray data from @ChandraXRay and infrared observations from @NASAWebb, combine in this amazing view 60 million light-years away: go.nasa.gov/3MOWR3p
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NASA's Chandra, Webb Combine for Arresting Views
Four composite images deliver dazzling views from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope of two galaxies, a nebula, and a star cluster.Lee Mohon (NASA)
Space Life Science-1 (SLS-1), launched on Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-40) #OTD in 1991, was the first Spacelab mission dedicated to life sciences research AND the first NASA mission to have 3 women on board.
Research took place in a module, shown here, in Columbia's cargo bay.
#NASAhistory
In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
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APOD: 2023 June 5 – In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 June 5 – In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
#NASASolarSystem
NASA Skywatching Home
What’s visible in the night sky? Get skywatching tips and resources from NASA.NASA Solar System Exploration
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Two weeks of skis and snowmobiles and snowshoes, temperatures down to -40F, and countless frozen granola bars.
This is the life of scientists studying snow in Alaska with @nasa’s SnowEx mission. ❄️
Watch the mini doc:
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The Science of Snow: Digging for Data
It takes a lot of field work in challenging conditions to gather important snow data. This is the story of NASA’s last SnowEx campaign and those who particip...YouTube
When construction of NASA's first Space Shuttle began #OTD in 1974, its name hadn't yet been chosen. First called the Constitution, it was later named Enterprise after the fictional ship in #StarTrek! 🖖
Learn about Enterprise and its naming process: go.nasa.gov/3oGdbM2
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Color the Universe
Image Credit: Unknown, possibly C. Flammarion
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APOD: 2023 June 4 – Color the Universe
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
To me this image shows a humble shepherd who has climbed to the peak of a mountain and pierced the firmament that bounds the dome of the sky over our earthly realm. (Note that the Sun and Moon are part of this realm.) Now he is getting his mind blown by the wonders of the celestial realms beyond ordinary knowledge.
He's probably going to go found a cult.
hey @mattgrayyes @garybrannan
I know that name
There was a Citation Needed episode about Camille Flammarion
(which my girlfriend is coincidentally rewatching as we speak)
thank you for making my timeline a little more delightful this morning, several years ago and completely by accident
APOD: 2023 June 4 – Color the Universe
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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Are you a summer or winter person? ☀️❄️
The Nemuro Strait in these #Landsat images is one of the largest sand spits in Japan. In the summer, sea grass and kelp can be seen in Notsuke Bay, while in the winter, the bay’s shallow waters freeze over.
A Sandy Haven in Japan
The shallow waters of hook-shaped Notsuke Peninsula shelter sea grass and shrimp in eastern Hokkaido.go.nasa.gov
A geyser on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, the #Ax2 all-private astronaut crew depart the @Space_Station, and an independent panel of experts discusses unidentified anomalous phenomena: all this & more, this week at NASA.
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Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan blasted off in the Gemini 9A spacecraft #OTD in 1966 for a 3-day mission to practice docking with a target vehicle and test a new propulsion system on a spacewalk.
Things didn't go quite as planned ➡️ go.nasa.gov/3C4csqY
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Foggy mornings in the Himalayas… gotta love those @Space_Station views 🏔️😍
Can you spot Everest in this photo?
go.nasa.gov/43tFlIS
#NASAEarth
A Foggy Himalayan Morning
Sunrise is an opportune time to photograph fog as it rolls through the mountain range.go.nasa.gov
Calling all tabletop gamers! Have you ever wondered about the “alignment” of various cosmic objects?
For #InternationalTabletopDay, we sorted some Hubble views of our universe into different alignments. ⬇️
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Lawful: Grand design spiral galaxies
“Grand design” spirals earned their nickname because of their very well-defined, distinct spiral arms. Spiral galaxies are actively forming stars and make up a large amount of all the galaxies in our nearby universe!
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Neutral: Lenticular Galaxies
These “in-between” galaxies have traits of both spiral and elliptical galaxies: they host a central bulge of tightly packed stars, but they lack arms. Like ellipticals, lenticulars have older stars & little star formation.
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Chaotic: Quasars
A quasar is a beacon of intense light from the center of a distant galaxy that can outshine the entire galaxy. Powered by hungry black holes, they devour a lot of gas and dust that gets heated to high temperatures, and they unleash a torrent of radiation.
#Hubble
"This is the greatest experience, it's just tremendous."
#OTD in 1965, Gemini IV astronaut Ed White became the first American to perform a spacewalk, floating for 23 minutes while attached to the spacecraft.
Read about his spacewalk: go.nasa.gov/3CpeSAR
📷 by Jim McDivitt
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Gemini IV: Learning to Walk in Space
During Gemini IV, two astronauts not only stayed in orbit four days, one performed America's first spacewalk.NASA
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Charon: Moon of Pluto
Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Institute, U.S. Naval Observatory
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APOD: 2023 June 3 - Charon: Moon of Pluto
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 June 3 - Charon: Moon of Pluto
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Keep your eyes on the berg 👀 🧊
NASA’s Terra satellite captured Iceberg A-76A splintering into smaller pieces near the remote island of South Georgia. A-76A broke off from A-76 shortly after the initial calving event two years ago. go.nasa.gov/3WJ602h
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Shrinking Iceberg A-76A
The waters off the remote island of South Georgia splintered another Antarctic iceberg.go.nasa.gov
Glazed, powdered...or filled with lava? It's likely that volcanic activity played a role in forming these donut-shaped craters. The craters are unusual in shape but are fairly widespread on the pockmarked lunar surface.
#NationalDonutDay
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A Lunar Donut: Bell E Crater
Bell E Crater (22.06° N , 264.06° E; ~16 km diameter) controlled feature mosaic made from images M1139534784L/R & M1139527672L/R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].lroc.sese.asu.edu
Solving a dilemma with an antenna and a nimble gimbal.
Engineers at @NASAAmes recently tested a gimbal on the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), preparing the rover for future communications as it explores the lunar surface. go.nasa.gov/3C9cRIF
#NASAArtemis #Artemis
Engineers Test VIPER’s Very Nimble Gimbal
As VIPER, NASA’s next Moon rover, wheels about atop Mons Mouton – a large flat-topped mountain on the Moon’s South Pole – one small but mighty piece of hardware will be critical for the team of rover drivers and scientists to send it commands, know w…Rachel Hoover (NASA)
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NASA’s SpaceX CRS-28 Space Station Mission Prelaunch Teleconference
NASA and SpaceX discuss the results of the Launch Readiness Review for the company’s 28th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Sta...YouTube
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Research Flies to the Space Station on SpaceX CRS-28
The 28th SpaceX commercial resupply services (CRS) mission for NASA is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than June 3.Carrie Gilder (NASA)
Hubble’s observations of Jupiter’s moon Europa revealed water vapor in its atmosphere and the possibility of water plumes erupting off its surface.
In 2024, the @EuropaClipper will take a closer look – and you can go, too! #SendYourName on the spacecraft: go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
#Hubble
Sign Your Name to Europa Clipper's Message in a Bottle
You're invited to #SendYourName to Jupiter's moon Europa by signing a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón that will travel aboard NASA's @EuropaClipper spacecraftNASA's Europa Clipper
You're invited to sign the poem “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.
The poem (and your name!) will travel 1.8 billion miles on Europa Clipper’s voyage to Jupiter!
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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s poem celebrates water—what connects the two ocean worlds @EuropaClipper travels between.
Make your special connection to Europa & #SendYourName aboard our spacecraft on this 1.8 billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s moon: go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle
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Sign Your Name to Europa Clipper's Message in a Bottle
You're invited to #SendYourName to Jupiter's moon Europa by signing a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón that will travel aboard NASA's @EuropaClipper spacecraftNASA's Europa Clipper
#ISS
Spacewalk Preps, Science Work as Dragon Counts Down to Launch
Spacesuits and science filled the Expedition 69 schedule at the end of the workweek aboard the International Space Station.blogs.nasa.gov
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