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When @NASAWebb looked at a developing planetary system, it detected water vapor in the building materials, in the region where rocky planets like Earth may be forming: go.nasa.gov/3O5LR2j
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Webb detected water in the inner disk of PDS 70, within 100 million miles of the star. Though we’ve seen water in similar disks, Webb’s discovery is the first detection of water in the “rocky planet zone” of a system known to have 2 or more developing planets.
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So all we have to do is wait a few billion years, and we can hope for extraterrestrial life?


On our world, water is life. But how did it get here? Are there similar environments around other stars?

Webb has us one step closer to answers. In a still-developing “solar system,” Webb detected water in the zone where rocky planets like Earth may form: go.nasa.gov/3O5LR2j
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Join us in celebrating @NASAInterns! Ahead of #NationalInternDay, July 27, hear from current and former interns, and discover the work they do.

Interested in interning with us, or know someone who might? Spring internship applications are due Aug. 31: go.nasa.gov/44WNcPJ
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Zenbleed: an AMD Zen 2 speculative vulnerability lwn.net/Articles/939099/ #LWN
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What's your vibe? Calm? Creative? Ever ready? Smart? (A mix?)
Take our fun quiz to get your results and learn the perfect exoplanets for you! Share your results and tag us! go.nasa.gov/44SCw4G
#MondayMotivation
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NASA Administrator Dr. Thomas Paine (left) and U.S. President Richard M. Nixon wait aboard the U.S.S. Hornet recovery ship for the splashdown of the Apollo 11 command module #OTD in 1969.

Read more about Apollo 11's return to Earth: go.nasa.gov/3OghnvV
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Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230724.ht… #APOD
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Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Kleinburger

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Irradiated planets☢️
After a star goes supernova, its leftover core can rotate quickly, blasting pulses of radiation at intervals typically ranging from milliseconds to seconds. Orbiting pulsar planets would be hellish wastelands. We💚 them. exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/…
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Look on the bright side! No, really – see how the left side appears brighter in color?

It's caused by differences in sand cover. The western side of Egypt’s Lake Nasser is covered by sand and the eastern side is mostly rock. go.nasa.gov/3rJy6ib

📷: @Space_Station astronaut
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Happy 24th birthday @chandraxray! Seen here just before being deployed from Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-93) #OTD in 1999, this powerful space observatory was initially expected to function for 5 years.

Read how Chandra has vastly advanced X-ray astronomy: go.nasa.gov/3OfPXWV
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The Antikythera Mechanism apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230723.ht… #APOD
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The Antikythera Mechanism

Image Credit & License: Marsyas, Wikipedia

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A ''dream'' planet?🩷
GJ 504 b is still glowing from the heat of its formation 160 million years ago. Astronomers say it is dark magenta, or the color of cherry blossoms. It orbits a star faintly visible to the unaided eye in the constellation Virgo. exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/116/m…
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Our @nasa booth at #ComicCon introduced the Exoplaneteers explorers, and the fun doesn't end there! Take our personality quiz to get an exoplanet just right for you. Exoplanets.nasa.gov
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Leave it to beavers to improve Earth’s ecosystems! 🦫

Scientists are studying how beavers impact ecosystems using @NASA_Landsat and Sentinel data, which help them compare across larger locations and over time. go.nasa.gov/3rszBkK

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An unbeatable view

As the Apollo 11 astronauts make their way back home, they capture this image of Earth not long after leaving the Moon's gravitational sphere of influence.

See more photos captured by the Apollo 11 astronauts: go.nasa.gov/43todCz
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This week at NASA:

• A swath of small satellites headed into orbit
• Our new hurricane-observing satellites viewed their first storms
• We kept our “A” for investing in small businesses

Keep up with all things space and aeronautics: nasa.gov/subscribe

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Apollo 11: Armstrong's Lunar Selfie apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230722.ht… #APOD
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Apollo 11: Armstrong's Lunar Selfie

Image Credit: NASA, Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong; Processing: Michael Ranger

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El administrador de NASA viajará a Sudamérica, hablará de cooperación nasa.gov/press-release/el-admi… #NASA
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NASA Administrator to Head to South America; Discuss Space Cooperation nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ad… #NASA
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Louisiana Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station nasa.gov/press-release/louisia… #NASA
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Galactic Cirrus: Mandel Wilson 9

Image Credit & Copyright: Gabriel Rodrigues Santos

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Galactic Cirrus: Mandel Wilson 9 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230721.ht… #APOD
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Our daredevil spacecraft is almost home! On Sept. 24, after a seven-year-long journey #ToBennuAndBack, OSIRIS-REx will return to Earth with a sample of asteroid Bennu.

Mission updates: blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/

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NASA, White House Advance Historically Black Scholar Recognition nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-wh… #NASA
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NASA Awards Integrated Mission Operations Contract III nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-aw… #NASA
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A third round of eye exams and more station maintenance topped today’s schedule for the Exp 69 crew. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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Our @nasa team debuted a new cast of exoplanet explorers, the Exoplaneteers, today at #ComicCon! Take our fun quiz to find out what kind of explorer you are, and get the perfect planet for you! Check it all out at exoplanets.nasa.gov!
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What kind of exoplanet explorer are you? Cool and calm, or eager and excited? Are you always prepared, or more impulsive? Take our quiz to find out, and get the perfect exoplanet for you! exoplanets.nasa.gov/quizzes/ex…
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A total eclipse will sweep across North America on April 8, 2024. In preparation, we have awarded funding for three science teams to conduct citizen science investigations that will help study the Sun. Here are three ways you'll be able to take part: go.nasa.gov/43CDlO2
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One small step.

OTD 54 years ago, Apollo 11 crewmembers became the first human beings to set foot on the lunar surface.

Today, we’re building on the legacy of Apollo as we prepare to establish a long-term human infrastructure on the Moon with #Artemis. #InternationalMoonDay
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Rock on! Or...off?

After last year's #DARTMission, when @nasa intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, Hubble has been observing the aftermath.

This Hubble image shows a few dozen boulders knocked off the asteroid by the collision: go.nasa.gov/44TUlQK
#Hubble



Happy #InternationalMoonDay!

#OTD 54 years ago, the Apollo 11 crew became the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface.

With #Artemis, we will build on Apollo to establish long-term human infrastructure on the Moon.
#NASAArtemis #Artemis

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History was made. I wasn't even born in that decade. 🚀 "Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. An estimated 650 million people watched Armstrong's televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969." nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/…


"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."

Neil Armstrong's famous words upon stepping onto the Moon's surface were witnessed by 650 million people from around the globe #OTD in 1969. Watch ▶️ go.nasa.gov/46UfwEf

Do you have recollections of this day?
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Yes, it's my earliest memory, watching on a B&W TV in the dining room with all the neighbors. They we went into the back yard and looked at the moon through our telescope, knowing there were humans on it.


Recovery teams met this week at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range to participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from @nasa's OSIRIS-REx mission. Check out more images here 📸 flic.kr/s/aHBqjAN6Ys
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the sample return capsule in The Andromeda Strain looked just like that.


M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Close Up

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing: Jonathan Lodge

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M64: The Black Eye Galaxy Close Up apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230720.ht… #APOD
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