This astronaut photograph, taken from the @Space_Station, illustrates the geology of the Zagros Mountains in southern Iran, along the Persian Gulf coast.
This view shows two geological features: fold mountains and salt domes. ⛰🧂: go.nasa.gov/3XBqXv8
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Ridges and Valleys of the Zagros Mountains
This astronaut photograph illustrates the undulating geology of a segment of the mountain range in southern Iran.go.nasa.gov
🧑🚀: go.nasa.gov/3krySwP
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Great Britain and Ireland Show Their Colors
Mountains, vegetation, and urban centers contribute to the islands’ colorful palette.go.nasa.gov
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NASA Awards Students Flight Opportunity in TechRise Challenge
NASA selected 60 winning teams for the second TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest designed to engage students in technology, science, and space exploration.Roxana Bardan (NASA)
MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Dan Coe (STScI), Rebecca Larson (UT), Yu-Yang Hsiao (JHU); Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Text: Michael Rutkowski (Minn. St. U. Mankato)
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APOD: 2023 January 18 – MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb
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APOD: 2023 January 18 – MACS0647: Gravitational Lensing of the Early Universe by Webb
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Creeping, rising, falling, slipping – some parts of Earth are always moving. Using advanced tools and creative data analyses, @nasa scientists are monitoring Earth’s movements, which are usually too tiny for us to notice.
A few things we’ve learned: go.nasa.gov/3XpYrgw
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NASA Scientists and Satellites Make Sense of Earth’s Subtle Motions
What can hidden motions underground tell us about earthquakes, eruptions, and even climate change? NASA scientists are using data gathered 400 miles above Earth to find out.Tony Greicius (NASA)
The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii began erupting on Jan. 5, 2023 according to @usgs.
This image made from #Landsat 8 data shows a satellite view of the volcano from Jan. 11 overlaid with the infrared signature (in red) from the lava’s heat.
🌋: go.nasa.gov/3IRSVhZ
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Understanding Sea Level | NASA Sea Level Change
Get an in-depth look at the science behind sea level rise.NASA Sea Level Change Portal
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Crew Works on Spacewalk Preparations and Science Hardware
Spacewalk preparations are continuing aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 68 crew ensures the operations of research hardware in microgravity.blogs.nasa.gov
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Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet
The planet is rocky and almost precisely the same size as Earth, but whips around its star in only two days.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Commander Moonikin Campos, having flown around the Moon & returned to Earth, has emerged from @NASA_Orion & is heading to @NASA_Johnson for evaluation.
Campos collected data throughout the flight that will prepare astronauts for future #Artemis missions: go.nasa.gov/3CYwRyv
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Commander Moonikin Campos Returns from Artemis I Mission
Commander Moonikin Campos returns from Artemis I mission.Linda Herridge (NASA)
This nebula’s weather forecast? 200,000 degrees Celsius! 🔥
That’s the surface temperature of the dying star at the center of the nebula NGC 2440.
It’s shedding outer layers of material to create the complex structure seen in this #HubbleClassic image: go.nasa.gov/3HcVbzo
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LIVE: Preview the Jan. 20 spacewalk, where astronauts Nicole Mann and Wakata Koichi will install hardware for future power system upgrades to the @Space_Station. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1kvKp…
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Watch live as teams work on @EuropaClipper, set to launch Oct. 2024 to see if Jupiter's icy moon Europa has the right conditions for life. Today, two sections of the spacecraft are being joined.
Chat with @NASAJPL at 1pm ET (10am PT, 1800 UTC): youtube.com/watch?v=nJ_D9o3Yem…
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Live From the Clean Room - Building Europa Clipper
Watch live as NASA's next outer solar system mission, Europa Clipper, is built and tested in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the agency's Jet Propulsion ...YouTube
That's how we roll
Space Shuttle Discovery rolled out to the launch pad #OTD in 1997, in preparation for STS-82, the second Hubble Servicing mission.
#tuesdayvibe #morning
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Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Yann Sainty & Marcel Drechsler
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APOD: 2023 January 17 – Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that." — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
With respect and gratitude, we look to the stars on #MLKDay
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#20YearsAgo today Space Shuttle Columbia launched on mission STS-107 with Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Michael Anderson, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Ilan Ramon on board.
What I remember the most is the difference in the reactions; after Challenger, everyone was still in shock for days, even if you weren't "one of them weird space freaks."
Columbia? It was pushed aside by all the news channels in an hour or so, and when I went out later that same day, there was literally no one else talking about it, or even seemed to be aware of it having happened. It didn't even make front-page news where I was, I don't think.
That was when I knew something had fundamentally changed in society, for the worse. Much worse.
Experiences surrounding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s time spent working on a tobacco farm likely influenced his future as a minister and civil rights activist.
This #Landsat 9 image shows the Meadowood tobacco farm, where King worked, in Simsbury, CT. go.nasa.gov/3X8BbmJ
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NASA announced its 8th group of astronauts #OTD in 1978, including 15 Shuttle pilot and 20 mission-specialist candidates. The group, dubbed the "Thirty-Five New Guys" was the 1st to include minorities and the 1st new astronaut group since 1969.
More: go.nasa.gov/3GG5PgA
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45 Years Ago: NASA Selects 35 New Astronauts
On Jan. 16, 1978, NASA announced the selection of 35 new astronauts, the first time in more than eight years that the agency had admitted new astronauts.Kelli Mars (NASA)
The @Space_Station captured this view of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, in 2013.
@nasa honors Dr. King’s life and legacy by expanding mission equity, engaging in public service, and sharing knowledge for the benefit of humanity. go.nasa.gov/3IKKwNg
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Atlanta Shines at Night
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, is seen on January 20, 2013, in this image from the International Space Station as it flew approximately 240 miles above the city.Monika Luabeya (NASA)
Moon Enhanced
Image Credit & Copyright: Darya Kawa Mirza
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APOD: 2023 January 16 – Moon Enhanced
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These swirls of discolored water are signs that Kaitoku, a triple-peaked submarine volcano north of Io Jima, is active. 🌊🌋
@nasa’s #Landsat 8 satellite captured these images on Jan. 3, 2023. Activity started in August 2022 has continued periodically. go.nasa.gov/3GFjh4i
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Kaitoku Says Hello
Swirls of discolored water are signs of activity from the underwater volcano.go.nasa.gov
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Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai Erupts
Several Earth-observing satellites collected data during and after the potent blast spurred a tsunami and lofted volcanic material high into the stratosphere.go.nasa.gov
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NASA’s Webb Uncovers Star Formation in Cluster’s Dusty Ribbons
NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, is full of mystery. Now, it is less mysterious with new findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.Jessica Merzdorf (NASA)
APOD: 2023 January 15 – M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
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A sample-return mission that led to big discoveries! ☄️
#OTD in 2006, the Stardust spacecraft returned samples of Comet Wild 2 to the Earth for study. Stardust, launched in 1999, was the first NASA mission dedicated to studying comets.
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NASA to Provide Coverage of US Spacewalk, Preview News Conference
Two astronauts on the International Space Station will conduct a spacewalk Friday, Jan. 20, to install hardware for future power system upgrades.Gerelle Dodson (NASA)
Stardust was also the first robotic mission to return a sample of extraterrestrial material from beyond lunar orbit. The returned sample yielded a scientific bonanza…
📷 Stardust's sample return capsule landed in Utah with cometary and interstellar particles
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Scientists were intrigued by what the particles indicated about the origins of comet materials, and also found the amino acid glycine in the particles, a fundamental building block of life on Earth!
Read the details of their findings: go.nasa.gov/3ZxUQOW
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Bonus round!
After the sample return capsule returned to Earth, the Stardust spacecraft was approved to perform a SECOND mission, called Stardust NExT, to fly by Comet Tempel 1!
Learn more about Stardust and Stardust NExT: go.nasa.gov/3Zr9S8W
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In Depth | Stardust – NASA Solar System Exploration
Stardust was the first spacecraft to return samples from a comet to Earth.NASA Solar System Exploration
M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, J. Hester, A. Loll (ASU)
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APOD: 2023 January 15 – M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
NASA’s Aqua satellite took this image of the Antarctic peninsula in Dec. 2022 when sea ice around the continent was breaking up and melting—a seasonal occurrence that usually begins in September and continues into February. 🧊
More: go.nasa.gov/3H0r7qn
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Clear Days for Iceberg Spotting
The summer sky was unusually cloud-free when NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the Antarctic Peninsula.go.nasa.gov
But the decline so far in the 2022-2023 season has been especially steep.
According to the @NSIDC, the extent of sea ice around Antarctica at the end of December 2022 was the lowest in 45 years of satellite records.
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Digging In: When Rovers Get Dirt on Mars - S4E11
Aaron Yazzie and others explain how, by scooping dirt and drilling rocks, rovers are digging deeper into the mysteries of Mars.Tony Greicius (NASA)
1. Be a supermassive black hole ⚫
2. Catch a star that wanders too close & suck in its outer gas 🥤
3. Shred the star 🔪
4. Twist the star remnants into a donut shape that will eventually fall into the black hole 🍩
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Hubble Finds Hungry Black Hole Twisting Captured Star Into Donut Shape
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have recorded a star's final moments in detail as it gets gobbled up by a black hole.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
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