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It’s spring on Mars, and love – make that ozone – is in the air! In this image from our MAVEN orbiter, the magenta color indicates the presence of ozone, which warms the region and causes the dynamic weather visible in the clouds. Details: bit.ly/417OGWz
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The full set, in one view! Check out my new panorama, featuring all 🔟 of the sample tubes I recently set down as a backup for #MarsSampleReturn.

Trouble spotting them all? Improve your odds with this interactive viewer, and zoom in on the full image: go.nasa.gov/3K4kjtJ
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I can "feel" the oddly near horizon. I feel like I can smell the iron fines from the airlock where I suited up. The radiation exposure starts adding up immediately, but it would still be amazing to see.


In our newest citizen science project, you can @DoNASAScience by helping to train AI algorithms to search for potential signs of life beyond Earth: go.nasa.gov/3InYiEY
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🫶🤔😅😂 "It's the intention that matters" 💖

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Hi there NASA, could you please confirm if the moon is in fact haunted.





That’s home. That’s us. 🌎

This image dubbed the “pale blue dot” was taken by @NASAVoyager today in 1990. As the spacecraft sped toward interstellar space, it captured Earth from 3.7 billion miles (6 billion km) away. Find out 10 fast facts: go.nasa.gov/3E7eW9m
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Star-crossed lovers❤️‍🔥
5,300 light-years away, two stars are locked in a fiery dance. They come together every 8 years with such force that stellar material is blown away. Each meeting forms a new ring. @NASAWebb captured a century+ of this dance. go.nasa.gov/3RYZlwG
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Tidally locked or forever alone? Tight with your squad and/or dreaming of a hot Jupiter? Happy #ValentinesDay! Check out our love stories from alien worlds: go.nasa.gov/40TXZce
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Grateful for all of you this Valentine’s Day. We think you’re out of this world.

Happy Valentine’s Day from NASA’s Planetary Science Division!

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The Heart and Soul Nebulas apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230214.ht… #APOD
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Love you to the Moon and back!

On Valentine's Day 2023, 19:00 GMT, this is 464421.5 miles

The Moon is roughly 30 times the diameter of Earth away, but because its orbit isn't perfectly circular, its distance varies from about 28-32 Earth diameters throughout a month.
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Happy #ValentinesDay from Venus – the planet named for the goddess of love! 💖

Hubble captured this image in ultraviolet light back in 1995. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, with surface temperatures at about 900 degrees Fahrenheit! More: go.nasa.gov/3E7r36j
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LOX lift us up where we belong 💖 🚀

Find a bae that boosts you #ValentinesDay
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Happy #Valentines Day on behalf of #Artemis.

We would love to keep you in our orbit. There is no love crater than ours.
#NASAArtemis #Artemis



The Heart and Soul Nebulas

Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro

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We love planets (like the 5,250 worlds discovered beyond our solar system). So, when disaster strikes our beloved home, we're proud to see @nasa tools at work. See how @nasa is helping the earthquake response in Turkey and Syria. nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-satell…
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Pluto is really leaning into #GalentinesDay this year.

For planetary poetry to share with the important people in your life, check out:
go.nasa.gov/3RXTQjn
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Our Curious Universe podcast is back! Listen or read along every Tuesday starting Feb. 21. Asteroid cataloging, rocket launches, and new spacesuits are but a taste of what this season has to offer.

Check out the first four seasons at nasa.gov/curiousuniverse
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A series of storms brought lots of precipitation to California, helping replenish snowpack and reservoirs.

But was it enough to reverse a decades-long decline in groundwater? It’s unlikely, according to @nasagoddard research.

Full story: go.nasa.gov/3lo9nwK 🌧️ 💧
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These #Landsat images show how the rain replenished the two largest reservoirs in California: Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville.

However, the precipitation is likely insufficient to reverse the long-term groundwater depletion according to research by @nasagoddard scientists.
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This chart shows an overall downward trend in terrestrial water storage (dark blue).

The other lines show why this is happening – groundwater (light blue) is sharply decreasing. Data are from @nasa’s GRACE and GRACE-FO satellites.

Full story: go.nasa.gov/3lo9nwK
#NASAEarth



The Hubble Traveling Exhibit is now open at the INFINITY Science Center in Pearlington, Mississippi – marking the exhibit's 41st stop!

Featuring cosmic images and astronaut tools, the exhibit immerses visitors in the magnificence of the Hubble mission: go.nasa.gov/3jW1GgU
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in reply to NASA

How did you guys miss Colorado! I would so attend the exhibit if you brought to Colorado! And I'd bring friends...

This would be great as an immersive experience like those arts ones, btw.



The famous Pillars of Creation are just a tiny part of the Eagle Nebula. They're both beautiful and hold clues to our universe.
#MondayMotivation: Alone or together, we see your glow!💖 go.nasa.gov/2kivGRZ
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“Through my job communicating and doing outreach, I’m making people aware of how we all can contribute to a more sustainable environment, and helping future generations meet their needs.”

Celebrate #BHM: go.nasa.gov/3E09chG
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.@nasa’s Curious Universe podcast is back for season 5. Tune in for new wild and wonderful adventures starting Tuesday, Feb. 21. nasa.gov/curiousuniverse
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.@nasa and its international partners have approved the crew for @Axiom_Space’s second private astronaut mission to the space station, Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), targeted to launch in spring 2023. go.nasa.gov/3lARCub
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Comet ZTF and Mars apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230213.ht… #APOD
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Grab your headphones! 🎧 NASA's Curious Universe podcast is back.

From wildfires here on Earth to Venus’ scorching surface, tune in for a new season of adventures starting Tuesday, Feb. 21. All you need is your curiosity. nasa.gov/curiousuniverse
#NASAEarth



Happy 100th #birthday to the late, great Chuck Yeager, World War II flying ace and test pilot who shattered the myth of the sound barrier in 1947. 🥳

Yeager is seen here with the Bell X-1A which he flew to a then-record speed of Mach 2.44 on December 12, 1953.

📷 @usairforce
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Our next mission to the @Space_Station is only a couple of weeks away!

#Crew6 is scheduled to lift off from @NASAKennedy on Sunday, Feb. 26—and if you can't watch the launch in person, there are plenty of ways to join in online: go.nasa.gov/3lvDS3Y
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An astronaut on the @Space_Station took these images of the Quirimbas Islands stretching 322 kilometers (200 miles) along Mozambique’s coastline in 2021.

Blue-green water around the islands highlights the shallow complex of corals, sand and seagrass. go.nasa.gov/3HRPKVp
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Comet ZTF and Mars

Image Credit & Copyright: Donato Lioce

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it would be great if you could include at least part of the description linked as the alt-text for the image…
in reply to (moving) APOD

Thanks for sharing this. Our weather was crappy and we never did get to see it.


Did somebody say touchdown?

NEAR Shoemaker became the 1st ever spacecraft to touch down on an asteroid #OTD in 2001. Although the probe wasn't expected to survive the landing, it surprised scientists by continuing to transmit data for ~2 weeks on Eros! go.nasa.gov/3JN2Vd0
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The city lights of the Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale metro area, home of Super Bowl LVII, glitter in these photos taken from the space station. 🌃🏈

More cities at night.. flic.kr/s/aHsmPGtXhX
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why is it “home of Super Bowl xxxx”? It’s more like a one-night stand, where afterwards they leave a mess and don’t even offer cab fare.
in reply to NASA

Just think of all the water getting used in that desert.

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