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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Janice Lee (NOIRLab) - Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230218.ht… #APOD
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The Progress 82 cargo resupply ship undocked from the space station at 9:26pm ET today completing a four-month cargo mission. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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forgive my ignorance, but how many docking points does the ISS have?


A lunar mountain is named for Apollo mathematician Melba Roy Mouton, @NASAPersevere shares a Martian postcard, and @NASASpinoff technology assists following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

All this and more this week at NASA: nasa.gov/subscribe
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Ice extent jumped to 21 percent in early February in response to a cold snap. But since then, it has declined. Maximum ice cover is usually between mid-February and early March.

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The Great Lakes have been unusually ice-free this winter. In this image from Feb. 13, ice cover on the lake was 7 percent – the lowest ice cover measured on this date of any year since 1973 when satellite-based record keeping began.

📸 Image by VIIRS on the @NOAA-20 satellite
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Army Corps Great Lakes Water Data

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We've been having spring-like temps in North Carolina since the big arctic freeze hit us at Christmas. Overnight temps have mainly been in the 40s and 50s, when they would normally be in the 20s and lower 30s, with at least a few nights in the teens. Yesterday I saw a cloud of gnats flying in the yard. We don't usually see them until late May.


Why does Lake Erie look so different from the other lakes?

Sediment kicked up by storms gives its water a marbled-like look.
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This infographic explains a lot of it: it’s shallow. That alone could result in more sediment movement, but is certainly also means the others are darker because they are so deep in comparison.


On the newest season of @nasa's Curious Universe, listeners will discover how future developments in spacesuits will keep #Artemis astronauts safe as they explore the Moon — and so much more.

Episodes air Tuesdays. Listen in: go.nasa.gov/3S5vuVf
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The launch of @nasa’s @SpaceX #Crew6 is targeted for 2:07am ET, Sunday, Feb. 26, from @NASAKennedy. The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to dock to the station at 2:54am ET, Monday, Feb. 27. go.nasa.gov/3Z0Ni68
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The Exp 68 crew worked on human research and space botany today and will see a Progress cargo craft depart the station tonight. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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And NASA’s VIPER mission will visit Mons Mouton on the Moon, named for NASA mathematician and programmer Melba Roy Mouton. Mouton was a “human computer” and head programmer of a team that helped NASA track spacecraft in orbit. nasa.gov/feature/ames/moon-mou…
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This week, two solar system objects gained names.

Meet Dinkinesh, an asteroid that the #LucyMission will flyby on Nov 1, 2023. 'Dinkinesh' is the Ethiopian name for the human-ancestor fossil, also known as Lucy, which was discovered there.
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A Cosmic Ballroom 💃
About 1,900 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus, six stars are entwined in an elaborate dance. Three two-star pairs orbit each other, and all six move in synchronicity.
go.nasa.gov/40ZucPH
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U sure this can exist?
It strongly reminds me of medieval "epicycles" before the heliocentric astronomy became accepted...


Scientists used a @nasa supercomputer to analyze 80 million stars observed by the TESS spacecraft to find eclipsing multi-star systems. Such eclipsing binaries help inform detailed measurements of the stars’ sizes, masses and temperatures. go.nasa.gov/40ZucPH
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“I want them to reach for the stars and realize that they can be scientists or engineers who work at NASA. I want them to know that NASA also offers a plethora of other careers.” Dr. Trena Ferrell aims to inspire students as NASA Earth’s Education and Public Outreach lead. #BHM
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She pulls from her love of science and education to share NASA research, support large-scale public events across the country, and work closely with citizen scientists.

Get to know Dr. Trena Ferrell in this Q&A: go.nasa.gov/3KpnlsC
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The answer is 4 million! Explore more images from the ISS: go.nasa.gov/3IzpmS4 🧑‍🚀 📷 🌏
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Humans have taken over 4 million photographs from space! 🤯 #FunFact

Images taken by the @Space_Station crew can be used to study changes on Earth's surface over time or significant weather events.

More images from the ISS: go.nasa.gov/3IzpmS4 🧑‍🚀 📷 🌏
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Welcome to NGC 7496.

Hubble and @NASAWebb have both observed this spiral galaxy providing data across multiple wavelengths of light.

This is just one of many galaxies Webb is studying to learn how star formation impacts galactic evolution: go.nasa.gov/3Z3u6ol
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Hubble looked at the spiral galaxy NGC 7496 to better understand the relationship between young stars and the cold, dense clouds of gas in which they form.

The Hubble image includes observations taken in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light. go.nasa.gov/3Sa6Anl
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Cool, so a few questions on the pic

the red star to the right of the centre of the galaxy, is that a red giant? and to the far right of the picture there is something very bright indeed, anothr galaxy or is that a supernova as it looks brighter than the centre of the galaxy.



This week on #SpaceToGround, learn more about the 3D bioprinting and dexterous manipulation research happening in the microgravity environment on the space station and how it can improve life on Earth and future space missions. 🧫🦾
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LIVE: We're sharing mission updates and discussing upcoming milestones for NASA's @Boeing Crew Flight Test mission. #Starliner is scheduled to launch to the @Space_Station no earlier than this April.

Listen in: youtube.com/live/1RWCd2owAfg
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25 years ago #today, Voyager 1 became the most distant human-made object in existence, surpassing Pioneer 10, which held that mantle for 25 years prior.

More about Voyager 1 and why it will remain our most distant probe for years to come go.nasa.gov/3Xw7cVu

Poster: @NASAJPL
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On a collision course 💥

This week’s #HubbleFriday image shows a spectacular trio of galaxies set to collide and eventually merge into one larger galaxy.

The galaxies, known to astronomers as SDSSCGB 10189, are within 50,000 light-years of one another: go.nasa.gov/3Z0YVK3
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2023 CX1 Meteor Flash

Image Credit & Copyright: Gijs de Reijke

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2023 CX1 Meteor Flash apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230217.ht… #APOD
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Virotest: a bioinformatics pipeline for virus identification in plants. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/…


The Exp 68 crew studied the central nervous system and the human heart then checked station sound levels with a flying robot on Thursday. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
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is NASA one of the coolest creation? Seems like it


Swirling space spider? The Eye of Sauron? What do you see?

With unprecedented clarity, @NASAWebb took its first look at the dust, gas, and star formation of nearby galaxies in infrared wavelengths, which may help us understand how galaxies form. go.nasa.gov/3KaHfaL
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Scientists at the University of Utah studied how snow worsens temperature inversions and air quality.

They found that the chance that air pollution would exceed national standards increased from about 5% to 22% when there was snow on the ground.
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The air in Salt Lake City, Utah is often among the most polluted in the U.S.

Snow cover increases the chance of temperature inversions – when warm air acts like a lid, trapping pollutants near the surface, new research finds. go.nasa.gov/3xqvkOA
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Little story: Drove down from Sun Valley (five hours) to spend night before flight next day. Washed all the road grime off my car before going to the airport. When I got back nine days later, hardly recognized my little orange Honda car. It was covered in grime from winter inversion. Went to car wash and washed the car again.


The Salt Lake City area was covered in snow on Feb. 2, 2023, when @nasa’s Aqua satellite took this image.

At the time, @EPA data showed the air quality was above 100 on the air quality index, making it unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Full story: go.nasa.gov/3xqvkOA
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.@nasa and @BoeingSpace will host a media teleconference at 11am ET Friday, Feb. 17, to provide a mission overview and status update on the first crewed flight test of the Starliner to the space station, targeted for launch no earlier than April. go.nasa.gov/40VjRnP
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And see the latest raw images on a nearly daily basis from the Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multime… as well as the Curiosity rover: mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/r…
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Is that a Shadow ship in the top right? This is Mars, it checks out.


Albert Antoine work over his 40+ years as a chemist at NASA included research on alternative energy, batteries, and fuel cells. Along with 5 Black colleagues, he encouraged minority students to pursue careers in space.
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New images from @NASAWebb show how some of the smallest-scale processes in our universe – the beginnings of star formation – impact the evolution of the largest objects in our cosmos: galaxies. go.nasa.gov/3XBBiqs
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this picture is incredible and terrifying in same time


The climb has begun! With my backup samples safe on the crater floor, I’m heading “upriver.” What am I looking for up on top of the ancient delta? One of my science team explains: go.nasa.gov/3XCaaaZ
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Follow along with our fleet of robotic explorers: mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration…

Set out on your own virtual expedition to the Red Planet: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste… 🔴🛰
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Why did the U.S. misjudge the potential of jet propulsion in the 1930s? What tests did the first group of astronauts undergo? How has public support of the space program changed over the years?

Get the answers in NACA to NASA to Now by Roger D. Launius. go.nasa.gov/3HUvzq1
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