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An outbreak of devastating fires in Chile in early February 2023 has diminished, but the burned landscape remains visible from space.
NASA’s Terra satellite took these false-color images before (left) and after the fires (right).
Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3IhChql
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Fires Scar the Chilean Landscape
The outbreak of fires in early February 2023 has diminished, but the burned area remained visible from space.go.nasa.gov
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Providing Power on Earth’s Evil Twin | Science Mission Directorate
NASA and Advanced Thermal Batteries, Inc. are developing a high-temperature battery system to power a long-lived lander on the Venus surface.science.nasa.gov
Most asteroids are small enough that they burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. But what would happen if a large asteroid were heading toward us?
This week on @nasa’s Curious Universe podcast, scientists talk about defending Earth from asteroids. 🎧: go.nasa.gov/3xG61Z9
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Curious Universe Season 5 Ep 1: “Defending the Planet from Asteroids”
Our solar system contains millions of asteroids, orbiting our sun and rocketing through the night sky! Join scientists Kelly Fast, Tom Statler, and Davide Farnocchia as we discover what we can learn from these building blocks of the universe, and ho…Gary Daines (NASA)
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NASA’s NuSTAR Telescope Reveals Hidden Light Shows on the Sun
Some of the hottest spots in the Sun’s atmosphere appear in the telescope’s X-ray view.Naomi Hartono (NASA)
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Curious Universe Season 5 Ep 1: “Defending the Planet from Asteroids”
Our solar system contains millions of asteroids, orbiting our sun and rocketing through the night sky! Join scientists Kelly Fast, Tom Statler, and Davide Farnocchia as we discover what we can learn from these building blocks of the universe, and ho…Gary Daines (NASA)
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Muscle Research, BEAM Work Ahead of Crew Ship Launches
The Expedition 68 crew members began the week exploring what microgravity is doing to their bodies and ways to offset those effects.blogs.nasa.gov
Inspiration is all around us.
Hamid Oloso, a computational scientist at @NASAGoddard, was inspired by different people along his journey from growing up in Ibadan, Nigeria to working at NASA on Earth system models.
Learn more about his story: go.nasa.gov/41ixpJY
#BHM
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NASA has learned a lot about asteroids in the last few years, and more information is on the way!
Tune in to this week to @nasa’s Curious Universe podcast for an episode all about asteroids: go.nasa.gov/3Ip6XWy
#NASASolarSystem
Curious Universe Season 5 Ep 1: “Defending the Planet from Asteroids”
Our solar system contains millions of asteroids, orbiting our sun and rocketing through the night sky! Join scientists Kelly Fast, Tom Statler, and Davide Farnocchia as we discover what we can learn from these building blocks of the universe, and ho…Gary Daines (NASA)
Happy Mardi Gras! 💜💛💚
During Mardi Gras season in 2012, the Mississippi River broke through its eastern bank and created a new channel to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mardi Gras Pass. #Landsat 8 recently captured this image of the pass.
Learn more: go.nasa.gov/41km8t0
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Mardi Gras Pass
This free-flowing distributary reconnects the mighty Mississippi to the wetlands of Louisiana.go.nasa.gov
Hubble is known for its spectacular images of our universe. But how exactly are those images processed from the data the telescope collects?
Find out in this video! ⬇️
#Hubble
Comet ZTF over Yosemite Falls
Image Credit & Copyright: Tara Mostofi
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APOD: 2023 February 21 – Comet ZTF over Yosemite Falls
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 February 21 – Comet ZTF over Yosemite Falls
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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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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A butterfly in the stars 🦋
This #HubbleClassic image of the Butterfly Nebula shows layers of gas being ejected from a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel.
Eventually this nebula will fade and leave behind a stellar corpse known as a white dwarf: go.nasa.gov/3KoP25a
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Caldwell 69
This structure may look like a cosmic butterfly unfurling its celestial wings, but there’s nothing gentle or delicate about this massive blowout.Edward Henderson (NASA)
John Glenn made history #OTD in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. He made 3 orbits (2 of them manually controlled) in the Friendship 7 capsule before splashing down.
Read the details of this landmark space flight: go.nasa.gov/40UWMSa
#NASAhistory
John Glenn, the First American to Orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7
In February 1962, the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was in full swing. Both nations had developed spacecraft to send humans into space and selected a group of pilots to fly those spacecraft.Kelli Mars (NASA)
NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way
Image Credit: NASA, ESA and P. Goudfrooij (STScI); Processing: M. H. Özsaraç (Türkiye Astronomi Derneği)
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APOD: 2023 February 20 – NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 February 20 – NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
An astronaut on the @Space_Station captured this photo of South Padre Island along the Texas coast.
Barrier islands like this one play a critical role in protecting the mainland from the damaging effects of storms. go.nasa.gov/3SaSFO1
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South Padre Island
The barrier islands along the coast of Texas help sustain lagoon ecosystems and protect the mainland from damaging storms.go.nasa.gov
"If she says they're good, then I am ready to go."
Before his 1962 orbital flight, John Glenn was wary of trusting his life to a machine's trajectory calculations and asked that Katherine Johnson check them. #BHM
More on mathematician Katherine Johnson: go.nasa.gov/3Ef1sbX
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Katherine Johnson
NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.NASA
if you can read this, and not lament how many brillian insights over centuries were missed because of made up race and gender roles, there's something wrong with you.
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Attached: 2 images "If she says they're good, then I am ready to go." Before his 1962 orbital flight, John Glenn was wary of trusting his life to a machine's trajectory calculations and asked that Katherine Johnson check them.Social::Beach
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Seven Dusty Sisters in Infrared
Image Credit: NASA, WISE, IRSA, Processing & Copyright : Francesco Antonucci
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APOD: 2023 February 19 – Seven Dusty Sisters in Infrared
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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Uncrewed Progress Spacecraft Deorbit Burn Complete
The uncrewed Progress 82 cargo spacecraft conducted a deorbit burn at 10:15 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 18, over the Pacific Ocean after spending four months at the International Space Station.go.nasa.gov
I wonder if #Pachyderms think about the folks who make these posts for us.
I do. I think wow, someone takes time off of their day to day hey you guys, look what happened while you were asleep. And it was only 430km in the sky. #Travelling at 25,000 km/hour.
To the person behind the #NASA badge here on #Mastodon, thank you for #keeping us enthralled.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - overview, videos, images and informationmars.nasa.gov
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Set to Begin Third Year at Jezero Crater
After completing the first sample depot on another world, the rover continues its hunt for Mars rocks worthy of study on Earth.NASA Mars Exploration
@NASAHubble and @NASAWebb have now both observed spiral galaxy NGC 7496, providing data across multiple wavelengths of light. Webb's infrared ranges help us see how stars and galaxies form. go.nasa.gov/3Z3u6ol
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NASA’s Webb Reveals Networks of Gas and Dust in Nearby Galaxies
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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Uncrewed Progress Spacecraft Deorbit Burn Time Set
Early Saturday, Roscosmos managers decided to deorbit Progress Saturday, Feb. 18, with a deorbit burn time of 10:15 p.m. EST.go.nasa.gov
We're sending a new crew to the @Space_Station!
NASA's @SpaceX #Crew6 mission is scheduled to lift off from @NASAKennedy at 2:07am ET (0607 UTC) on Sunday, Feb. 26, with live launch coverage starting 10:30pm ET Feb. 25. Watch with us here and on NASA TV: go.nasa.gov/3Ef8ddO
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NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 Events, Launch
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.Abbey Donaldson (NASA)
Understanding ocean color from satellite images can be challenging.
The @nasaocean PACE mission, launching in 2024, will see Earth’s ocean colors in new detail.
Learn about PACE: go.nasa.gov/3IuYkv1 🌊 🌈 🛰️
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#OTD in 1977, Enterprise, the Space Shuttle prototype, took to the skies for the first time perched atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft high above what is now @NASAArmstrong in Edwards, CA.
Learn more about these early Shuttle tests: go.nasa.gov/3ltHoMa
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AFRC Contributions to the Space Shuttle Program
Ebook page for NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's Contributions to the Space Shuttle ProgramMichele Ostovar (NASA)
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Janice Lee (NOIRLab) - Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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APOD: 2023 February 18 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
APOD: 2023 February 18 - Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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Progress Resupply Undocks From Station, Ends Cargo Mission
The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 9:26 p.m. EST on Fri., Feb. 17.blogs.nasa.gov
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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