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Oh sure, @nasa goes out there squeezing all the planets for soft centres and by the time the rest of us get there it's nothing but hard taffy left!

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So, Venus has been found to have a squishy outer shell. We also know of ''cotton candy exoplanets.'' Is it just us, or do planets sound... delicious? https://go.nasa.gov/3IrJ80w
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Seeing the science of @NASAWebb come together is, well, it's the best! Combined observations of the exoplanet WASP-39 b show fingerprints of atoms and molecules, as well as signs of active chemistry and clouds in its atmosphere. 🤩 https://go.nasa.gov/3KsQyTM
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🎶You're a shining star. No matter who you are.
Shining bright to see. What you could truly be.🎶
Once again, @NASAWebb unveils our universe. Here you can see *some* of the stars of a globular cluster. Even very dim, low mass stars can be seen. (A feat!) https://go.nasa.gov/3ILMCMB
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Many stars are small, compared with our Sun (and others are much, *much* more massive). To reveal the smaller stars, @NASAWebb had to block the incredibly bright light from the crowded center of the cluster. The sky of a planet at the center would be bright and filled with stars!
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NASA's Chandra Space Telescope uses its Xray eyes to spy black holes on a collision course! These black hole pairs are at the center of dwarf galaxies and the impending mergers can help us understand the early universe. Yay, @chandraxray! https://go.nasa.gov/3XNTYU8
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As a winter storm bears down on the US, that has us thinking of weather on other worlds. Winds on HD 189733 b blow at 5,400 mph (2 km/s). That would send silicates in the atmosphere (glass!) flying sideways. Dayside temps are 2,000 degrees F/1,090 C. https://go.nasa.gov/3KsS3RG
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Understanding our nearest star, the Sun, helps us better understand conditions for planets orbiting similar stars. And to do that, sometimes we have to look beyond the light we can see. 👀 https://go.nasa.gov/3Krr9d2
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A microbe found in @YellowstoneNPS during @NASA-funded research is now the basis of a protein in meat-free breakfast patties and nondairy cream cheese. The protein is also growing on the International Space Station as potential astronaut food! https://spinoff.nasa.gov/NASA-Helps-Serve-Yellowstone-Fungi-for-Breakfast
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One galaxy, two views
@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. https://go.nasa.gov/3Z3u6ol
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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.
https://go.nasa.gov/40ZucPH
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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. https://go.nasa.gov/40ZucPH
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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. https://go.nasa.gov/3XBBiqs
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When it comes to planets, Earth is kinda teeny, even in our own solar system. And planets between the size of Earth and Neptune/Uranus can be found only in systems beyond our own. https://go.nasa.gov/3EaYJ3g
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Pandora's Secrets Revealed 🤩
@NASAWebb's latest image reveals never-before-seen details in Pandora’s Cluster. The combined mass of the galaxies creates a powerful gravitational lens, allowing much more distant galaxies in the early universe to be seen. https://go.nasa.gov/3YuWShE
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Earth is a tiny dot from 3.7 million miles away. Imagine looking for worlds *trillions* of miles away!
You look great, btw💖
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Psst, @NASAEarth, you're the best! We've discovered 5,250 exoplanets and not a single one is exactly like Earth, with all your delicious oxygen. Happy #ValentinesDay!💙🌎
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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. https://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: https://go.nasa.gov/40TXZce
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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. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-satellites-help-with-turkey-syria-earthquake-response
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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!💖 https://go.nasa.gov/2kivGRZ
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The first exoplanet image was taken from 230 light-years away. Because 2M1207 b orbits a brown dwarf at a great distance, it was possible to separate the light from planet and (failed) star. @NASAHubble took a later look and that science informed a planet illustration.
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Exoplanets are far away and hard to see. They are often obscured by the much brighter light of their stars, so capturing their images is hard, but not impossible. The first exoplanet image, by @ESO, was obtained in 2004. https://go.nasa.gov/40HwVNn
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We're getting unprecedented and groundbreaking science from @NASAWebb, but it hasn't seen exoplanet surfaces. It did capture four views in different bands of infrared of an exoplanet last year. 👀
We can't wait to see what's next! http://go.nasa.gov/4850
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Light is a messenger of the universe. And there's so much light beyond what our eyes can perceive. Our space telescopes observe various wavelengths to give us the most information possible; put it all together and you get to know worlds we can't yet see! https://go.nasa.gov/3RHtp1v
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10,000 galaxies in a single shot.
This sonification of the @NASAHubble Ultra Deep Field (2014) plays a note for each galaxy when it emitted the light seen in the image. In under a minute, we can hear back nearly 13 billion years to the farthest galaxies. https://go.nasa.gov/3xr2EVT
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Milestone Passed!✅
@nasa's upcoming flagship observatory, @NASARoman, clears another hurdle before 2027 launch. See what's ahead for the space telescope that will discover exoplanets and demo technology to enable their direct imaging (and so much more!): https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/high-gain-antenna-for-nasas-roman-mission-clears-environmental-tests
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From the iron in your blood to the calcium in your bones, the stuff that makes 'you' was forged in stars. It's even in your DNA – carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, etc. all came from ancient stars to become planets, puppies and you. Happy #PeriodicTableDay! https://go.nasa.gov/40AAgxJ
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An itty-bitty interloper!☄️
Researchers found a surprise in @NASAWebb's calibration data: an asteroid the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length! It may be the smallest object (illustrated here) detected by Webb. http://go.nasa.gov/3Yt43Xm
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We've discovered 5,243 planets beyond our own solar system – exoplanets – so far.💫 Each week we add to the known worlds.

#MondayMotivation: Search for understanding wherever you can.
http://exoplanets.nasa.gov
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🎵When you wish
upon a star... 🎵
Do you wish for planets? We do! There are more planets than stars in our galaxy. And @NASAHubble reveals the birth of stars in our galactic neighborhood in the Tarantula Nebula, home to the hottest, most massive stars. http://go.nasa.gov/3RsBMOh
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In general, we're big fans of Goldilocks zones.
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🎵 There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in🎵
The blue glow from @NASAHubble data reveals stars wandering across galaxy clusters. Billions of years ago the stars were shed from their parent galaxies and now drift through space. https://go.nasa.gov/3JuqFST
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We also know of wandering exoplanets. These so-called rogues are untethered to any stars. Understanding them means better understanding planetary formation.
https://go.nasa.gov/40pmRID
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When galaxies collide💥
@ChandraXRay helps reveal a massive knot-like collision of galaxy clusters ~780 million light-years from Earth. With black holes and other phenomena at work, galaxy clusters are the largest particle accelerators in the universe! https://go.nasa.gov/3JpWqfQ
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Meet the exoplanet KOI-55 b. It's a small, rocky world 4,000 light-years away. It's less than half the size of Earth, yet it orbits so closely to its host star, that it's stretching its sun.
#MondayMotivation: Don't let anyone dim your light. SHINE✨https://go.nasa.gov/3kOmWW1
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Researchers have a new method to look for planets around white dwarf stars and to examine their atmospheres for potential signs of life with @NASAWebb. https://go.nasa.gov/3HBnI1t https://go.nasa.gov/3DhqvdK
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Two recently discovered planets join 10 others in an exclusive category: worlds in the “conservative” habitable zone that are less than 1.5 times the size of Earth. There are more planets in ''optimistic'' habitable zone, but not many: 40. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/3XAJ2tL
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On this day #NASARemembers those who were lost. We remember them all and look to the stars in their honor. https://www.nasa.gov/specials/dor2023/
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Discovery Alert! 📣
Just 16 light-years from us, two Earth-sized planets are hugging their star in its habitable zone (the distance at which liquid water *could* exist on the surface). And their once-fiery star may have mellowed as a host.
https://go.nasa.gov/3XAJ2tL
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