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History will never forget the name Captain Picard.
Thank you for inspiring the Next Generation of explorers. ✨
Eye see you 👁️
The sonification of the Helix Nebula scans from left to right, where redder colors correspond with lower pitches while bluer colors are associated with higher pitches. It has been called “The Eye of Sauron" for its uncanny and all-seeing appearance.
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Science that never goes out of style 🎶
Managed by Goddard, the Swift observatory was designed to last just two years but is now concluding science operations over two decades later. Join us as we celebrate its legacy!
Learn about its contributions:
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It's the final countdown 🎶
We're one step closer to Roman's first images! The observatory is now fully functional and the team is performing their final checks and calibrations before starting science observations.
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This planet is haunted! 👻
Ghosts of volcanoes, lakes & more are visible in echoes seen from space. Explore places on our planet haunted by the past, like the Manicouagan Crater, formed 214 million years ago when a 3-mile wide asteroid struck Canada.
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Two scientists. One unforgettable view of our planet.
What's it like to see the Artemis II Earthrise image through the eyes of a lunar scientist? How about an oceanographer? Jacob Richardson & Ivona Cetinic are here to tell us.
Explore Artemis II data:
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What’s under the Greenland Ice Sheet? 🧊
This new map from @NASA scientists and others shows the land beneath the ice, linking hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or left fragmented.
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Sometimes bringing NASA’s missions to the public means you get closer to the mission than expected!
James Tran is a Public Affairs Intern in our Office of Communications. He’s gaining experience in public speaking, photography & communications that help people connect to NASA.
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Jedi vibes on the left, Sith energy on the right ⚔️
@NASAWebb captured the duality seen in nebula NGC 7129. Separating the left & right gas cavities lies a star 5-8x the mass of our Sun. When it was younger it ejected hot outflows that carved the molecular cloud on the left.
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Let's step into the light and explore the terminator.
It's the line between day and night. As the NASA Artemis II crew flew over the Moon's terminator, they saw lunar craters and ridges cast dramatic shadows, the kind future explorers might see at the Moon's South Pole.
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DAVINCI proves it can stand the heat 🔥
To prepare for its descent through Venus’ scorching atmosphere, a model of the DAVINCI probe was heated to 869 degrees Fahrenheit (465 degrees Celsius) six different times. It passed every test unscathed.
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Studying the albedo of lighter and darker patches on the Moon — with crew observations from missions like @NASAArtemis II, and spacecraft like LRO — helps us to identify types of rocks present in different regions, and the likely history of their formation.
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Let's reflect...
Albedo is a measure of how much light and heat a surface reflects. Lighter objects tend to have higher albedo, and darker objects have lower. This reflectivity plays an important role in studying the makeup of the surface of bodies like the Moon.
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Ready to shake things up!
The LEMS-SP instrument was chosen to fly to the Moon with the CLPS program, with Goddard helping lead the team. LEMS-SP will use a seismometer to monitor micrometeoroids & the abundance of volatiles that drift into the Moon’s thin outer layer of gases.
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Get ready to wave to an asteroid 👋🪨
In 2029, asteroid Apophis will swing by Earth, passing safely about 20,000 miles from the surface. The OSIRIS-APEX mission will meet up with the asteroid shortly after, to map the surface and study its chemical makeup.
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@NASAWebb @NASAHubble A planetary nebula can be one of the eeriest places in space, haunted by a dead star. This @NASAWebb image of NGC 6072 showcases a mess of gas and dust expelled by the central star at the end of its life.
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Curling up next to a crackling fire? @NASAWebb and @NASAHubble captured this cosmic scale bonfire in the Cigar Galaxy, M82, no matches needed. The galaxy is in the midst of a burst of intense star formation, likely the result of a galaxy merger.
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@NASAArtemis @astro_reid @NASARoman We know how much @Astro_Reid loves moons, so we showed him a few of our upcoming missions, including Dragonfly — headed for Saturn’s moon Titan — and the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station instrument, which future @NASAArtemis astronauts will deploy on the lunar surface.
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It is Rocket Frog week my dudes
We're all celebrating a successful launch!
@NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman visited Goddard yesterday to commend the workforce on the launch of @NASARoman, ahead of schedule & on budget. The Roman operations team visited with the administrator about the mission's progress so far.
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