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Little fires everywhere 🔥
After igniting more than 1,500 fires on the @ISS —in a safe, specially-designed chamber—our @NASAAstronauts wrapped u...
📍 Where were you when Perseverance made history?
A year ago, NASA’s Perseverance rover made landfall on the surface of Mars. Since then, it has...
A rose in bloom 🌹
5,000 light-years away, the enchanting Rosette Nebula houses hundreds of young stars (in red). The stars, formed 4 million years...
☁ Cool wisp!
@Astro_Kayla recently shared this photo from 250 miles above the Earth from aboard the @ISS , which gets some incredible views of our ...
🐺 Awooo!
From Feb. 16–18, moongazers can view a full Moon, known to some as the Snow or Wolf Moon. The full Moon is pictured here in this image t...
☁ Cool wisp!
@Astro_Kayla recently shared this photo from 250 miles above the Earth from aboard the @ISS , which gets some incredible views of our ...
🌹Our “First Impression Rose” goes to … Cas A!
On Dec. 9, 2021, @NASAKennedy launched our Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and we’re ...
Fun fact: If you laid the International Space Station out end-to-end on a football field... it would be really tough to play a game. 🙃
The @ISS ...
🛰️ Things are looking up
In this ground-level view, @NOAA 's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-T (GOES-T) meets its @ULALaunc...
Not your average mirror selfie🤳
The James Webb Space Telescope is almost done with the first phase of the months-long process of aligning its prim...
Astronomy's Antihero 🦸
Black holes get a bad rap. They’re seen as hungry monsters that gobble up planets and stars, but recent evidence captured ...
Astronomy's Antihero 🦸
Black holes get a bad rap. They’re seen as hungry monsters that gobble up planets and stars, but recent evidence captured ...
Some of the oldest rocks on Earth are Down Under – no digging necessary. ⛏️
The Pilbara in northwestern Australia displays rocks over 3.6 billion ...
If Curiosity sees its shadow, are there six more weeks of Martian winter? 🧐
Mars, like Earth, has four distinct seasons, though they vary in lengt...
What’s cooler than being cool? Ice cold. ❄️
On average, the surface temperature on Pluto is -387° F (-232° C), making it too cold to sustain lif...
Just look up! 🔭
February may be the shortest month of the year – but it's action-packed for stargazers. Find out what’s up for February:
With t...
Mae Jemison. George Carruthers. Katherine Johnson. Guy Bluford.
This Black History Month, we’re sharing the stories of our many stars who light the ...
By our powers combined…
Through combining data from telescopes that can detect different kinds of light, we can fully investigate cosmic phenomena! ...
Mae Jemison. George Carruthers. Katherine Johnson. Guy Bluford.
This Black History Month, we’re sharing the stories of our many stars who light the ...
Just look up! 🔭
February may be the shortest month of the year – but it's action-packed for stargazers. Find out what’s up for February:
With t...
