Instagram posts by user nasa from the past day
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Why can you see the Moon during the day? 🌕
Easy, because it’s there! It may seem odd to look up at the daytime sky and see the Moon but it’s pe...
🔭 Look, Ma, four cavities!
A pair of supermassive black holes could be behind a set of cosmic cavities, or bubbles, recently spotted by our orbiti...
🏠 How's that for curb appeal?
On their way back to Earth last month, our Crew-2 astronauts made a loop around the @ISS in their @SpaceX Crew Dra...
🔭 Look, Ma, four cavities!
A pair of supermassive black holes could be behind a set of cosmic cavities, or bubbles, recently spotted by our orbiti...
🚀☀️ We've touched the Sun!
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has entered the solar corona—the point in the Sun's atmosphere where its...
🤔 Is there water on Mars? There sure is!
It’s not exactly like water on Earth but Martian H20 can tell us a lot about the planet’s distant past...
Baby, it’s icy outside. 🧊
This icefield of the southern Andes mountains was captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (@ISS...
Outroll, outexplore, outlast!
Surviving more than 3,300 Martian days (or sols) since its landing, NASA's Curiosity rover has been trekking across...
📸 😉 Get my good side.
If you’re a galaxy, that tends to be all sides. Take this edge-on view captured by @NASAHubble for example. This spira...
See you space cowboy...
On Dec. 2, @NASAAstronauts @Astro_Kayla and @AstroMarshburn stepped outside of the International Space Station (@ISS ) and...
Are there oceans on other worlds? Yes! Earth is not alone. When you look deeper into our solar system, there are worlds we suspect have oceans hidden ...
We're taking science in a new direction ⬆️
#IXPE, our Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, lifted off from @NASAKennedy at 1:00 a.m. EST (06:00 UT...
Are there oceans on other worlds? Yes! Earth is not alone. When you look deeper into our solar system, there are worlds we suspect have oceans hidden ...
🚀 Our Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) is space-bound!
Today at 5:19 AM EST (10:19 UTC), LCRD launched on a @ULALaunch Atlas V ro...
🌀 And we’re spiraling!
Our @NASAHubble Space Telescope captured this image of a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo, roughly 120 million li...
🌞 🌗🌍 Have you ever seen a total solar eclipse? How about seeing a total solar eclipse FROM SPACE?
Our robotic and human explorers are here t...
🔭 What can you see in the December skies? A string of sunset planets, a chance to see 2021's brightest comet, and the annual Geminid meteor shower....
💥 Living life in the fast lane.
On this day in 2009, @NASAHubble captured this mesmerizing image of a nebula and star cluster located in the Cari...
🔭 What can you see in the December skies? A string of sunset planets, a chance to see 2021's brightest comet, and the annual Geminid meteor shower....
What’s it like landing on Mars? Tough! But every time we land, we learn more.
When our Perseverance Mars rover landed on Mars in February of 2021, ...
