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Good things come in threes.
As our Juno spacecraft completed its 38th close flyby of Jupiter on November 29, 2021, it captured the swirling storms of...
Where do moons come from? We asked a NASA expert.
From cataclysmic impacts to gravitational capture, NASA planetary scientist Joe Renaud walk...
The last rays of an orbital sunset
@Astro_FrankRubio is pictured during a Nov. 15, 2022, spacewalk outside @ISS . Rubio and fellow NASA astronaut J...
Earthset. 🌎
The Orion spacecraft captured this image of Earth “setting” while the spacecraft continued toward its distant retrograde orbit arou...
Nothing low-key about stellar births 🔐
A reflection nebula in the constellation Orion is captured here by @NASAHubble . Reflection nebulae gl...
Nothing low-key about stellar births 🔐
A reflection nebula in the constellation Orion is captured here by @NASAHubble . Reflection nebulae gl...
On the road again.
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the #Artemis I mission around the Moon and back arrived at Launch...
Why does climate change matter? Because it's happening, and we're feeling its effects.
But there's hope. Dr. Kate Calvin, our senior @nasaclimate...
You're gourdous. Literally GOURD. Ous. 🎃
This solar jack-o-lantern, captured by our Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in October 2014, gets its gho...
So you want to slow down a spacecraft? Well, you’ve got two options–but coming soon, you might have a third. ☄
There are currently two methods for...
Gogh big or Gogh home. 🖼
In the style of famous artist Van Gogh's painting Starry Night, massive congregations of greenish phytoplankton swir...
Gogh big or Gogh home. 🖼
In the style of famous artist Van Gogh's painting Starry Night, massive congregations of greenish phytoplankton swir...
Question…? Are you a Swiftie?
We are too! Our Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope and several other X-ray telescopes observed one of the most ...
Not Saturn throwing shade 🫣
Saturn’s shadow is cast on its rings during @nasasolarsystem ’s Cassini spacecraft visit in 2015, capturing the...
Question…? Are you a Swiftie?
We are too! Our Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope and several other X-ray telescopes observed one of the most ...
Curiosity: I like digging holes.
Us: Then you're in the right place.
After a summer road trip through the sandy Paraitepuy Pass, pictured above, our ...
Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?🍁
Vibrant leaves in the Adirondacks were at peak or near-peak color for the season when @NASA...
Hey. Hey you. Want to see a supernova remnant?
When a star exploded, shockwaves swept across the cosmos at nearly the speed of light. We call the...
You know it's not the same as it was 🎶
This image captured from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 30 i...
Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?🍁
Vibrant leaves in the Adirondacks were at peak or near-peak color for the season when @NASA...
