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✨ Remember: you are made of star-stuff and nobody can take that away. 🙅♀️
So shine bright today, and enjoy this glittering image of the south...
Only once in a blue Moon is our skywatching calendar this busy! Here’s a breakdown of when to look up:
☄️ Aug. 11 – Enjoy the peak of the Persei...
A kaleidoscope of color 🤯💫
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is shown in its full glory in this composite of images taken by three of our great observatorie...
🪐 Saturn don't cook. It don't clean. But let us tell you how it got these rings. 😎
The second largest planet in our solar system, and arguably ...
🐴 Hay, Horsehead Nebula, hay!
Located within the constellation Orion, the Horsehead Nebula is one of the most iconic interstellar dust clouds ...
Our review of the solar system? One star. 🌟
But it's an awesome star. This image of our Sun shows a coronal mass ejection – or CME – erupting ...
You’ve got mail 💌from Mars.
Our @NASAJPL Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently released new images showing off the many different features of th...
Our review of the solar system? One star. 🌟
But it's an awesome star. This image of our Sun shows a coronal mass ejection – or CME – erupting ...
The Olympic games light up the night🏅🌟
#Tokyo glows bright with the magic of the @Olympics in this image captured by @NASAAstronauts @Astro_...
🛑 ✋Objects in the lens are farther than they appear
A striking astronomical phenomenon called gravitational lensing can warp, magnify, or even d...
If stars were flowers, a nebula is the garden 🌸✨
In a dramatic landscape of rolling dust and gas, home to thousands of forming stars, is the Orio...
🛑 ✋Objects in the lens are farther than they appear
A striking astronomical phenomenon called gravitational lensing can warp, magnify, or even d...
What causes X-ray auroras on Jupiter? Ions "surfing" electromagnetic waves! ⚛️ 🌊
Jupiter has the most powerful auroras in the solar system, ...
Completely invisible, yet unbelievably influential. 💫
Fun fact: according to research from our Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (@...
The Little (Mars) Helicopter that could! 🚁💪
Ingenuity, the first helicopter to fly on a terrestrial planet other than Earth, has made its ninth...
Completely invisible, yet unbelievably influential. 💫
Fun fact: according to research from our Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (@...
What was only one small step 52 years ago, has inspired a lifetime of wonder 🚀 🌕
On July 20, 1969, three astronauts of #Apollo11, Neil Armstr...
Summer is in full bloom 🌀☀️
Phytoplankton thrive in the summer season! The plumes of turquoise, green, and light blue hues in these waters are m...
What was only one small step 52 years ago, has inspired a lifetime of wonder 🚀 🌕
On July 20, 1969, three astronauts of #Apollo11, Neil Armstr...
📸 EXPLAINED: @NASAHubble ’s iconic photos ✨
We get the question a lot – how does Hubble take its images? Are the colors real? Today, we’re her...
