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Preparing a space telescope for launch? Don't forget to remove the "lens cap"! β
A technician can be seen carefully removing the βlens cap,β or Af...
π Our universe is FULL of strange and surprising things.
And luckily, @NASAHubble is there to be our window to the unimaginable! Hubble recently...
Starstruck on a Saturday π€©
Located 35,000 light-years away from Earth lies this globular cluster in the constellation Scorpio. Globular clusters ...
π Our universe is FULL of strange and surprising things.
And luckily, @NASAHubble is there to be our window to the unimaginable! Hubble recently...
Can we still call it a βphoto dumpβ without gravity? π€
Check out what the last couple of weeks aboard the International Space Station (@ISS ) lo...
Weβre having a Pluto party, we didnβt even planet π₯³
Six years ago @NASASolarSystem New Horizons spacecraft made history with the first up-close...
π₯ You say potato, we say Mars Moon.β£
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This is an image of Phobos, the largest of Mars' two raggedy moons, as seen by the @UAHiRISE camera aboar...
π΄π We got the dirt on Mars
Images snapped by our Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its ambitious flights have offered scientists and engineers w...
π₯ You say potato, we say Mars Moon.β£
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This is an image of Phobos, the largest of Mars' two raggedy moons, as seen by the @UAHiRISE camera aboar...
Sodium breathtakingπ§
Itβs always worth taking the scenic route. Shown here we see a snapshot captured by astronaut Shane Kimbrough (@Astro_kimbr...
ποΈ This nebula is easy on the eyes ποΈ
Peer into the Retina Nebula, the dying star in this image captured by @NASAHubble . This planetary nebu...
π Appreciating fireworks isn't rocket science π
Earth dwellers, we give you The Fireworks Galaxy. It is a medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy a...
π Riding a plume of fire, Atlantis spreads its wings one final time.
Exactly 10 years ago today, the final mission of our American Space Shuttle ...
π Appreciating fireworks isn't rocket science π
Earth dwellers, we give you The Fireworks Galaxy. It is a medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy a...
π₯³ πΊπΈ The stars beat us to the party β Happy Fourth of July!
@NASAHubble captured your cosmic friends dressed to the nines in their red, w...
πͺπ Celebrate good times, come on!
In July of 2016, our @NASAJuno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on a mission to peer through the gas giant plan...
π₯Who knew breaking barriers could look so good?π₯
Swipe through to see the first air-to-air images of a supersonic shock wave interaction! When ...
π¦ π₯ It might look like a butterfly, but stings like a bee.
Donβt let those graceful wings fool you. It might look like @NASAHubble captured a...
Ultralight beam π
In this captivating image snapped in June of 2021, the Sun's glint beams off the Indian Ocean as the International Space Station...
Transit: when one object crosses in front of another in space. π π°οΈ πβ£
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Here, the International Space Station (@ISS ) is seen in silhouet...