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Glue – but make it galactic-grade! 💫
Most galaxies rotate so fast that gravity generated by gas and stars alone is not enough to keep them togeth...
Galveston, Texas: Where Juneteenth started.
On Monday, June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom. That day of l...
We need to talk about your flare🔥
In an area about 4,400 light-years from Earth, within our own Milky Way galaxy where stars are actively forming,...
🔭 Things are looking up! 🌌
Meet Westerlund 2. The glittering tapestry of young stars flaring to life in this @NASAHubble image resembles an ex...
🌲🌁Tall trees, ocean breeze, salty air, sun-kissed hair – California, take me there.
Redwood National and State Parks are pictured in this phot...
🚀 Big rocket energy.
Our Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, is being assembled at @NASAKennedy this summe...
🔭 Things are looking up! 🌌
Meet Westerlund 2. The glittering tapestry of young stars flaring to life in this @NASAHubble image resembles an ex...
Take this life hack from galaxies: they don’t let labels define them 🙅♀
The galaxy pictured above is tricky to classify. While it is sometim...
🚀 Big rocket energy.
Our Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, is being assembled at @NASAKennedy this summe...
Take this life hack from galaxies: they don’t let labels define them 🙅♀
The galaxy pictured above is tricky to classify. While it is sometim...
🥺😍🌙 With our eyes to the skies, we felt our hearts skip a beat and we admired.
A view of a lifetime. Shown here, we see a partial solar ecli...
☀️ Learn from flowers - always angle towards the Sun.
One truly believes in the wonders of nature, when you see the 'larger picture'. An orbital su...
Blended, not stirred, please.
Shown here we see Arp 299, a galactic system located about 140 million light-years from Earth that contains two swirl...
🥺😍🌙 With our eyes to the skies, we felt our hearts skip a beat and we admired.
A view of a lifetime. Shown here, we see a partial solar ecli...
The center of our Milky Way galaxy is aglow 🌌
This 2004 @NASAChandraXRay image was produced by combining a dozen observations of a region 130...
The center of our Milky Way galaxy is aglow 🌌
This 2004 @NASAChandraXRay image was produced by combining a dozen observations of a region 130...
This month has many treats for you stargazers! Here’s a breakdown of when and where to look up:
😎June 10 – A partial solar eclipse visible ...
Two bold new @NASASolarSystem missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, will become the first NASA spacecraft in 30 years to visit this hot, hellish, unforgivi...
The fabric of our galaxy 🌌
⚡️ Follow the threads that weave a tapestry of energy at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This new image gives us ...
We don’t think you’re ready for these eddies 🌀
🌊 In this image you can see sub-mesoscale ocean dynamics, or small-scale movements of ocean wa...
