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NASA Universe

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NASA Universe

@NASAUniverse

Your backstage pass to the universe and how NASA studies it. Exoplanets, black holes, dark energy, and more!

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NASA Universe
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Jul 16
Commissioning continues for Katalyst Space’s LINK as they turn on and test the robotic spacecraft’s systems to prepare for its boost of our Swift observatory. LINK captured these images of its solar panels and one of its thrusters firing last week. More: go.nasa.gov/4ppL7Hr
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Splashing around in the pool to keep cool? Sloshing might keep the superheated gas in the centers of galaxy clusters hot! An X-ray study showed that motions in the gas in the Centaurus cluster likely prevents the gas from cooling. #MondayMotivation
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NASA Goddard
@NASAGoddard
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Whether it's your birthday, an anniversary, or you're just hoping to jazz up a Monday, celebrate like a space telescope! 🎉 See what @NASAHubble saw on your big day, and share with us. ⬇️
What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday? - NASA Science
From science.nasa.gov
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NASA History Office
@NASAhistory
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One giant leap for mankind History was made on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to set foot on the Moon. For more than 5 decades, the total number of moonwalkers has remained at 12. NASA will change that with Artemis IV.
NASA Universe
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Jul 17
RT @NASAKennedy: Media accreditation is now open for two Kennedy launches, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX…
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
Jul 17
The hills are alive, with the sound of science! We are at the Rocky Mountain National Park "Weekend of Stargazing" for our next stop on "Roman" Across America. If you’re enjoying our tour of the country, you can host your own Roman event to celebrate the launch! Check out
NASA Universe
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Jul 17
Our friends at @Fermilab are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the first neutrino detection. These zippy particles hurtle through the universe, and @NASA telescopes have been able to help pinpoint and study the cosmic origins of a few of them. #Neutrino70 🧵
NASA Universe
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Jul 17
Replying to @NASAUniverse @Fermilab and @NASA
In 2017, @NSF’s IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica detected a neutrino that had traveled 3.7 billion years. Our Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope helped trace its source to a flaring blazar — a type of galaxy powered by a supermassive black hole. go.nasa.gov/3THg2mM
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NASA Universe
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Jul 17
Then, a couple years later, astronomers linked another neutrino to a source outside our galaxy, this time from a black hole tearing apart a star. They think the neutrino originated in the disk that formed as the star’s remains fell toward the black hole. go.nasa.gov/4pqTtid
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Learn With NASA
@LearnWithNASA
Jul 17
Hey stargazer! Interested in astronomy?🤩🔭 The NASA Night Sky Network has events across the country to help you spot a star, peek at a planet & gaze at a galaxy.🪐🌌 Visit their website to find astronomy club events in your area! science.nasa.gov/skywatching/ni…
NASA Universe
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Jul 17
Our Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has a whopping wingspan of 17.8 feet (5.4 meters), substantially wider than its namesake bird. You’d need about 11 common swift birds to match Swift’s width. Even the living bird with the widest wingspan, the snowy albatross, falls short!
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NASA's Kennedy Space Center
@NASAKennedy
Jul 16
🔭 Milestone complete! Solar panels that will power NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope finished prelaunch cleaning and checkouts at Kennedy’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. These six panels form Roman’s Solar Array Sun Shield – about 7×10 feet each and built at
Telescope Milestone: Teams Check Out NASA Roman Solar Panels
From science.nasa.gov
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Hubble
@NASAHubble
Jul 16
What do all these cosmic views have in common? Hubble captured them on previous July 16s! ICYMI, you can find multiple beautiful views taken on any date using the new expanded edition of "What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?": go.nasa.gov/3Rn86Gy Let us know what you get!
$NGC 6791. Bright stars with diffraction spikes shine against black space. A few galaxies are seen in the distance near the left.$
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
@NASARoman
Jul 16
Some of our capabilities really pull you in! ⚫ Scientists will use Roman to detect and study supermassive black holes at great distances that existed up to 11 billion years ago! go.nasa.gov/456uQOi
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Jul 16
#TBT to summer 2016 when @esa’s LISA Pathfinder turned on its @NASA-provided payload to test key technology that future space missions could use to measure ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves.
NASA Universe
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Jul 16
Now, @esa and @NASA are partnering on LISA, a trio of satellites that will “listen” for gravitational waves from across the universe. Members of the LISA community recently gathered for a mission symposium and snapped this group pic. Keep up with LISA: go.nasa.gov/4w8mpxS
NASA Universe
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Jul 15
Hot DOGs were on the menu in the early universe! Our retired WISE satellite spied hot dust-obscured galaxies (DOGs) located about 10 billion light-years away. While they are superbright, most of their light is absorbed by thick shrouds of dust. go.nasa.gov/4fjul8i