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A new image of Uranus in near-infrared from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the planet's ring system and 9 of its 27 moons.
📸: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
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Give me that which I desire.
This #InternationalDayofRock, @Metallica is adding "Fuel" to the fire of our #Artemis missions to the Moon.
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"If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out."
-- Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018)
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It's #AsteroidDay!
Known asteroids in our Solar system: 1,298,277
Size Range: 10 meters (33 ft) — 530 kilometers (329 miles) across
Total mass of all asteroids combined: Less than that of Earth's Moon
Video: 3D model of the asteroid Bennu, data & imagery by NASA's OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx – Global Model of Asteroid Bennu
3D model of Benuu, in shades of gray, rotating on its axis. The asteroid is shaped like a spinning top and has a very rugged surface with boulders the size of cars, houses, and football fields.
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An image of the earth 🌎 taken from the probe Voyager 1 🛰 as it was leaving the solar system from about 6 billion kilometres away. It’s humbling to think that all of human history has taken place on that wonderful pale blue, fragile dot. ❤️
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The view from the surface of a Comet, an alien landscape captured by the Rosetta spacecraft during its visit to Comet 67P.
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/@landru79
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Listen to this star-studded track! ⭐
Data from @NASAHubble and @chandraxray was transformed into this sonification, revealing evidence of outbursts and shock waves generated by a pair of stars in a system called R Aquarii.
Listen to more sonifications: chandra.si.edu/sound/
R Aquarii Sonification from Chandra X-Ray Observatory, NASA Telescopes
The piece evolves as the image is scanned clockwise starting at the 12 o’clock position. The volume changes in proportion to the brightness and the distance from the center dictates the musical pitch.
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It’s our 56th birthday! 🎂 🎊 #OnThisDay in 1967, the lab's earliest employees moved into their first offices.
Want to learn more about Fermilab's history? Check out the great resources we pulled together for our 50th anniversary. ⤵️
50.fnal.gov/the-birth-of-fer…
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YOUR BRAIN ISN'T A COMPUTER. IT'S A QUANTUM FIELD
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NASA Woke Up Voyager 1 From 14.6 billion miles Away, And The Spacecraft Actually Signaled Back
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You're looking at the first direct image of another planetary system located about 300 light-years away around a star like our Sun. Credits: ESO





















